- From: Kornel Lesiński <kornel@geekhood.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:15:31 -0000
- To: "Vickers, Mark" <Mark_Vickers@cable.comcast.com>, watsonm@netflix.com
- Cc: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:59:44 -0000, Vickers, Mark <Mark_Vickers@cable.comcast.com> wrote: >>>> 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. >>> >>> Will there be a specified, interoperable CDM communication interface >>> that browsers can implement? >> >> 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. I agree this needs to be added. Even if I wanted to say that "The current proposal is fantastic! Let's do it!" and write patches for Firefox and Chrome today, I couldn't — at this point the CDM side is all hypothetical and there is no "meat" in the spec to actually implement. -- regards, Kornel Lesiński
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