Intent to Prototype: Mediacapture-transform VideoTrackGenerator

[Harald Alvestrand]

Contact emails

h...@chromium.org

Explainer

https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-transform/blob/main/explainer.md

Specification

https://w3c.github.io/mediacapture-transform/#video-track-generator

Summary

API to generate a video MediaStreamTrack from a WHATWG Stream of VideoFrame objects. This is the WG-agreed form of the interface that was previously known as MediaStreamTrackGenerator, specialized for video.

Blink component

Blink>MediaStream

Motivation

The WEBRTC WG agreed to adopt the mediacapture-transform proposal; as part of the debate, the form of the function to generate a video MediaStreamTrack was changed. This intent tracks the API change.

Initial public proposal

TAG review

TAG review status

Not applicable

Risks

Interoperability and Compatibility

Gecko: Positive

WebKit: No signal

Web developers: No signals

Other signals:

Debuggability

Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests?

No

Flag name

VideoTrackGenerator

Requires code in //chrome?

False

Tracking bug

https://crbug.com/1300528

Estimated milestones

No milestones specified

Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status

https://chromestatus.com/feature/5590295839244288

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