Re: Web Audio API spec review

On 05/15/2012 03:25 PM, Olivier Thereaux wrote:
> Hi Philip, all
>
> On 15/05/2012 13:45, Philip Jägenstedt wrote:
>> Marcus and I have begun spec review of the Web Audio API and MediaStream
>> Processing with the expectation to start implementing something in the
>> not too distant future.
>
> Please note, per http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-audio/2012AprJun/0144.html that the MediaStream Processing spec will soon be republished
> as a Note and that the group will be focussing on the Web Audio API.


That is sad given the technical merits the MediaStream Processing API has.
I don't know why the WG ended up to such resolution.



-Olli


>
>
>> The executive summary is that the Web Audio API is largely
>> underspecified and that we could not even begin to implement it based on
>> the existing spec without reverse-engineering Chris Rogers'
>> implementation.
>
> The timing of your comments is good. Looking at changes to the spec which will make it more implementable is going to be our focus in the foreseeable
> future. See recent threads, such as http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-audio/2012AprJun/thread.html#msg141
>
> Thanks,

Received on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 12:52:17 UTC