[IAEP] do OLPC browsers support WebRTC microphone audio, input? (Adam Holt)

[Tony Anderson]

See http://www.webrtcinwebkit.org/

Tony

On 03/14/2017 12:00 AM, devel-request at lists.laptop.org wrote:
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>     1. Re: [IAEP] do OLPC browsers support WebRTC microphone audio
>        input? (Adam Holt)
>     2. Re: [IAEP] do OLPC browsers support WebRTC microphone audio
>        input? (James Cameron)
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> Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 12:16:57 -0400
> From: Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org>
> To: Jim Salsman <jim at talknicer.com>, iaep <iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>,
> 	"Devel's in the Details" <devel at lists.laptop.org>
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] do OLPC browsers support WebRTC microphone audio
> 	input?
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> Hi Jim,
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> On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Jim Salsman <jim at talknicer.com> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 11:55 PM, Sam P. <sam at sam.today> wrote:
>>> OLPC OS ships with an ancient (2011?) version of WebKitGtk+.  I don't
>> even
>>> think that the current version supports WebRTC.
>>>
>>> Maybe you could run a version of Firefox or chrome on it?
>> Does anyone out there have Chrome or Firefox compiling on OLPCs?
>>
> There was some solid research comparing Firefox 26 and Firefox 50 on XO
> laptops (particularly on Fedora 18) not so many weeks ago in December and
> January:
>
>     http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2017-January/thread.html
>     http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Browser_improvements
>
> Rough conclusion seems to be that Firefox 26 is ready-to-go if you want
> that, but that it would take more work to get Firefox 50 compiling cleanly
> here?
>
> Also if I recall Nathan Riddle also has a couple further details, that
> might not have made it into the thread above, so I can put you in contact
> with him directly if nec?
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> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 08:21:18 +1100
> From: James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org>
> To: wJim Salsman <jim at talknicer.com>, devel at lists.laptop.org,
> 	iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] do OLPC browsers support WebRTC microphone audio
> 	input?
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> G'day Jim,
>
> I can recommend our OLPC NL3 with OLPC OS 16.04.2 and Firefox-52 or
> Chrome-56 for WebRTC microphone input.
>
> Several other combinations do not work.  Here are details with
> footnotes.
>
> - OLPC OS 16.04.2 on NL3 has Sugar Browse-200.1 [A] and Firefox-52
>    [W], and can install Chrome-56 [W].
>
> - OLPC OS 13.2.8 on XO-4 has Sugar Browse-157.3 [A], and can install
>    Firefox-25 [B].  Chrome is not available.
>
> Footnotes:
>
> Failure mode "A"; pocketsphinx.js acoustic scores demo does not work;
> the start button is insensitive.  Because the WebRTC layer does not
> support the feature.
>
> Failure mode "B"; "Would you like to share your microphone with
> snd95.github.io" is asked, the microphone light turns on, but failure
> mode "A" then occurs.
>
> Working mode "W", works fine.
>
> p.s.
>
> Questions about OLPC OS are best posted by subscribing to
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> have trouble subscribing.  I expect my reply will be bounced by IAEP.
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> Thanks to Adam for cross posting and Sam for data about OLPC OS
> 13.2.8.
>