Does WebRTC need a change in governance?
Is it time to change the governance of WebRTC in order to keep it growing and flourishing?
Read MoreBye bye H.265, hello VP9. Or is it really?
In this small world of video conferencing, there's a battle brewing. One fought between the incumbent players and the entrants who bring with them this new technology called WebRTC. One of the main contention points at this time is the mandatory video codec: will it be H.264, a royalty bearing codec, as the incumbents want; or will it be VP8, which is free.
I've written about this topic before.
What is important to understand here, that the batter is larger than WebRTC's MTI. It has a lot more to do with YouTube than it has to WebRTC. If there was a need for proof, then just read the news from CES about YouTube, 4K and VP9.
The short story?
Why does it matter?
Will this kill H.265 before it gets off the ground? As I've stated in the past, the only thing H.264 has over VP8 is ecosystem and hardware acceleration. Both are immaterial when it comes to H.265 and VP9. Google knows that as well and is making the right moves to position VP9 as the future codec.
If it could nail this one in either YouTube/streaming or WebRTC – it will be enough of a tipping point for the other to follow suite.
And if you are contemplating which video codec to use in your WebRTC application then read more about VP9 codec in WebRTC.
Is it time to change the governance of WebRTC in order to keep it growing and flourishing?
Read MoreRTC@Scale is Facebook’s virtual WebRTC event, covering current and future topics. Here’s the summary for RTC@Scale 2024 so you can pick and choose the relevant ones for you.
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