Re: Constraints and MediaRecorder from Martin Thomson on 2014-02-01 (public-media-capture@w3.org from February 2014)

From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014 11:59:09 -0800
To: "Robert O'Callahan" <robert@ocallahan.org>
Cc: "public-media-capture@w3.org" <public-media-capture@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CABkgnnVyJwC5nf7p+tkDyzcc7OPx_cnQOeDPsDhbLX9M0Eht+A@mail.gmail.com>

Selectively quoting:

On 1 February 2014 03:38, Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org> wrote:
> the Constraints API [...]  MediaRecorder [...] doesn't [...] need it

Yes.

Applying constraints inappropriately to things has caused a fair
amount of pain thus far.  It does provide some advantages in managing
contention for a single resource, such as can happen with
getUserMedia.  When the resource in question is effectively completely
under control of the application, constraints are a liability.

Received on Saturday, 1 February 2014 19:59:37 UTC