Re: about numberOfOutputs of RealtimeAnalyserNode

Just thinking here: If a node (any node) has no effect on the audio data,
it would make sense that the node should not have a downstream output, or
need to be connected to the destination to operate.





On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Wei, James <james.wei@intel.com> wrote:

>  The idea behind it is that It will be good that some inspector Node like
> RealtimeAnalyserNode can pull without connect to downstream node which
> ultimately connect to an audio destination.****
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> Currently we have to connect RealtimeAnalyserNode to a GainNode with gain
> as 0 and then connect to destination to analyze the stream and avoid to
> impact the audio playing. ****
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> Another potential solution is to add multiple destination support in Web
> Audio API and add a mock destination for the inspector purpose and this
> destination is synced with the real destination. ****
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> Best Regards ****
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> James ****
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> *From:* Wei, James [mailto:james.wei@intel.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:10 AM
> *To:* public-audio@w3.org
> *Subject:* about numberOfOutputs of RealtimeAnalyserNode****
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> In the latest WD of Web Audio API, it has a note for the numberOfOutputs
> of RealtimeAnalyserNode. ****
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> I would like to raise it in the mailing list so more people can have a
> look at it. ****
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> 4.17. The RealtimeAnalyserNode Interface****
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> This interface represents a node which is able to provide real-time
> frequency and time-domain analysis information. The audio stream will be
> passed un-processed from input to output. ****
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>     numberOfInputs  : 1****
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>     numberOfOutputs : 1    Note: it has been suggested to have no outputs
> here - waiting for people's opinions****
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> Detailed information can refer to
> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77515 ****
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> Best Regards ****
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> James ****
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