As detailed in previous posts on webrtcHacks, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has worked for the past few years to standardize the “on-the-wire” protocols that make up the WebRTC engine. It is coming up on 3 months since IETF 88 in Vancouver, where the IETF was to have settled the matter of a mandatory-to-implement […]
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WebRTC Video Codec Decision is… NO DECISION
As we discussed in previous posts, the IETF is meeting this week in Vancouver. Lots of interesting discussing including two sessions for the RTCWeb WG; the agenda for the two sessions can be found here. The first session, which was held on Monday, was mainly about updates on the JSEP (Javascript Session Establishment Protocol) specification, […]
WebRTC Video Codec Debate Positions Infographic
With all the drama of the video codec debate ramping up for a Mandatory To Implement (MTI) decision (previously discussed here and here), hopefully it will be a minor footnote in the history of the WebRTC very soon. If you had to summarize the possible outcomes, interested stakeholders, and sentiments in one picture, here is […]
WebRTC mandatory video codec discussion: the final duel?
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 […]
WebRTC Plumbing with GStreamer
GStreamer is one of the oldest and most established libraries for handling media. As a core media handling element in Linux and WebKit that as launched near the turn of the century, it is not surprising that many early WebRTC projects use various pieces of it. Today, GStreamer has expanded options for helping developers plumb […]
