[rtcweb] Straw Poll on Video Codec Alternatives

"Jeremy Laurenson (jlaurens)" <jlaurens@cisco.com> Mon, 13 January 2014 14:37 UTC

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From: "Jeremy Laurenson (jlaurens)" <jlaurens@cisco.com>
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My $0.02. I believe for browsers, "the market" will help push some of this along.

All entities MUST support H.264
Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]: YES
Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
All entities MUST support VP8
Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]: NO
Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
Does not solve interoperability to existing video systems, which was the purpose of SDP manipulation in the first place.
All entities MUST support both H.264 and VP8
Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]: ACCEPTABLE
Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
If IPR issues arise for either codec, this would have to be revisited. 'Cost' for non-browsers to impliment is an issue.
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]: YES
Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
If IPR issues arise for either codec for browser vendors, this would have to be revisited.
All entities MUST support at least one of H.264 and VP8
Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]: NO
Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
Does not solve for interop, my primary source of issue.
All entities MUST support H.261
Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]: NO
Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
Does not solve for interop, my primary source of issue.
There is no MTI video codec
Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]:  NO
Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
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]: ACCEPTABLE
Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
High barrier to entry and substandard 'fallback'
All entities MUST support Theora
Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]: NO
Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
Does not solve for interop, my primary source of issue.
All entities MUST implement at least two of {VP8, H.264, H.261}
Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]: Acceptable
Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
All entities MUST implement at least two of {VP8, H.264, H.263}
Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]: ACCEPTABLE
Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
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
Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
Does not solve for interop to existing 264 systems, my primary source of issue.
All entities MUST support H.263:
Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]: NO
Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
All entities MUST implement at least two of {VP8, H.264, Theora}
Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]: ACEPTABLE
Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
All entities MUST support decoding using Theora.
Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]: NO
Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them:
All entities MUST support Motion JPEG
Are you in favor of this option [Yes/No/Acceptable]: NO
Do you have any objections to this option, if so please summarize them: