Re: Getting a MediaStream from a <video> element from Lorenzo Miniero on 2014-09-11 (public-webrtc@w3.org from September 2014)

From: Lorenzo Miniero <lorenzo@meetecho.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:23:33 +0200
To: Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net>
Cc: "public-webrtc@w3.org" <public-webrtc@w3.org>
Message-ID: <20140911162333.248698ba@lminiero>

On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:39:09 +0200
Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Just wondering if it's possible to get a MediaStream from an existing
> <video> element playing a video (something.mp4), and add such a stream
> into a PeerConnection.
> 
> >From what I see, it is not possible. Do I miss something?
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 

I don't think so, as far as I know the code for implementing "regular"
streaming and WebRTC is completely different in the browsers, and they
just happen to feed the same elements in different ways.

Lorenzo

Received on Thursday, 11 September 2014 14:24:03 UTC