On 12/17/2015 02:25 PM, Baadur Jobava wrote: > This is also an opportunity for Mozilla to develop web technologies > relevant for the TV and be there first in that space. We could then > expect any standardization to happen around the choices Mozilla is > making, if they are sensible, then everyone else has to follow along.
I disagree. Many of the technologies we'd be using have already been standardized. I haven't had the chance to write my email about the current state of tech in this area, but we've already got EME, MPEG-DASH, and HLS (HTTP Live Streaming, which is almost-standardized) for video content, and UPnP as a general solution for (local) media streaming and home automation. UPnP in particular has been an ISO standard since 2008. While there might be other ancillary APIs that we design as a part of this (FlyWeb is a contender), I don't think we should enter into this space with the assumption that we'll be leading the way in drafting standards. (Although we may end up leading the way in *implementing* some of these standards, since there are many products out there which rely on proprietary interfaces to achieve lock-in.) > Also, I expect 4K to be just the wedge, with lower spec'd devices coming > along after (speculating). I wouldn't hold my breath on 4K being the thing that propels us to new heights. Due to the limitations of human vision, most users are unlikely to see significant benefit from a 1080p -> 4K transition (unless the TV is so large that you can't see all of it at once). Even among videophiles, there are serious doubts that 4K is anything more than a gimmick to sell newer, more-expensive TVs. I'm not completely convinced one way or the other, but I *am* pretty sure that nothing *beyond* 4K will ever matter (at least not until we get cybernetic eyes). - Jim _______________________________________________ dev-fxos mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos
