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, […]
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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 […]
Trick or Treat? Cisco’s OpenH264.org & What it Means in the WebRTC Video Battle
We had a lot of traffic to Victor’s post on the WebRTC mandatory video codec earlier this week. Given the news from Cisco yesterday we figured this warranted a quick follow-up post beyond what we could add to the comments area. Quick debate recap Engineers don’t like lawyers, and as Victor mentioned in his post earlier […]
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 […]
Strong WebRTC Signals at the IIT Real-Time Communications Conference
Last week I attended the Illinois Institute of Technology Real-Time Communications (IIT-RTC) Conference in Chicago. This event has a history of attracting key players from around the RTC world. It features discussion that is distilled down to the key trends and technology challenges in the industry, with very little “fluff” on top. This year the […]