Re: [MMUSIC] NEED WG CONSENSUS: media-loopback is all-or-nothing

[Enrico Marocco <[e-mail]>]

No.

I see no compelling reason for introducing such a limitation, but a
bunch of cases where it breaks things badly. In interconnection
scenarios, for instance.

Enrico

On 11/20/12 7:16 PM, Hadriel Kaplan wrote:
> Howdy,
> during IESG review of the media-loopback draft, a discussion arose regarding the language around indicating media-loopback support per media description (i.e., per m-line), in sections 3.1 and 3.2.
> 
> My interpretation/understanding was we were requiring ALL m-lines to indicate media-loopback; in other words it's an all-or-nothing in both the offer+answer, and either every media stream is looped back, or none are.  However the text currently doesn't make this clear, and it could be argued either way, with pro's/con's either way too; so I'd like the WG's consensus on whether it should in fact be an all-or-none approach, or not.
> 
> Please respond to this email by **Tuesday, December 4th** with a "YES" if the draft should mandate ALL media be looped-back, or "NO" if it should allow a hybrid approach of some streams being looped while others are not.
> 
> For reference, the draft is here:
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-mmusic-media-loopback-24
> 
> -hadriel
> 
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