Re: [rtcweb] confirming sense of the room: mti codec

[Maire Reavy <[e-mail]>]

On 12/5/2014 2:58 PM, Jean-Marc Valin wrote:
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> Considering that:
> 1) We have committed to an MTI video codec
> 2) All consensus calls on "VP8 only" and "H.264 only" have failed
> 3) This is the only proposal that gets support from both camps
> I strongly support this MTI proposal.
> Please, let's close this debate once and for all. This compromise is
> by no means great, but it's much better than anything else we're going
> to get otherwise (i.e. more wasted time and still no MTI).
A big +1

We have spent *so* many hours already considering, discussing, & 
debating what to do about the MTI video codec.  One could argue an 
"insane amount" of time relative to the other issues we need to 
resolve.  We did this because most of us realized that "no MTI" could be 
horrific for the standard.  We should embrace consensus around anything 
less than horrific, and most of us agree that this compromise is less 
than horrific (not great, but less than horrific).

Right now I fear we're on the verge of shooting ourselves in the foot or 
head (I'm not sure which) by reopening this discussion even though we're 
in sight of the end.  I ask that the working group and the chairs put 
the proverbially safety back on the gun, declare consensus on this 
less-than-horrific proposal, and finish our work on "v1.0" of the spec.

Please.

-Maire
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Maire Reavy
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