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Re: [rtcweb] Straw Poll on Video Codec Alternatives

Krasimir Kolarov <kolarov@apple.com> Sun, 12 January 2014 19:32 UTC

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From: Krasimir Kolarov <kolarov@apple.com>
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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Straw Poll on Video Codec Alternatives
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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 has a formal declaration of unlicensable IPR, https://ietf.org/ipr/2035/ 

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 has a formal declaration of unlicensable IPR, https://ietf.org/ipr/2035/ 

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:
VP8 has a formal declaration of unlicensable IPR, https://ietf.org/ipr/2035/ 
The term “browser” is not well defined in this context.

5. All entities MUST support at least one of H.264 and VP8
. Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
YES
a. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
NO

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 is no longer widely supported and is unlikely to be so if mandated here

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 MTI consensus is reached.

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:
H.261 is no longer widely supported and is unlikely to be so if mandated here.

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 license situation 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 is no longer widely supported and is unlikely to be so if mandated here.
VP8 has a formal declaration of unlicensable IPR, https://ietf.org/ipr/2035/ 

11. All entities MUST implement at least two of {VP8, H.264, H.263}
. Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:
YES
a. Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
NO

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:
VP8 has a formal declaration of unlicensable IPR, https://ietf.org/ipr/2035/ 

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:
NO

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 has a formal declaration of unlicensable IPR, https://ietf.org/ipr/2035/ 
Theora has unclear license situation 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:
Theora has unclear license situation and is not widely supported.

16. All entities MUST support Motion JPEG
. 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:
NO

Krasimir

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