Hi, I've been reading lately about the new proposed <device> element, and was wondering if it was needed at all. IMHO, a video originating from an attached camera is not different from a video originating from the network, so <video> could be used here. Displaying the webcam in a page could be done like this:
<video autoplay controls> <source src="webcam:640,480,25" /> <!-- 640x480, 25fps --> <source src="webcam:320,240,*" /> <!-- will be tried if the webcam doesn't support the above settings --> <source src="mire.mp4" /> <!-- no webcam attached? show this video instead --> </video> Same could be done with <audio> for adding microphone support, and in both cases the browser should notify the user the page is requesting permission to access these devices. Now, I am aware HTMLMediaElement doesn't offer any methods to actually query the data it serves or to get notified as more incoming data gets received, which makes my proposal useless. Still, such methods could be used in other scenarios, like a browser-based video editing app, so adding them would make sense in my opinion. Thanks, Julien. -- Julien Cayzac http://julien.cayzac.name/ skype://jcayzac?chat