WebRTC requirements for Audio WG

Hello WebRTC WG,

 From the record of the joint session between WebRTC and Audio groups at 
TPAC, I see that our groups were to make sure the requirements from 
WebRTC are taken into account by the Audio WG:

[[ The WebRTC WG will send requirements to the Audio WG to ensure they 
get properly addressed by the Audio WG. ]] -- 
http://www.w3.org/2011/04/webrtc/wiki/Santa_Clara_F2F_Summary#Audio_WG

Given the requirements document published here:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-rtcweb-use-cases-and-requirements-06

My understanding is that the applicable requirements for the Audio WG 
are A8, A13, A14, A15 and A16, and that to a lesser extent F5, F6, F9, 
F13, F14 and F18 are also relevant (see below for expanded list). Could 
you confirm this is a reasonable assessment, and point out requirements 
which I may have forgotten but which the Audio WG should look at?

On a side note, I would suggest systematically disambiguating the 
acronyms used in the use cases and requirements document. That would 
make reading and understanding easier for the non-initiated.

Thank you,

Olivier





    F5              The browser MUST be able to render good quality
                    audio and video even in the presence of reasonable
                    levels of jitter and packet losses.

                    TBD: What is a reasonable level?

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    F6              The browser MUST be able to handle high loss and
                    jitter levels in a graceful way.

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    F9              When there are both incoming and outgoing audio
                    streams, echo cancellation MUST be made available to
                    avoid disturbing echo during conversation.

                    QUESTION: How much control should be left to the
                    web application?

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    F13             The browser MUST be able to apply spatialization
                    effects to audio streams.

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    F14             The browser MUST be able to measure the level
                    in audio streams.

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    F15             The browser MUST be able to change the level
                    in audio streams.

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    F16             The browser MUST be able to render several
                    concurrent video streams

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    F17             The browser MUST be able to mix several
                    audio streams.

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    F18             The browser MUST be able to process and mix
                    sound objects (media that is retrieved from another
                    source than the established media stream(s) with the
                    peer(s) with audio streams.


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    A8              The Web API MUST provide means for the web
                    application to mute/unmute a stream or stream
                    component(s). When a stream is sent to a peer
                    mute status must be preserved in the stream
                    received by the peer.

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    A13             The Web API MUST provide means for the web
                    application to apply spatialization effects to
                    audio streams.

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    A14             The Web API MUST provide means for the web
                    application to detect the level in audio
                    streams.

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    A15             The Web API MUST provide means for the web
                    application to adjust the level in audio
                    streams.

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    A16             The Web API MUST provide means for the web
                    application to mix audio streams.

Received on Wednesday, 7 December 2011 10:55:34 UTC