Re: CodecNode

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Young, Milan <Milan.Young@nuance.com>wrote:

> ·       I remember Harold (from WebRTC) complaining that the
> MediaStreamRecorder interfaces was ill defined, and should be removed from
> the spec for the time being.  I don’t remember any follow-ups to the
> discussion, so I assume that idea is on ice for the time being.  Is that a
> fair characterization?
>

I think we're just waiting for someone to re-propose it with a better
definition.

**·       **I skimmed a document that you authored titled “MediaStream
> Processing API”.  What is the status of this work?  Are the related
> standards groups acting on your recommendations?
>

This group decided to go ahead with Web Audio instead, so I'm trying to
figure out how to rescue the important bits of MediaStream Processing.

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>
> **·       **Between your MediaStream document and WebRTC, there is a lot
> of emphasis on peer communication, and I do not understand this binding.
> There are several use cases for transmitting media directly to the server,
> and it doesn’t make sense that these should be held up in the interest of
> the more complicated peer scenario.  Am I missing something?
>

That's really a WebRTC question. Actually at Mozilla the #1 priority for
MediaStream right now is not peer communication but using getUserMedia to
capture audio and video streams and take photos. I think we'll need to
resuscitate MediaStreamRecorder very soon, to record video clips in
camera-using applications --- if someone else doesn't get to it first. If
you just want to capture a bundle of video and transmit it to a server in
non-real-time, then that's what you want too I guess.

Rob
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