Re: [rtcweb] No Plan

Paul Kyzivat <pkyzivat@alum.mit.edu> Mon, 03 June 2013 21:50 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] No Plan
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On 6/3/13 5:41 PM, Emil Ivov wrote:
>
>
> On 03.06.13, 23:40, Paul Kyzivat wrote:
>> +1
>>
>> The more we dig into this the more it looks like Plan B.
>
> I am not sure exactly what you mean by this. I did try to make it clear
> that "No Plan" has a lot in common with "Plan B". The main differences
> are that there is no expectation for SSRCs to be pre-announced and there
> are requirements for WebRTC APIs to provide the tools necessary for apps
> to control individual streams themselves.

I now think that it is enough like plan B that the two should be 
collapsed together. Make the signaling of the explicit SSRCs optional 
when there is some other mechanism to agree upon them.

	Thanks,
	Paul

> Emil
>
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>     Paul
>>
>> On 6/1/13 7:05 AM, Christer Holmberg wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>>> The draft says:
>>>>>
>>>>>         "For the sake of interoperability this specification
>>>>> strongly advises
>>>>>         against the use of multiple m= lines for a single media type."
>>>>
>>>> This should probably be clarified. The above referred mostly to a
>>>> browser's expectations and default offers. Multiple m= lines can
>>>> confuse
>>>> a number of existing legacy endpoints which is why they should be
>>>> avoided when initiating a session that could reach a similar device
>>>> (and
>>>> by default this should be assumed for any session).
>>>>
>>>> If applications *know* that they need to have multiple m= lines of a
>>>> given type they can request this the same way they could do it with
>>>> Plan B:
>>>>
>>>>      If the application wishes, it can request that a given
>>>>      media source be placed onto a separate m= line, by setting a new
>>>>      .content property on the desired MediaStreamTrack; the values
>>>> for the
>>>>      .content property are those defined for the a=content attribute in
>>>>      [RFC4796].
>>>>
>>>> I'll make sure this is part of the next version.
>>>>
>>>> Does this make sense?
>>>
>>> I have nothing against a general recommendation to, for a given media
>>> type, have as few m- lines as possible.
>>>
>>> But, I do think the draft need to point out that it is not always
>>> possible, e.g. because:
>>>
>>> 1) m- lines have different characteristics (normally indicated using
>>> SDP attributes) that does not "fit" all content for the given media
>>> type;
>>> 2) different protocols are used for different m- lines, even if the
>>> media type is the same; or
>>> 3) the remote endpoint only supports a single (or, another given
>>> number) of sources per m- line.
>>>
>>> Etc.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Christer
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> My understanding is that the usage of multiple m= lines for a single
>>>> media type would not affect the mechanism as such, but I just want
>>>> to verify that :)
>>>>
>>>> Also, there ARE "legacy" implementations that use multiple m= lines
>>>> for a single media type (e.g. video enabled devices using two video
>>>> m= lines: one for camera content, and one for slides).
>>>>
>>>> So, while I definitely think that legacy interoperability shall be
>>>> taken into consideration, I would not like to make such strong
>>>> statements. In my opinion (the draft also talks about it), the usage
>>>> of multiple simultaneous SSRCs per m- line is a much bigger issue
>>>> when it comes to legacy interoperability.
>>>>
>>>> Also, in CLUE we have been working on signaling scenarios with
>>>> multiple m= lines per media type.
>>>    >
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Christer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: rtcweb-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:rtcweb-bounces@ietf.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of Emil Ivov
>>>> Sent: 29. toukokuuta 2013 22:00
>>>> To: rtcweb@ietf.org
>>>> Subject: [rtcweb] No Plan
>>>>
>>>> Hey all,
>>>>
>>>> Based on many of the discussions that we've had here, as well as
>>>> many others that we've had offlist, it seemed like a good idea to
>>>> investigate a negotiation alternative that relies on SDP and
>>>> Offer/Answer just a little bit less.
>>>>
>>>> The following "no plan" draft attempts to present one such approach:
>>>>
>>>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ivov-rtcweb-noplan
>>>>
>>>> The draft relies on conventional use of SDP O/A but leaves the
>>>> intricacies of multi-source scenarios to application-specific
>>>> signalling, with potentially a little help from RTP.
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully, proponents of Plans A and B would find that the
>>>> interoperability requirements that concerned them can still be met
>>>> with "no plan". Of course they would have to be addressed by
>>>> application-specific signalling and/or signalling gateways.
>>>>
>>>> Comments are welcome!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Emil
>>>>
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