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audioPreferred capture in getDisplayMedia API

Category

WebRTC

Type

Chromium catches up

Status

Proposed (Chrome Proposed)

Intent stage

None

Summary

Adds an audioPreference attribute to the DisplayMediaStreamOptions dictionary used in the getDisplayMedia API. This hint allows web applications to signal to the UA that they prefer audio sharing along with video. This helps developers ensure that applications relying on audio capture work seamlessly.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://w3c.github.io/mediacapture-screen-share/#dom-displaymediastreamoptions-audioselection
• Firefox: No signal — Spec PR was approved by Mozilla https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-screen-share/pull/332
• Safari: No signal — Spec PR was approved by WebKit https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-screen-share/pull/332
• Web developers: Positive — Ask for an API to support the targeted use case from developers: https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-screen-share-extensions/issues/12
• Tracking bug: https://issues.chromium.org/issues/535514300

Explainers: https://github.com/palak8669/mediacapture-screen-share-audio-capture/blob/palak8669-patch-1/audio_selection_explainer.md

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