Re: [rtcweb] Straw Poll on Video Codec Alternatives

[Bo Burman <[e-mail]>]

Here's my input:

1. All entities MUST support H.264
a. Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
YES
b. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:

2. All entities MUST support VP8
 . Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
NO
a. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
VP8 does not provide any technical advantage over H.264, is not developed or maintained through any recognized standardization process, and is currently formally not possible to license.

3. All entities MUST support both H.264 and VP8
 . Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
NO
a. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
VP8 does not provide any technical advantage over H.264, is not developed or maintained through any recognized standardization process, and is currently formally not possible to license.

4. Browsers MUST support both H.264 and VP8, other entities MUST support at least one of H.264 and VP8
 . Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
NO
a. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
It seems less than obvious how to define exactly what is a "browser" in this context.
VP8 does not provide any technical advantage over H.264, is not developed or maintained through any recognized standardization process, and is currently formally not possible to license.

5. All entities MUST support at least one of H.264 and VP8
. Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
NO
a. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
Does not provide interoperability between all WebRTC implementations.

6. All entities MUST support H.261
 . Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
NO
a. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
H.261 cannot support sufficient quality or bandwidth efficiency and is not widely supported.

7. There is no MTI video codec
 . Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
Acceptable
a. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
Acceptable as outcome if no other MTI consensus can be found.

8. All entities MUST support H.261 and all entities MUST support at least one of H.264 and VP8
 . Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
NO
a. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
The fallback H.261 cannot support sufficient quality or bandwidth efficiency and is not widely supported.

9. All entities MUST support Theora
 . Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
NO
a. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
Theora has unclear performance and licensing and is not widely supported.

10. All entities MUST implement at least two of {VP8, H.264, H.261}
 . Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
NO
a. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
H.261 cannot support sufficient quality or bandwidth efficiency and is not widely supported.

11. All entities MUST implement at least two of {VP8, H.264, H.263}
 . Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
NO
a. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
Expect that option 13 will effectively be the same and that option is preferable since it is more lightweight.

12. All entities MUST support decoding using both H.264 and VP8, and MUST support encoding using at least one of H.264 or VP8
 . Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
NO
a. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
Don't really see the benefit compared to option 3.
VP8 does not provide any technical advantage over H.264, is not developed or maintained through any recognized standardization process, and is currently formally not possible to license.

13. All entities MUST support H.263
 . Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
Acceptable
a. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
Sufficient quality and bandwidth efficiency for some use cases and thus better fallback option than MJPEG, H.261 or Theora.

14. All entities MUST implement at least two of {VP8, H.264, Theora}
 . Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
NO
a. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
VP8 does not provide any technical advantage over H.264, is not developed or maintained through any recognized standardization process, and is currently formally not possible to license.
Theora has unclear performance and licensing and is not widely supported.

15. All entities MUST support decoding using Theora.
 . Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
NO
a. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
Don't see any practical point with just specifying decoding in a communication scenario.
Theora has unclear performance and licensing and is not widely supported.

16. All entities MUST support Motion JPEG
 . Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
NO
a. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
MJPEG does not provide sufficient bandwidth efficiency for most use cases.