- From: Eric Carlson <eric.carlson@apple.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:04:21 -0800
- To: Adrian Bateman <adrianba@microsoft.com>
- Cc: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, "HTML WG (public-html@w3.org)" <public-html@w3.org>, David Dorwin <ddorwin@google.com>, Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com>
On Feb 21, 2012, at 3:16 PM, Adrian Bateman <adrianba@microsoft.com> wrote: > We have been collaborating on an API to enable encrypted media in HTML that we think > can be implemented in all browsers and support any container/codec and content > encryption solution without making major changes to the HTML Media element > specification. We think it solves most use cases without being overly large or > complex. > > We'd like to get people's feedback on the proposal. It is posted here: > http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-media/raw-file/tip/encrypted-media/encrypted-media.html > > Many content providers and application developers have said they can't use <audio> > and <video> because HTML lacks robust content protection. Without this functionality, > they cannot move their apps to the web platform. > We have also heard this frequently. This looks like a workable proposal to me. eric
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