On 2014-05-18 07:49, Boris Zbarsky wrote:
On 5/18/14, 12:51 AM, Jim wrote:
It does require that the JS component communicating with the CDM
via the EME is a standard. Netflix might refuse to support this
standard, but you could try.
We've tried to get that part standardized, and failed.
Prove this claim.
Where is this claimed specification?
In which version of Firefox was this standard distributed to test the
market?
If you are sandboxing the CDM, and if the CDM only verifies that it is
running in this sandbox, then it should make no difference if it is
part
of a web browser or part of a dedicated media player, so it could be
re-purposed for use in such a media player.
That's correct, as long as you use the same sandbox.
This would allow the DRM media player to be kept out of the web.
This seems like a pretty arbitrary distinction: using a browser
plug-in vs launching a helper app that does the same thing. The end
result is still DRM media on the web relying on the user having the
DRM-enabled player.
It keeps DRM out of the open web standards by definition. The Internet
is not the web.
The web browser and DRM player are separate.
Why is this particular bit important? I genuinely don't understand
why having web browser and an always-present DRM player is any
different than just having the web browser include the player.
It keeps DRM out of the open web standards, a very significant point,
and a matter to be defended.
There are very real technical differences in the ability to sandbox a
separate DRM player versus an integrated web based media player. The
user would have more choice. There would be a healthy market for media
players that could meet the varying needs of users.
No DRM extensions would be added to web standards.
That's happening no matter what we do...
There is an attempt to pass off the EME an open web standard, and
Mozilla have joined the propaganda war, but this does not make it so.
Jim
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