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WebRTC Codec Selection API

Category

WebRTC

Type

Chromium catches up

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 119)

Intent stage

Dev trials

• Breaking change: No
• Enterprise impact: None
• Spec maturity: Published standard
• Web Platform Tests: Yes

WPT details: All features covered by tests: https://wpt.fyi/results/webrtc-extensions/RTCRtpParameters-codec.html?label=experimental

Summary

This new API extends WebRTC encoding parameters to allow developers to choose a specific negotiated codec to be used for encoding an RTP stream.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://w3c.github.io/webrtc-extensions/#dom-rtcrtpencodingparameters-codec
• Firefox: Positive
• Safari: Support
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1442194

Ecosystem

• Web Platform Tests: https://wpt.fyi/results/?q=webrtc-extensions%2FRTCRtpParameters-codec
• Chrome Platform Showcase: https://chrome-platform-showcase.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
• GenDN reference: https://gendn.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
• chrome.dev demos search: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Achrome.dev+WebRTC%20Codec%20Selection%20API
• MDN Web Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=WebRTC%20Codec%20Selection%20API
• Baseline status: https://webstatus.dev/?q=WebRTC%20Codec%20Selection%20API

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