Re: A sketch of a V1 of the media capture API specifciation

On 08/21/2012 06:25 PM, Travis Leithead wrote:
>> From: Harald Alvestrand [mailto:harald@alvestrand.no]
>>
>> Based on what we have so far in the spec, our current
>> implementers' choices, arguments on the list, and the needs we
>> percieve as minimal, here's a sketch of a proposal for the question
>> of "what's in V1 of the spec" - the stuff that we aim towards with
>> our current milestones.
>>
>> This implies a V2, which means that we need to define milestones
>> for when we want that done.
>
> This could be problematic. Many of the V2 features noted in the "out"
> section below, could have designs that necessitate changes to V1. I
> would suggest that we at least have a good sketch of what the V2
> features will look like so that we can have confidence in locking
> down the definition of some of the V1 concepts.
>
> I raise this point because I'm not sure we're really locked on V1 of
> the MediaStream definition, and I'd hate to freeze that as-is, and
> then need to adjust it in V2... :-)

It is a good point!

>
>
>> Out:
>>
>> * Recorder * Direct assignment to media element * Image capture
>> API
>
> It seems to me that being able to either record or take an image
> still should be in V1. Otherwise the only stable feature set is:
> "look, I can view my webcam!" (but can't record it). Of course, if
> WebRTC also stabilizes, than you could add "videoconferencing" to the
> feature set, which would be cool.

That was one of the reasons why we did start considering a v1: WebRTC 
depends on getUserMedia, and would need a stable version to reference.

> However, I think it would be wise
> for us to attempt to include a recorder/image capture API for our own
> spec and scenario completeness.
>
>

Received on Tuesday, 21 August 2012 17:31:41 UTC