RE: Clarification on media capture split between WebRTC and DAP

>At the F2F I asked a question about how media capture functionality is being split between WebRTC and DAP. From the minutes:
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>>  Alissa: thinking about the use case where you may want to use the
>>   camera to take still pictures but not to stream video
>>
>>   Stefan: coordination with DAP. We'll handle streams, they will
>>   handle still pictures.
>>
>>   <burn> actually, I think Alissa's concern was that this API might be
>>   used to record but not stream
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>So just to clarify,
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>DAP is handling capture of still images
>WebRTC is handling capture of audio, whether it is then streamed to another endpoint or not
>WebRTC is handling capture of video, whether it is then streamed to another endpoint or not
>
>Is that right?
That is right, at least that's the way I interpret it.
>
Also, we never really discussed recording in the webrtc context. In at least one of the API proposals recording is a supported feature, but it has not be discussed (and is not in the charter).
>
>Thanks,
>Alissa

Received on Monday, 25 July 2011 14:08:12 UTC