Re: MediaSource Extensions & MediaStream Processing API?

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Michael[tm] Smith <mike@w3.org> wrote:

> I see the abstract of Aaron Colwell's MediaSource Extensions proposal says:
>
>  This proposal extends HTMLMediaElement to allow JavaScript to generate
>  media streams for playback. Allowing JavaScript to generate streams
>  facilitates a variety of use cases like adaptive streaming and time
>  shifting live streams.
>
> http://html5-mediasource-api.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/draft-spec/mediasource-draft-spec.html
>
> It seems like it's intended for some of the same use cases as the
> MediaStream Processing API -
>
>  http://www.w3.org/2011/audio/drafts/1WD/MediaStream/
>
> So maybe this is another area where we should be working together on trying
> to converge on a common proposal?
>

It's a completely different approach. It gives JS control over what gets
fed into the demuxer/decoder, whereas MediaStream Processing gives you
control over the output.

Rob
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