Re: Hi, do we have media transcode API? from Silvia Pfeiffer on 2012-07-04 (public-html@w3.org from July 2012)

From: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 09:28:38 +0200
To: Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com>
Cc: "Sunyang (Eric)" <eric.sun@huawei.com>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CAHp8n2=YYCK0VRABEwWQ-dr1s3Sno8uLq7x4svzM_ycb=JJArA@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 6:19 AM, Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Sunyang (Eric) <eric.sun@huawei.com> wrote:
>>
>> We receive a HD mp4 video stream to <video> element, can we have a media
>> transcode API to transcode the HD video stream to a different format video
>> stream which fit for the Smartphone?
>
>
> There is none defined.

HTTP adaptive streaming is in the process of being standardised with
the MediaSource API [1]. That will allow delivery of video to all
devices, because it adapts to bandwidth and device capabilities.

Regards,
Silvia.

[1] e.g. http://updates.html5rocks.com/2011/11/Stream-video-using-the-MediaSource-API

Received on Wednesday, 4 July 2012 07:29:26 UTC