Can you please edit the spec accordingly? The Gecko implementation doesn't do this either right now... :/ -- Ehsan <http://ehsanakhgari.org/> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Chris Rogers <crogers@google.com> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Srikumar Karaikudi Subramanian < > srikumarks@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> Q: Can script processor nodes be expected to run >> synchronously during offline rendering? >> >> By that I mean will native components wait for >> a script node to complete its task before proceeding >> to the next block of sample frames? Though it would >> be ridiculous if they are not, the spec isn't clear >> on this. >> >> When using the realtime context, the audio thread >> is not expected to wait for compute intensive >> script nodes and consequently the script nodes >> operate with a delay. This delay is unnecessary >> when rendering using the offline context and it >> would be ok for the rendering thread to wait for >> the JS code before continuing. >> >> Ensuring this has another benefit - that of providing >> a mechanism by which we can use a script node as a >> periodic callback timer to instantiate native nodes >> just in time when rendering long compositions. >> > > Yes, this is how it should work. Currently, this is a limitation in the > WebKit and Blink implementations. > > Chris > > >> >> Best, >> -Kumar >> >> >> >> >
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