Re: The mandatory constraint is a footgun from Martin Thomson on 2013-11-13 (public-media-capture@w3.org from November 2013)

From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:51:42 -0800
To: Jim Barnett <Jim.Barnett@genesyslab.com>
Cc: Jan-Ivar Bruaroey <jib@mozilla.com>, "public-media-capture@w3.org" <public-media-capture@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CABkgnnW9LoVhR_3W9q7UchTXRmaBYJPvTBYgOZ-7uwTaaST+7w@mail.gmail.com>

On 13 November 2013 10:00, Jim Barnett <Jim.Barnett@genesyslab.com> wrote:
> Now I'm really confused.  What do you mean by 'constraints being initial settings"?

Yeah, that is a little confused.

We talk about settings and constraints as being approximations of the
same basic concept.  I tend to think of constraints being applied as
both selectors and as settings, and generally only at the time that a
track is connected to a media device.  Hence the confusion.

Received on Wednesday, 13 November 2013 18:52:13 UTC