Re: On Encrypted Media Extensions

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com> wrote:
> > The
> > W3C can make a difference to whether the W3C web platform is used or
> > not to deliver that content.
>
> PlayReady, Widevine or similar aren't part of the W3C Web Platform,
> either. The entire premise of EME is that video content from premium
> video services will be delivered using technologies that are not part
> of the W3C Web Platform. Hence the need to have an API for talking to
> extra-platform components.
>

Sure. I mean the W3C can make a difference to whether the W3C web platform
(plus CDMs integrated through EME) is used to deliver premium content, or
whether none of it is used for that and all these service all migrate to
native apps.


>
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Received on Monday, 25 March 2013 16:15:56 UTC