Re: [rtcweb] compressed codec-free webrtc?

[Adam Roach <[e-mail]>]

On 10/29/13 13:33, Dave Taht wrote:
> In having my eyes glaze over at the codec debate I found myself
> wondering to what extent anyone was pursuing truly low latency video
> and audio, along the lines of what the lola project has been doing for
> collaborative concerts.
>
> See:
>
> http://www.conts.it/artistica/lola-project
>
> They ship raw audio and raw video, they actually use cameras where
> they can get at scanlines and ship that (saving 16ms)
>
> So I'm ignorant of what webrtc can do is there a codec selection (yuv?
> 48 bit audio? for the rawest video and audio possible?)

In theory, what you're looking for is this: 
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4175

However, the caveats in that document are pretty huge:

    It is important to note that uncompressed video can have immense
    bandwidth requirements (up to 270 Mbps for standard-definition video,
    and approximately 1 Gbps for high-definition video).  This is
    sufficient to cause potential for denial-of-service if transmitted
    onto most currently available Internet paths.


Given the risk of Destroying The Internet Forever[tm] if any major 
browser vendor implemented this, I don't expect you'll see much 
deployment any time soon.

/a