Re: [rtcweb] Summary of Signaling Components in RTCweb (clarifications)

[Tim Panton <[e-mail]>]

On 21 Oct 2011, at 10:50, Saúl Ibarra Corretgé wrote:
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>> To answer these questions the JS apps will need to parse the SDP-like blob, so strictly it isn't a Blob anymore.
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> Assuming this SDP-like thing is ROAP, for example, an API could be produced for this purpose. If one wants low level access it ma extract the blob and parse it himself.

My point being that I can't concieve of an app that _didn't_ want to know how big a screen area to
allocate to incoming video (for example). So that JS-window-on-the-blob-API becomes essential,
but we've been told that, it is a) hard b) not necessary to write such a thing.

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>> So in short, I think that treating the SDP-like as a blob has significant disadvantages.
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> 
> Notice the MAY ;-) 

Sure. I'm pointing out that the MAY-NOT is a significant and useful case.

Tim.