Re: Encrypted Media proposal (was RE: ISSUE-179: av_param - Chairs Solicit Alternate Proposals or Counter-Proposals)

On Feb 27, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Mark Watson wrote:

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> On Feb 27, 2012, at 4:47 PM, Kornel Lesiński wrote:
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>> On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:45:41 -0000, Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com> wrote:
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>>> I mean that browser integration with a CDM is easier than browser integration with a full-fledged plugin, because the functionality of the CDM is so much more constrained.
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>> Will there be a specified, interoperable CDM communication interface that browsers can implement?
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> IMO, there could be if people would like there to be. On the other hand there is no such standardized API for plugins or media codecs.

I think this would be very useful to define a standard API that could be used with both software and hardware key systems. This is a much more narrow, well-defined interface than the all-purpose plug-in APIs. The interface to an external key system could be defined in a way that it would be useful for other browser purposes than media.

It would make sense to do this either in the W3C or as a joint project with another group in order to keep the efforts functionally aligned.

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>> Current proposal defines how JS communicates with a browser, but IMHO has only very vague top-level overview how browser might communicate with a CDM.
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>> regards, Kornel Lesiński
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Received on Tuesday, 28 February 2012 02:00:29 UTC