Re: [whatwg] default audio upload format (was Fwd: The Media Capture API Working Draft)

2010-09-03 Thread Roger Hågensen
On 2010-09-04 01:55, James Salsman wrote: Most of the MIME types that support multiple channels and sample rates have registered parameters for selecting those. Using a PCM format such as audio/L16 (CD/Red Book audio) as a default would waste a huge amount of network bandwidth, which translates

Re: [whatwg] default audio upload format (was Fwd: The Media Capture API Working Draft)

2010-09-03 Thread James Salsman
Most of the MIME types that support multiple channels and sample rates have registered parameters for selecting those. Using a PCM format such as audio/L16 (CD/Red Book audio) as a default would waste a huge amount of network bandwidth, which translates directly into money for some users. On Fri,

Re: [whatwg] default audio upload format (was Fwd: The Media Capture API Working Draft)

2010-09-03 Thread David Singer
I agree that if the server says it accepts something, then it should cover at least the obvious bases, and transcoding at the server side is not very hard. However, I do think tht there needs to be some way to protect the server (and user, in fact) from mistakes etc. If the server was hoping f

Re: [whatwg] default audio upload format (was Fwd: The Media Capture API Working Draft)

2010-09-03 Thread Roger Hågensen
On 2010-09-01 21:34, David Singer wrote: seems like a comma-separated list is the right way to go, and that audio/* should mean what it says -- any kind of audio (whether that is useful or not remains to be seen). I would suggest that this is likely to be used for short captures, and that un

Re: [whatwg] default audio upload format (was Fwd: The Media Capture API Working Draft)

2010-09-01 Thread David Singer
seems like a comma-separated list is the right way to go, and that audio/* should mean what it says -- any kind of audio (whether that is useful or not remains to be seen). I would suggest that this is likely to be used for short captures, and that uncompressed (such as a WAV file or AVI with P

Re: [whatwg] default audio upload format (was Fwd: The Media Capture API Working Draft)

2010-09-01 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 1:11 PM, James Salsman wrote: > Does anyone object to form input type=file > accept="audio/*;capture=microphone" using Speex as a default, as if it > were specified > accept="audio/x-speex;quality=7;bitrate=16000;capture=microphone" or > to allowing the requesting of differ

Re: [whatwg] default audio upload format (was Fwd: The Media Capture API Working Draft)

2010-09-01 Thread James Salsman
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Roger Hågensen wrote: >  On 2010-08-31 22:11, James Salsman wrote: >> >> Does anyone object to form input type=file >> accept="audio/*;capture=microphone" using Speex as a default, as if it >> were specified >> accept="audio/x-speex;quality=7;bitrate=16000;capture

Re: [whatwg] default audio upload format (was Fwd: The Media Capture API Working Draft)

2010-08-31 Thread Roger Hågensen
On 2010-08-31 22:11, James Salsman wrote: Does anyone object to form input type=file accept="audio/*;capture=microphone" using Speex as a default, as if it were specified accept="audio/x-speex;quality=7;bitrate=16000;capture=microphone" or to allowing the requesting of different speex qualities

[whatwg] default audio upload format (was Fwd: The Media Capture API Working Draft)

2010-08-31 Thread James Salsman
Does anyone object to form input type=file accept="audio/*;capture=microphone" using Speex as a default, as if it were specified accept="audio/x-speex;quality=7;bitrate=16000;capture=microphone" or to allowing the requesting of different speex qualities and bitrates using those mime type parameters