[whatwg] Codecs for <audio> and <video>

[Chris McCormick]

On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 08:29:28PM +1000, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Chris McCormick<chris at mccormick.cx> wrote:
> > Hi Sylvia,
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 11:16:01AM +1000, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote:
> >> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 3:15 AM, Chris McCormick<chris at mccormick.cx> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 09:24:42AM -0700, Charles Pritchard wrote:
> >> >> There are two use cases that I think are important: a codec
> >> >> implementation (let's use Vorbis),
> >> >> and an accessibility implementation, working with a <canvas> element.
> >> >
> >> > Here are a few more use-cases that many people would consider just as
> >> > important:
> >> >
> >> > * Browser based music software and synthesis toys.
> >> > * New types of 'algorithmic' music like that pioneered by Brian Eno.
> >> > * Browser based games which want to use procedural audio instead of
> >> > pre-rendered sound effects.
> >>
> >> Why don't you just implement an example in javascript to show off what
> >> you're talking about and make a use case for having it implemented
> >> inside the browsers?
> >
> > Yes, you are right I should definately do that. What is the normal process for
> > that: write some code, post it up on my website, and then post here with a
> > link? Is that sufficient to get the attention of the browser implementors?
> 
> I would think so. Not automatically, of course, but it would go a long way.
> 
> 
> > By 'implement an example in javascript' do you mean that I should implement an
> > example of what I wish the browsers could do, or implement an actual reference
> > vector library that the browsers could use? The former I can see myself doing,
> > but the latter has been on my TODO list long enough for me to know that I won't
> > get it done any time soon. :/
> 
> The former. Do it in javascript even if it is very slow. Just needs to
> demonstrate the idea and how useful it is for browser users.

Hi Silvia,

Whilst I haven't had the time to do this myself, I did hear about the perfect
example use-case for what I was getting at. Someone required a very small flash
applet just to do the last javascript-to-audio bit of synthesis. Everything
else was done in Javascript.

<http://stockholm.musichackday.org/index.php?page=Webloop>

"Since almost no browser is able to output sound directly from javascript, I
currently use a small flash applet to push the sound to your speakers, I hope
you don't mind."

I think I speak for all procedural audio people when I say, can't we get the
browsers to allow sample-block access to audio?

Best regards,

Chris.

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