Re: [rtcweb] A plea for simplicity, marketability - and... who are we designing RTCWEB for?

"Olle E. Johansson" <oej@edvina.net> Thu, 20 October 2011 14:56 UTC

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20 okt 2011 kl. 16:52 skrev Iñaki Baz Castillo:

> 2011/10/20 Olle E. Johansson <oej@edvina.net>:
>> 20 okt 2011 kl. 16:39 skrev Iñaki Baz Castillo:
>> 
>>> 2011/10/20 Bernard Aboba <bernard_aboba@hotmail.com>:
>>>> the APIs should also enable media to be sent over a websocket
>>> 
>>> WHAT??
>>> 
>> A more specific question: What are the use cases?
>> 
>> I understand that media over TCP is used in many apps today. While media over websocket over tcp over IP sounds just a bit too much, I am very curious on the use case.
> 
> 
> There is no use case. WebSocket is NOT designed for carrying media.

Right. But if we want to inject prompts in the call or save media files recorded, would that work? Not realtime.

Bernard - what did you have in mind when you wrote that?

/O