The Media Capture API is a web standard under development to allow web applications to access the media capture capabilities of a device (typically a Smartphone or other Mobile Internet device). This would allow a web application to include a function to record audio via the device's microphone, and take a picture or record a video with the device's camera.
The standard was discontinued by the World Wide Web Consortium in 2012, and is supported in the Android browser (from version 3.0+)."Android 3.0 Platform" on developer.android.com The Media Capture API was replaced by The Media Capture and Streams API
The Media Capture and Streams API gives JavaScript tools for asking permission to use media devices like microphones and cameras and for dealing with the audio and video streams that come from those devices.
A MediaStream has one or more MediaStreamTrack objects that each show a media track, like audio or video. Streams can be shown using media elements, sent across a network, with WebRTC saved or changed using Web APIs.
External links The Media Capture API - Page by the W3C
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