Re: [rtcweb] No Plan

Bernard Aboba <bernard_aboba@hotmail.com> Thu, 30 May 2013 09:19 UTC

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Comments below.

On May 30, 2013, at 1:24, "Stefan Håkansson LK" <stefan.lk.hakansson@ericsson.com> wrote:

> Hi Emil,
> 
> a couple of comments:
> 
> "1.  Expose the SSRCs of all local MediaStreamTrack-s that the
>       application may want to attach to a PeerConnection."
> 
> I don't think that would be possible, or desirable. SSRC _only_ come into play when a MediaStreamTrack is to be transported over the network - it is useless in local cases. And, the same local MediaStreamTrack could be sent to several peers (using different PeerConnections) and could have different SSRC's (and even different number of SSRC's) for the different peers.
> 
> I think SSRCs would only be available for MediaStreamTracks that are attached to a PeerConnection.

[BA] If ICE fails, it may be necessary to use alternative transport, outside of PeerConnection. So if SSRCs are to be used in signaling for that case, the API needs to make them available.

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