Limit the length of the recorded video

[octavn]

This is Octavian, founder of https://addpipe.com, a video recording platform, and author of Correct Syntax for HTML Media Capture.

We process up to 7000vids/day with Pipe and about 10% are uploaded from mobile through HTML Media Capture.

One of the most frequent requests we get is the ability to limit the length of the video recorded through HTML Media Capture.

The max length could be specified through a new attribute which would take values in seconds (maxlength="120" ?) and it would apply to videos recorded on the spot through capture or, if capture is missing, when selecting [Take Video] in the (iOS) device UI.

[anssiko]

Thanks for the feature proposal. The use case is clear. I marked this as v2 to signal the group considers the feature for the possible next version of the spec.

Cc @riju to investigate the Chrome Android implementation feasibility and report back.