Re: MediaStreamTrack disabling - effect on downstream MediaStreams?

I am definitely in favor of the suggested behavior, the current just feels
clunky.

/Tommy

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 02:11, Soo-Hyun Choi <soohyun.choi@cl.cam.ac.uk>wrote:

> Harald,
>
>
> From the perspective of enabling temporary muting of a track, it seems like
>> it would be better if the text had said:
>>
>> When a track in a MediaStream<http://dev.w3.org/2011/webrtc/editor/webrtc.html#mediastream>
>>  parent is disabled, any MediaStreamTrack<http://dev.w3.org/2011/webrtc/editor/webrtc.html#mediastreamtrack>
>>  objects corresponding to the tracks in any MediaStream<http://dev.w3.org/2011/webrtc/editor/webrtc.html#mediastream>
>>  objects that were created from parent stop sending data, although their
>> "enabled" status does not change. If a disabled track in a MediaStream<http://dev.w3.org/2011/webrtc/editor/webrtc.html#mediastream>
>>  parent is re-enabled, data starts flowing on the downstream
>> MediaStreamTrack objects, as long as their *enabled* attribute has the
>> value "true".
>>
>>  What do other people think - what would it be best if the spec said?
>>
>>
>
> Agreed - I was reading this part of the spec yesterday, and had the exactly
> same thought like you. Your modified text looks much clearer.
>
>
> Soo-Hyun
>
>


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