Re: Headphone connected signal

I'm guessing this would have to be related somehow to
the mediacapture-output API, since that's what is actually choosing which
physical device the audio gets sent to. Am I right?

I understand that this might not be available on all media outputs, but
it's a good signal to have.  This is something I would be keen on
requesting for as well.

-Chinmay

On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 8:22 AM, Chris Wilson <cwilso@google.com> wrote:

> You can get access to this information in Android, I know, but I don't
> think you can across all desktop systems (and certainly not all out
> devices).  Seems like it would need to be like Android's plugged event -
> http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioManager.html#ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG
> - on the AudioContext, but it would need to be clear that it's not always
> going to trigger.
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 5:39 AM, Chris Pike <chris.pike@bbc.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>  Dear group,
>>
>> It would be useful for potential media player applications that use the
>> Web Audio API, to be able to know when headphones are connected, especially
>> on mobile platforms. It seems somewhat related to the discussion of the
>> Audio Output Devices API, but I would appreciate some thoughts/advice from
>> the more experienced amongst you. Is it feasible to create an API call that
>> would tell you if headphones are connected (provided that the underlying
>> system can know obviously) and if so where should this request be directed?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris Pike
>> Audio Team - BBC R&D
>>
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