- From: Chris Rogers <crogers@google.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:24:43 -0800
- To: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Cc: Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>, public-audio@w3.org, Dom Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org>, Henrik Andreasson <henrika@google.com>
- Message-ID: <CA+EzO0nx8mATU9Q0vMxzQ=1dy=AUrmWFFUPDLgNc-5AE4tmW0g@mail.gmail.com>
+henrika On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Chris Rogers <crogers@google.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> wrote: > >> Hi, Robin- >> >> Thanks for following up on-list! >> >> >> On 1/30/12 11:39 AM, Robin Berjon wrote: >> >>> >>> as you probably know (or not!) there is ongoing work regarding media >>> capture that is likely to be of interest to you. It is taking place >>> as part of the Media Capture task force, the email address for which >>> is public-media-capture@w3.org. >>> >> >> (FYI, Robin is one of the chairs of the Device APIs WG.) >> >> >> >> We've been working on a use cases document which you can find at: >>> >>> http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/dap/raw-**file/tip/media-stream-capture/** >>> scenarios.html<http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/dap/raw-file/tip/media-stream-capture/scenarios.html> >>> >> >> And the spec itself is here, right? >> http://dev.w3.org/2011/webrtc/**editor/getusermedia.html<http://dev.w3.org/2011/webrtc/editor/getusermedia.html> >> >> >> >> I think that it would be quite valuable if you were to take the time >>> to make sure that what is being built over there works well for your >>> needs, notably by checking that your requirements are properly >>> captured. >>> >> >> As I mentioned on IRC, I believe we had discussed, a need not just for a >> microphone, but for multiple line-ins (lines-in?), including different >> mics, guitar pickups, etc. > > > >> Chris Rogers, did I get that right? Can we work on a scenario and some >> requirements for the DAP WG's Media Capture task force? Olivier, Al, can >> we add this to the next Audio telcon agenda? >> > > Yes, it would be good to have an introspection API to enumerate the > available audio devices for both audio input and output. A built-in > microphone would be one such device. Also commonly available is the > line-in analog audio input on a laptop or desktop computer. And, of > course, any externally connected multi-channel USB or Firewire audio > devices. Some of these can present eight (or more) simultaneous audio > input and output channels simultaneously. > > It's important to not consider audio input in isolation, but also audio > output capabilities when enumerating the devices. > > >> >> Robin, Dom, would it make sense for the Audio WG to also participate in >> that Media Capture task force? >> >> Regards- >> -Doug >> > >
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