Re: [Minutes] Audio WG teleconference 18 June 2015

Same here, this week is the Mozilla Summit in Vancouver, I doubt I'll be
able to have something written. That said, I'm planning to talk to a lot of
javascript engine and spec people this week, I'll probably have a better
understanding of the situation and possibilities by the end of the week.

Paul.

On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Joe Berkovitz <joe@noteflight.com> wrote:

> Understood. Maybe Paul will be able to pull together a more complete
> response to the current proposal, which will help us keep things moving.
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 11:29 AM, Chris Wilson <cwilso@google.com> wrote:
>
>> I sincerely doubt I can make that.  I'm currently at a week-long summit
>> meeting, followed by a couple days of vacation, will likely still be
>> jetlagged at next telcon.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Joe Berkovitz <joe@noteflight.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This is good dialogue -- it would be great if we could be at (or very
>>> close to) a more wrapped-up patch to the spec by the date of the next
>>> telcon.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Paul Adenot <padenot@mozilla.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Oh I thought it was a spec issue, for the parse/compile off-main-thread
>>>> thing. I'm pretty sure Gecko and IE do off-main-thread parse and compile
>>>> already, so that might not be an issue.
>>>>
>>>> Last I checked, the Worker spec was quite explicit about
>>>> parsing/compiling script on the same thread as the worker. I'll ask
>>>> questions to make sure we're reading and understanding the right thing.
>>>>
>>>> Also yes, I'll try to think about a name.
>>>>
>>>> Paul.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 12:00 AM, Chris Wilson <cwilso@google.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 1) Yes, this isn't a Web Worker - at least, not per AudioWorker
>>>>> instance, they are more of an AudioGlobalScope.  The entire audio thread
>>>>> for an AudioContext probably *IS* a WebWorker (or at least quite similar).
>>>>> If we want to call it something else, as per previous discussion, make a
>>>>> suggestion, I'm open.  CustomAudioProcessor?
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) Yeah, I'd love to use the "native can load dynamic code without
>>>>> glitching" metric too.  My guidance from Alex and V8 team was that although
>>>>> this (parsing/compile on a different thread) may happen in the future in a
>>>>> generic way, it simply isn't possible today in the JS environment.  If/when
>>>>> it were to happen, one could implement AudioWorkers that work that way.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Paul Adenot <padenot@mozilla.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 9:06 PM, Joe Berkovitz <joe@noteflight.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 4. AudioWorker Progress
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chris has discussed issue #532 with Alex Russell of the TAG. No
>>>>>>> particular outcomes there but Chris has also found that there seems to be
>>>>>>> little prospect of having script loading and execution run in some thread
>>>>>>> other than the audio thread, meaning that loading up AudioWorkers will
>>>>>>> inevitably cause glitching as scripts are initialize.  This is not a
>>>>>>> showstopper though: the feature is still incredibly useful and important;
>>>>>>> it just means that scripts should be loaded either as part of app
>>>>>>> initialization or while audio is quiescent.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Need Paul's input on this, and determination of best way forward to
>>>>>>> create a reasonable definition of AudioWorker (perhaps still not a Worker,
>>>>>>> fundamentally) so pushed back on Needs WG Review.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> @padenot can you please chime on on this subject via email?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah well I'm not happy about that. I'll be talking to some people
>>>>>> this week. Also, yes, this is not really a worker at this point.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My current thinking is that native can load dynamic code without
>>>>>> glitching, so Web Audio API should be able to do the same.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paul.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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> *Joe Berkovitz*
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> 49R Day Street / Somerville, MA 02144 / USA
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> "Your music, everywhere"
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