FaceTime on the web requires Chrome or Edge, no mention of Firefox

Re:FaceTime on the web requires Chrome or Edge, no mention o... by deadmutex on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @02:33AM (#27431279)

Maybe... Google Duo works in Firefox (and even Opera) though.

Important: Google Duo is available on Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Opera, and Safari.

Source: https://support.google.com/duo/answer/6386089

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Re:FaceTime on the web requires Chrome or Edge, no mention o... by nielsbot on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @02:41AM (#27431315)

Does Duo send H.264?

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Re:FaceTime on the web requires Chrome or Edge, no mention o... by fwn on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:22AM (#27432175)

As far as I've read about Duo it seems to be AV1:

https://www.xda-developers.com/google-duo-lyra-codec-better-...

...though I'm not sure whether they use it consistently.

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Re:FaceTime on the web requires Chrome or Edge, no mention o... by bhaavan on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:45AM (#27432305)

How does this happen? AV1 encoding codec was still work in progress, and most chips don't support any hardware acceleration for this. Can we get reasonable frame rates on core CPU for av1 encoding already?

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Re:FaceTime on the web requires Chrome or Edge, no mention o... by slac on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @07:13AM (#27433556)

Duo uses AV1 for very low bandwidth calls. And then a mix of H.264 / VP8 / VP9 etc.. depending on many parameters. Disclaimer: worked on the product. https://blog.google/products/duo/4-new-google-duo-features-h...

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