Re: [rtcweb] Confirmation of consensus on audio codecs

"Timothy B. Terriberry" <tterriberry@mozilla.com> Thu, 30 August 2012 19:32 UTC

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Neil Stratford wrote:
> G.711 alone does not meet the rtcweb goal of producing a viable
> alternative to browser plugins as it will be impossible for an
> application developer to guarantee an acceptable audio quality
> (defined as at least as good as when using plugins) for browser to
> browser calls.

And, for those who do not know, this is what plugins are capable of 
today: https://plus.google.com/u/0/117107600391040942348/posts/ZYw4j21RjUL