Re: CHANGE: Use a JS Object as an argument to getUserMedia

Whereas I have nothing against changing the configuration string to a JS
object, I don't like the conversion from asynchronous result to a
synchronous one. Opening a webcam can take many seconds, which means that
the JS world is stuck during that interval.

/Tommy

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 21:39, Anant Narayanan <anant@mozilla.com> wrote:

> What
> --
> I'd like to propose that we use a JS Object instead of a string as the
> *only* argument to getUserMedia().
>
> Why
> --
> We're just now beginning with the implementation of the specification in
> Firefox and we'd rather not write a new string parser :) Parsing strings can
> be error prone, whereas JavaScript objects offer the same extensibility as
> strings (and can be stringified into JSON if required). Additionally, coming
> up with a new string format is extra work and will end up  very close to a
> structured object model anyway.
>
> In order to avoid developers from providing empty objects in case they want
> default behavior, it is also necessary to eliminate any other arguments to
> getUserMedia. This change  will also align getUserMedia to behave closer to
> other web APIs, where changes to state are notified either via event
> listeners or callbacks that have been explicitly assigned.
>
> How
> --
> It is proposed that getUserMedia takes only a single argument, a JavaScript
> object. To begin with, only two properties will be specified to be
> interpreted by the User-Agent:
>
> {
>  audio: true,
>  video: true
> }
>
> Both audio and video default to true, thus this call:
>
> var stream = navigator.media.getUserMedia();
>
> will return a MediaStream object that records both video and audio. Since
> getUserMedia() only takes 1 argument, the developer has to attach an event
> listener or callback:
>
> stream.onReadyStateChange = function() {} // Like XHR
>
> or
>
> stream.addEventListener("<event-name>", function() {}); // Event listener
>
>
> Would love to hear what everyone thinks.
>
> Regards,
> -Anant
>
>
>


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