How to implement getUserMedia Server-side?

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j...@peepo.com

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Feb 3, 2013, 11:57:25 AM2/3/13
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is there a way to implement getUserMedia server side?

I guess this query could relate to a broader range of activities** that normally take place in a browser...

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Jay

**apologies if this seems kooky, but I have a use case...

Daniel Rinehart

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Feb 3, 2013, 1:16:28 PM2/3/13
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On the server you are not confined to the sandbox that browser based code must run in. As such any library that gives you access to a camera or microphone attached to the server would let you access that data.
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Roger WANG

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Feb 3, 2013, 7:59:07 PM2/3/13
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j...@peepo.com writes:

> is there a way to implement getUserMedia server side?
>
> I guess this query could relate to a broader range of activities** that
> normally take place in a browser...

In node-webkit we have plan to bridge the internals of Node.js and
WebKit so 'getUserMedia' will expose a stream interface to Node.js. And
we'll also make it headless so it could run better on the server side.

> **apologies if this seems kooky, but I have a use case...

Could you please give more information on your use case?

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j...@peepo.com

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Feb 4, 2013, 4:20:10 AM2/4/13
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Daniel,

would that simply expose related javascript features such as getImageData?
whilst one could perhaps hack...

j...@peepo.com

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Feb 4, 2013, 4:28:31 AM2/4/13
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Roger,

excellent and close to concept I have in mind, ie headless and without DOM.
iiuc DOM is hugely resource intensive.
cf web worker

Any chance you might output an headless non-DOM version?

guesstimate on time line to alpha-beta?

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Jim Carroll

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Apr 13, 2014, 1:52:17 PM4/13/14
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Hi, Roger.

Any updates on the headless browser APIs? I am trying to implement a webcam streaming server using node.js and WebRTC, but it seems like there aren't any implementations of getUserMedia() for server-side node apps. I haven't had a lot of time to look through node-webkit, but I will be soon. In the meantime, could you tell me if a getUserMedia()-like API is in the works?

Kind regards,

Jim

Rick Waldron

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Apr 13, 2014, 2:08:38 PM4/13/14
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