WebRTC Update
summary
Chrome reports 1 billion minutes/week of audio/video and about 1 PB/week over the data channel; bandwidth estimation now ramps to 1 Mbps in 650 ms (was ~2 s). WebRTC ships VP8/VP9/Opus, VP9 cuts bitrate ~30% (YouTube saw 25 billion hours in VP9 in 2015), MediaRecorder gains 2,500 stars, Duo and AppRTC exist as references, Pixel uses screen-share with annotation, work targets Mojo process isolation, 30 FPS desktop capture, and a modular “SlimWebRTC” build.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00WebRTC introduction
- 1:45Five years of WebRTC
- 4:43Ecosystem and usage
- 7:54Global adoption trends
- 8:42Architecture overview
- 11:02Bandwidth estimation
- 13:47Codecs and performance
- 18:31New media features
- 20:31Mobile optimization
- 22:27Enhanced screen sharing
- 24:47Future roadmap
- 30:47Conclusion and Q&A
