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Why The WebRTC Video Codec War Is Not Over Yet, VP8 & H.264 Are Still In The Boxing Ring

June 7, 2016 / in Mobile, VoIP / Add Comment

Why The WebRTC Video Codec War Is Not Over Yet, VP8 & H.264 Are Still In The Boxing Ring

There are 2 main decision criteria for choosing a video codec – technical and business. Tsahi touched the technical part in his post. While I’ll get a bit into the technical aspects as well, in this post I also want to cover some of the business considerations. Let’s put one thing behind us. The difference between H.264 and VP8 from quality perspective is more of a religion than anything else.

Tagged With: Android, Cisco, Fippo, Google, H.264, H.265, HW acceleration, iOS, Microsoft, Mobile, MPEG LA, Tsahi Levent-Levi, UIWebView, VP8, VP9 SVC, WebRTC, WebView

Clearing The Fog From The Apple WebRTC Relationship

May 2, 2016 / in VoIP / Add Comment

Clearing The Fog From The Apple WebRTC Relationship

While people have questioned the likelihood of Apple adding WebRTC anytime soon it is now clear to all that the WebRTC train has left the Apple planning station and is now parking at development. From the simple statement on Apple’s Webkit status page saying it is “In Development” it is still hard to understand the details. Our live Webinar & Q&A will answer some of them.

Tagged With: Apple, Safari, WebRTC, WebView

Apple WebRTC Signals, What do They Mean?

October 28, 2015 / in Mobile, VoIP / 15 Comments

Apple WebRTC Signals, What do They Mean?

Last week Apple posted a new position on their job board with the title: WebKit Media Engineer – WebRTC (see below full job post). Now that looks like great news. Maybe Apple is working towards adding WebRTC to the Safari browser for iOS and OS X. Before we open the champagne bottle let’s take a closer look at this one.

Tagged With: Android, Apple, Hybrid Application, WebKit, WebRTC, WebView

The WebRTC Mobile Challenge

December 23, 2014 / in Mobile / Add Comment

The WebRTC Mobile Challenge

Making WebRTC run nicely on mobile is still a challenge. There are different options for doing this and they vary based on specific needs, device type and OS.

Tagged With: Android, Ericsson, Google, iOS, Mobile, OpenWebRTC, WebRTC, WebView

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