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W3C Media & Entertainment Interest Group

5 May 2020

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Agenda

  • Status updates and next steps:
    • Web of Things media use cases
    • Media Timed Events IG Note CfC
    • DataCue API
    • Bullet chatting
    • Media production use cases
    • Web Media API Integration Guidelines
  • Future activities for the M&E IG
  • TPAC 2020 Planning

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Web of Things media use cases

  • M&E IG / WoT WG joint call 10 Feb 2020 (minutes)
  • NHK use case: Home WoT devices work according to TV programs
  • Other scenarios (some ideas collected here)

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Media Timed Events and DataCue API

  • Requirements for Media Timed Events IG Note, call for consensus to publish ends tomorrow (#36)
  • Next steps:
    • Synchronized rendering use cases?
      • video.requestVideoFrameCallback() API (draft)
      • Media timed event rendering pipeline (TPAC 2019 presentation)
    • DataCue API incubation
      • Collaboration with DASH-IF
      • To achieve browser adoption, needs content providers to voice their support
  • Next call, Monday 18 May

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Bullet Chatting

  • TF Scope update (#55)
    • Current focus on rendering requirements, more than data interchange formats
  • Live streaming, on-demand video, and non-video use case update
  • Next steps
    • Review scope and use cases including gap analysis in MEIG
    • Based on this review, further discuss low-level rendering API in MEIG and Media WG
    • Try to establish communication with Dwango members
  • Next call: Date to be decided

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Media Production use cases

  • Open pull request on frame accurate synchronization (#33)
  • Media Production on the Web (problem statement)
  • Input invited from SMPTE members
  • Document high level use cases and gap analysis (initial draft)
    • Non-linear editing
    • Vision mixer for live streams
    • Color grading
  • Organise an open call or workshop to gather input?

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Web Media API Integration Guidelines

  • Presentation from last month’s M&E IG call (presentation)
  • Open pull request with initial draft (#34)
  • Needs an editor + contributors

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Future activities in M&E IG

  • We have a good number of open topics
  • How to increase participation where it’s needed?
  • Are there topics we’re not discussing that we should?
  • M&E IG relationship to Media Working Group

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TPAC 2020 Planning

  • TPAC 2020 may not go ahead as F2F event
    • If it does go ahead, propose usual full day Monday
  • Plan for online event:
    • Duration: 1 to 4 weeks?
    • How much time to allocate in total: 2, 4, 8, or 16 hours?
    • Length of each session: 1 to 4 hours?
    • How to manage cross-group collaboration?
    • How to manage break-out sessions?