Re: Headphone connected signal

https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-output/issues/12

On 9 Feb 2015, at 16:32, Chris Wilson <cwilso@google.com> wrote:

> Yes, they're the same thing.  (Hosted at http://w3c.github.io/mediacapture-output/.)  And yes, I think that's the right place to consider this API, and you should file an issue with a proposal in https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-output/issues.
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> On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 5:52 AM, Chris Pike <chris.pike@bbc.co.uk> wrote:
> Thanks Chinmay and Chris,
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> What’s the difference between the mediacapture-output API and the Audio Output Devices API proposal? Are they the same thing? If this is the right API to consider this signal in, what should the next step be? Should I create a proposal and send it to the editors? Is there a mailing list where this API is discussed?
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> Many thanks,
> Chris
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> On 8 Feb 2015, at 03:31, Chinmay Pendharkar <notthetup@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 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?
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> > 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.
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> > -Chinmay
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> > 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.
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> > On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 5:39 AM, Chris Pike <chris.pike@bbc.co.uk> wrote:
> > Dear group,
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> > 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?
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> > Thanks,
> > Chris Pike
> > Audio Team - BBC R&D
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