Re: Where to attach a DTMF API

On 11/29/2011 11:02 PM, Randell Jesup wrote:
> On 11/29/2011 12:45 PM, Stefan Håkansson wrote:
>> On 11/29/2011 05:19 PM, Randell Jesup wrote:
>>> Perhaps more to the point, being able to switch the source for a channel
>>> from the mic to self-generated data (silence, "the doctor will be with
>>> you shortly", black, a test pattern, camera-with-slash, etc) is more the
>>> point of what we need, and for this we'd just need to be able to build a
>>> stream using a source like that instead of switching the source of an
>>> existing stream/track.
>   >
>> We did some experimentation along those lines, with a solution where the
>> user can switch between sources, but with the browser and not the app in
>> control. Our idea actually had another purpose: getUserMedia could
>> immediately answer with a default stream, but that stream would be
>> benign data stream such as a test image or a pre-recorded video. The
>> user can then switch to the live camera stream at any time, and back to
>> the default stream during the session.
>>
>> We wrote some stuff up at
>> <https://labs.ericsson.com/developer-community/blog/dmp>  if someone is
>> interested.
>
> Yes, interesting.  The alternative would be for the app to have a
> control/button/etc ("media") which re-opens the getUserMedia requester.
>
> Question: how should this this interact with Fullscreen mode in
> browsers?  And also what about mobile, where people often want browsers
> to run virtually full-screened?  (This closely mirrors the already-open
> question of how we provide an always-visibile indication that mics
> and/or cameras are active.)  It should be possible, for example, for the
> app to invoke this requester as well.
This is a difficult one (regardless of how getUserMedia is handled). 
Should there be some visual (overlayed) indication?
A means for the app to bring up the device selection pane sounds good to me.
>
> How would it deal with multiple cameras/mics?
That's touched upon in the UI walkthrough video where we have three 
getUserMedia() requests and two cameras.
What could be discussed is an additional parameter to getUserMedia() 
where the app could label the source.
>
> How does a user look up something in another tab while talking?
This should work just fine. The other tab would not have the status view 
(but the tab which has an ongoing audio/video session should have an 
indicator that audio/video is being captured - but the full screen case 
is difficult).
>
> What happens if the user focuses another window?
...or minimizes the browser. Should there be an indication in the system 
tray?
>

Received on Wednesday, 30 November 2011 14:36:14 UTC