ISSUE-105: Should the capture hint in HTML Media Capture be specified through a MIME parameter?

captureHint

Should the capture hint in HTML Media Capture be specified through a MIME parameter?

State:

CLOSED

Product:

Capture API

Raised by:

Dominique Hazaël-Massieux

Opened on:

2010-11-18

Description:

As of November 2010, the HTML Media Capture spec uses a parameter in the description of the MIME type of the accept attribute:
http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/camera/#captureparam

It's been argued that this is a hack, and might be fragile
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-device-apis/2010Nov/0056.html

An alternative that was suggested early on was to use an additional attribute in the <input> element.

Android currently ships with the MIME parameter.

Related Actions Items:

• ACTION-308 on Robin Berjon to Contact Microsoft about HTML Media Capture to get some feedback - due 2010-12-08, closed
• ACTION-309 on Robin Berjon to Contact Mozilla to get some feedback about HTML Media Capture - due 2010-12-08, closed
• ACTION-310 on Robin Berjon to Coordinate with the HTML WG on HTML Media Capture - due 2010-12-08, closed
• ACTION-317 on Robin Berjon to Ping Andrei about using @role instead of mime parameters - due 2010-12-22, closed
• ACTION-318 on Robin Berjon to Ping WAI about using @role for capture - due 2010-12-22, closed
• ACTION-351 on Dominique Hazaël-Massieux to Draft HTML Media Capture with role attribute - due 2011-03-22, closed
• ACTION-367 on Dominique Hazaël-Massieux to Update HTML Media Capture with new attribute - due 2011-03-23, closed
• ACTION-383 on Robin Berjon to Handle publication of HTML Media Capture WD - due 2011-04-20, closed
• ACTION-391 on Dominique Hazaël-Massieux to Look at overlap between MediaFileData and HTMLVideoElement - due 2011-04-27, closed

Related emails:

1. RE: Agenda - Distributed Meeting 25 April 2012 (from travis.leithead@microsoft.com on 2012-04-25)
2. Agenda - Distributed Meeting 25 April 2012 (from Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com on 2012-04-25)
3. Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2011-06-08 (from Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com on 2011-06-07)
4. RE: Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2011-06-01 (from niklas.widell@ericsson.com on 2011-06-01)
5. RE: Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2011-06-01 (from Claes1.Nilsson@sonyericsson.com on 2011-06-01)
6. Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2011-06-01 (from Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com on 2011-05-31)
7. Re: Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2011-05-25 (from schitturi@rim.com on 2011-05-25)
8. Re: Regrets, was RE: Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2011-05-25 (from jmorris@cdt.org on 2011-05-25)
9. RE: Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2011-05-25 (from Claes1.Nilsson@sonyericsson.com on 2011-05-25)
10. Regrets, was RE: Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2011-05-25 (from niklas.widell@ericsson.com on 2011-05-25)
11. Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2011-05-25 (from Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com on 2011-05-23)
12. Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2011-05-11 (from dom@w3.org on 2011-05-11)
13. 2009/dap/camera Overview.html,1.118,1.119 (from cvsmail@w3.org on 2011-04-06)
14. R: Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2010-12-01 (from marco.marengo@telecomitalia.it on 2010-12-01)
15. RE: Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2010-12-01 (from jmorris@cdt.org on 2010-12-01)
16. RE: Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2010-12-01 (from niklas.widell@ericsson.com on 2010-12-01)
17. Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2010-12-01 (from Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com on 2010-11-30)
18. Re: CfC: Last Call for HTML Media Capture; deadline Dec 1st (from andreip@google.com on 2010-11-19)
19. 2009/dap/camera Overview.html,1.117,1.118 (from cvsmail@w3.org on 2010-11-19)
20. Re: CfC: Last Call for HTML Media Capture; deadline Dec 1st (from dom@w3.org on 2010-11-18)
21. ISSUE-105 (captureHint): Should the capture hint in HTML Media Capture be specified through a MIME parameter? [Capture API] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2010-11-18)

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