WebRTC Weekly Issue #317 - March 4, 2020

Here is the latest on WebRTC  from your friends at webrtcweekly.com.

Reading

AOMedia Member Spotlight with Netflix’s Manager, Android Player Infrastructure, Jeff Watts (AOMedia)
AV1 is going to be great once available. For now, it seems like the real action is taking place with OTT delivery of pre-encoded media streams.

Technical

PSA: WebRTC M81 Release Notes (discuss-webrtc)
Cameras and microphones will no longer be usable for fingerprinting.

Intent to Experiment: WebRTC Insertable Streams (discuss-webrtc)
This will enable end-to-end privacy while using SFUs.

Use Cases and Customer Wins

WebRTC Development (sponsored):
Contact WebRTC.ventures to build your live video application!

Agora.io and New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. Provide Access to Remote Classrooms Amidst Coronavirus Outbreak (Press release)
One of the more interesting Coronavirus-meets-video-conferencing stories I’ve read.

Releases

Taking the Next Leap Forward (Screenleap)
Moving away from extension installation. Probably by shifting from getUserMedia to getDisplayMedia.

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