Re: [rtcweb] Video codec selection - way forward

[cowwoc <[e-mail]>]

Maik,

Interesting :)

+1 for adding this as a new option. It gives the H.264 and VP8 crowds 
incentive to implement each other's codecs, or suffer with an older 
codec (H.261). It's a win-win either way.

My only worry is that this option will lead to the neglect of H.261 
support. So long as the working group commits to providing a "good 
enough" H.261 implementation (with a commercially-friendly license) as 
part of the reference WebRTC implementation I think we will be okay.

Gili

On 17/11/2013 2:54 PM, Maik Merten wrote:
> Hello,
>
> just wondering if something like
>
> "9. All entities SHOULD support both H.264 and VP8. All entities MUST 
> at least implement one of those. Entities that do not support both 
> H.264 and VP8 MUST implement H.261."
>
> has already popped up. My reasoning is that implementations supporting 
> both high performance codecs will always negotiate to use on of those 
> - H.261 should never be relevant there.
>
> It appears that all implementors are willing to implement either H.264 
> or VP8 (but not necessarily both). This obviously means that 
> negotiation failure regarding a high-performance codec is a 
> possiblity. In this case H.261 is actually useful so that basic video 
> calls can still be established (for instance, I guess deaf people may 
> always appreciate a video connection, as long as sign language can be 
> transmitted).
>
>
> Maik
>
>
> Am 14.11.2013 12:37, schrieb Jeremy Fuller:
>> Hi,
>> Gaining IETF consensus on making it mandatory to support only H.264 or
>> only VP8 has clearly failed. I would welcome anyone to share their
>> thoughts on why they believe this situation will change anytime in the
>> next few years.  Therefore, can I suggest that we remove items 1 and 2
>> from the list. Hopefully this will speed up the process by focusing
>> efforts towards gaining agreement on one of the remaining options.
>> The following alternatives has been proposed:
>>
>>  1. All entities MUST support H.264
>>  2. All entities MUST support VP8
>>  3. All entities MUST support both H.264 and VP8
>>  4. Browsers MUST support both H.264 and VP8, other entities MUST
>>     support at least one of H.264 and VP8
>>  5. All entities MUST support at least one of H.264 and VP8
>>  6. All entities MUST support H.261
>>  7. There is no MTI video codec
>>  8. All entities MUST support H.261 and all entities MUST support at
>>     least one of H.264 and VP8
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jeremy Fuller
>>
>>
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