In the WebRTC standardisation post I mentioned that one of the controversial discussions in the IETF context was the mandatory to implement (MTI) video codec battle for WebRTC. While there are some technical arguments on the topic (i.e this VP8 vs H.264 – subjective evaluation and this performance comparisons discussion), there is no dispute both are high quality and […]
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Updated: Why the WebRTC API has it wrong – Interview with WebRTC Object API (ORTC) co-author Iñaki Baz
Updated 25 Aug 2013 – some minor edits fixing some ORTC API references and added ORTC sample code. In my post on WebRTC standardization I mentioned that one of the controversial points of discussion in the W3C context was whether the SDP Offer/Answer model and the current API provided the level of flexibility a wide range of […]
WebRTC MUST implement DTLS-SRTP but… MUST NOT implement SDES?
As I anticipated in my post on WebRTC standardization, the IETF 87th meeting took place last week in Berlin, Germany. One of the agenda items for WebRTC was whether SDES should be part (and how) of WebRTC. According to the IETF drafts, any WebRTC compliant implementation must support the RTP/SAVPF profile which builds on top of […]
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to WebRTC standardization
Next week the IETF 87th standardization meeting will take place in Berlin, Germany. Most of the sessions I’m planning to attend are related to SIP, Diameter and of course WebRTC. When a week ago I started preparing some material for the meeting, a customer called and asked me to provide a training session on WebRTC […]