blog/data/2012-09-12-ietf-opus-codec.txt

   1 Title: IETF standardize its first multimedia codec: Opus
   2 Tags: english, frikanalen, multimedia, video
   3 Date: 2012-09-12 13:50
   4
   5 <p>Yesterday, <a href="http://www.ietf.org/">IETF</a> announced the
   6 publication of of
   7 <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6716">RFC 6716, the Definition
   8 of the Opus Audio Codec</a>, a low latency, variable bandwidth, codec
   9 intended for both VoIP, film and music.  This is the first time, as
  10 far as I know, that IETF have standardized a multimedia codec.  In
  11 <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3533">RFC 3533</a>, IETF
  12 standardized the OGG container format, and it has proven to be a great
  13 royalty free container for audio, video and movies.  I hope IETF will
  14 continue to standardize more royalty free codeces, after ISO and MPEG
  15 have proven incapable of securing everyone equal rights to publish
  16 multimedia content on the Internet.</p>
  17
  18 <p>IETF require two interoperating independent implementations to
  19 ratify a standard, and have so far ensured to only standardize royalty
  20 free specifications.  Both are key factors to allow everyone (rich and
  21 poor), to compete on equal terms on the Internet.</p>
  22
  23 <p>Visit the <a href="http://opus-codec.org/">Opus project page</a> if
  24 you want to learn more about the solution.</p>