Re: [webrtc-pc] Finalize webrtc-pc WPT Interop 2026 (#3100)

> > wrt the h.264 profile-level tests, I support leaving these out of Interop2026.
> 
> [@alvestrand](https://github.com/alvestrand), agreed with leaving it out. But I think it would still be good to determine what should be done here. A few options:
> 
> 1. UA enforces that video with too many pixels for the profile is not sent.
> 2. UA upgrades to a profile that allows video with many pixels to be sent.
> 3. UA downgrades the video to a level that allows to use the profile.
> 
> If going for 3, spec should probably document how to downgrade (resolution, framerate, both...).

@youennf this is probably deserving of its own issue.
My immediate thought is that a profile restriction should be treated just like a bandwidth or cpu restriction (except that we can never increase it), and that downgrading should be directed by degradation-preference settings.


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