Re:Why Google Plus Will Prevail
by mtgx on Tuesday January 08, 2013 @12:22PM
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Hangouts is quite convenient, and I've noticed it's catching on with both regular people and I've also seen sites using it more and more for podcasts or interviews and whatnot.
What I'd hope they improve is being able to watch live in 720p (or at least being able to record it as that for now), but that might not happen until they switch to the VP9 codec, if Google feels such 5-10 people Hangouts in 720p would use way too much bandwidth for that to be worth it. But I do hope they switch to it as fast as possible.
I also hope they can work on making focusing when switching to another person much faster, and imperceptible, unless that's something they can't fix because it depends on everyone's cameras, and upgrading their cameras to something that focuses faster.
What I'd hope they improve is being able to watch live in 720p (or at least being able to record it as that for now), but that might not happen until they switch to the VP9 codec, if Google feels such 5-10 people Hangouts in 720p would use way too much bandwidth for that to be worth it. But I do hope they switch to it as fast as possible.
I also hope they can work on making focusing when switching to another person much faster, and imperceptible, unless that's something they can't fix because it depends on everyone's cameras, and upgrading their cameras to something that focuses faster.