RTCRtpSender setParameters() extensions for requesting the generation of a key frame

Category: WebRTC
Type: Chromium catches up
Status: Enabled by default (Chrome 122)
Intent stage: None

Breaking change: No
Enterprise impact: None
Spec maturity: Working draft
Web Platform Tests: Yes

WPT details: Part of https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/4643591

Summary

Adds an optional second parameter to WebRTC's RTCRtpSender.setParameters call which can be used to ask the associated encoder to generate a key frame.

Standards & signals

Specification: https://w3c.github.io/webrtc-extensions/#rtcrtpsender-setparameters-keyframe
Firefox: No signal
Safari: No signal
Web developers: Positive — Microsoft Teams is quite interested in the feature.
Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1354101

Ecosystem

Web Platform Tests: https://wpt.fyi/results/?q=rtcrtpsender-setparameters-extensions-for-requesting-the-generation-of-a-key-frame
Chrome Platform Showcase: https://chrome-platform-showcase.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
GenDN reference: https://gendn.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
chrome.dev demos search: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Achrome.dev+RTCRtpSender%20setParameters()%20extensions%20for%20requesting%20the%20generation%20of%20a%20key%20frame
MDN Web Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=RTCRtpSender%20setParameters()%20extensions%20for%20requesting%20the%20generation%20of%20a%20key%20frame
Baseline status: https://webstatus.dev/?q=RTCRtpSender%20setParameters()%20extensions%20for%20requesting%20the%20generation%20of%20a%20key%20frame

Docs: https://fippo.github.io/webrtc-explainers/rtcrtpsender-setparameters

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