Re: getUserMedia use cases

YES!!  Awesome.  Would love to have audio channel enumeration.

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Chris Rogers <crogers@google.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> wrote:
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>> Hi, Robin-
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>> Thanks for following up on-list!
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>> On 1/30/12 11:39 AM, Robin Berjon wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>> (FYI, Robin is one of the chairs of the Device APIs WG.)
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>>  We've been working on a use cases document which you can find at:
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>>> 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>
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>> 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>
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>>   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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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?
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> 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.
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> It's important to not consider audio input in isolation, but also audio
> output capabilities when enumerating the devices.
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>> Robin, Dom, would it make sense for the Audio WG to also participate in
>> that Media Capture task force?
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>> Regards-
>> -Doug
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