Comments on: What is Skype to do in a WebRTC World? https://bloggeek.me/skype-webrtc/ The leading authority on WebRTC Sat, 28 Dec 2019 15:15:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tsahi Levent-Levi https://bloggeek.me/skype-webrtc/#comment-116199 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:26:20 +0000 http://bloggeek.me/?p=221#comment-116199 In reply to Tomer Saar.

Tomer,

This is indeed true. There are already signs that Skype is adopting VP8, the video codec used in WebRTC. That is in parallel to H.264.
It wouldn’t be the first time that Skype switches from one video codec to another.

]]> By: Tsahi Levent-Levi https://bloggeek.me/skype-webrtc/#comment-116200 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:26:20 +0000 http://bloggeek.me/?p=221#comment-116200 In reply to Tomer Saar.

Tomer,

This is indeed true. There are already signs that Skype is adopting VP8, the video codec used in WebRTC. That is in parallel to H.264.
It wouldn’t be the first time that Skype switches from one video codec to another.

]]> By: Tomer Saar https://bloggeek.me/skype-webrtc/#comment-116197 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:18:40 +0000 http://bloggeek.me/?p=221#comment-116197 Tsahi,
I agree with almost anything, but in order for gateway’ing between existing media codecs and WebRTC codecs Skype will need a lot of horse power, as their WebRTC instances become popular and users perform more and more cross-technology calls.
Instead, they might as well decide to use 2 sets of codecs on all Skype app clients and use WebRTC codecs when users connect between app and browser based clients. Eventually their legacy media engine will fade out.

]]> By: Tomer Saar https://bloggeek.me/skype-webrtc/#comment-116198 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:18:40 +0000 http://bloggeek.me/?p=221#comment-116198 Tsahi,
I agree with almost anything, but in order for gateway’ing between existing media codecs and WebRTC codecs Skype will need a lot of horse power, as their WebRTC instances become popular and users perform more and more cross-technology calls.
Instead, they might as well decide to use 2 sets of codecs on all Skype app clients and use WebRTC codecs when users connect between app and browser based clients. Eventually their legacy media engine will fade out.

]]> By: Shimon https://bloggeek.me/skype-webrtc/#comment-116196 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:48:32 +0000 http://bloggeek.me/?p=221#comment-116196 As you mentioned WEBrtc is a codec in a browser – no signaling – so you NEED a skype (or any service provider for this mattert) to do the signaling part, and FW traversal handling (media and signaling).
WEBrtc can kill the skype usage as a push-button for client to web service interface (a fraction of their traffic), BUT for P2P you need a service provider and skype is there to provide it – so a web client for the skype NW can theoretically even use the skype signaling with a slight tweak….

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