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Re: Google open sourcing voice and video engine for the web

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Post by dave1010uk » Wed, Jun 01, 2011, 6:03 AM UTC

reustle wrote: post #2

Not long until I'll be able to video chat on my Android via Google Talk, woo!

I didn't know Android doesn't have video chat with Google Talk yet. That seems strange, considering some Nokia phones have it built in: http://thehandheldblog.com/2010/02/02/gtalk-video-chat-is-po...

Re: Google open sourcing voice and video engine for the web

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Post by dave1010uk » Wed, Jun 01, 2011, 6:13 AM UTC

r00fus wrote: post #3

Apple, where is the Facetime open spec that you promised? Google may just beat them to the punch.

Just found the slide listing the "standards" FaceTime uses [1]: H.264, AAC, SIP, STUN, TURN, ICE, RTP and SRTP. From the list, the only thing left for someone else to integrate with FT would be friend management and presence (online status). Something like Jabber could probably handle this bit pretty well.

[1] http://ugc.kontain.com/photo/20100607/prod_519da669-212a-414...

Re: Google open sourcing voice and video engine for the web

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Post by bad_user » Wed, Jun 01, 2011, 6:41 AM UTC

dblock wrote: post #26

One way to decimate adversaries is to open-source your entire competitive advantage. Unfortunately that only works when you’re the market leader. So nobody cares about open-sourcing WebRTC. Something that would be actually noticeable in this field right now would be Microsoft that open-sources Skype and gives everything away under the BSD license.

     So nobody cares about open-sourcing WebRTC

Except the people that would want to use it? Think of Chatroulette.

     Something that would be actually noticeable in this 
     field right now would be Microsoft that open-sources
     Skype

Noticeable yes, but useful, not really.

What would be useful is for Skype to become a standard that allows interoperability with other services and protocols, such that you could build a client, like a website, that would allow users with a GTalk account to video-call Skype users. Now that would be something.

Re: Google open sourcing voice and video engine for the web

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Post by odiroot » Wed, Jun 01, 2011, 7:32 AM UTC

So is this another segment of HTML5 block or a completely novel idea?

It looks like a element with streaming but they don't mention it at all.

Re: Google open sourcing voice and video engine for the web

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Post by taken11 » Wed, Jun 01, 2011, 8:43 AM UTC

rryan wrote: post #18

angusgr wrote: post #17

Does anyone have any ideas what the timeline for browser support is likely to be? The website currently says they've been working closely with Mozilla and we expect to see WebRTC support in Firefox and Chrome soon! .

I wonder when Safari will get WebRTC support?

vp8 support? once steve is gone.

Re: Google open sourcing voice and video engine for the web

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Post by jbk » Wed, Jun 01, 2011, 9:24 AM UTC

How do iLBC and iSAC compare to the (also open source) Celt, Silk and Opus (Silk+Celt) codecs?

Re: Google open sourcing voice and video engine for the web

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Post by yonran » Wed, Jun 01, 2011, 9:31 AM UTC

GHFigs wrote: post #28

kjksf wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, it was very clear. Jobs promised, in no uncertain words, that Apple will make Facetime an open standard. I remember that well, I was quite excited about that. He lied and I'm quite surprised that virtually no one gave Apple the hard time they deserve for lying during a keynote speech. To quote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FaceTime : "Upon the launch of the iPhone 4, Jobs promised that Apple would work in du…

Jobs promised, in no uncertain words Which were what?