[minutes] Audio WG teleconference, 2014-10-16

Dear all,

Please find below the minutes of our teleconference on 2014-10-16:

http://www.w3.org/2014/10/16-audio-minutes.html


1. TPAC Bug Review

We may not be able to complete a comprehensive issue review at TPAc as we will also need to focus on liaisons with other groups and issues outside the group that may effect us. We will re think this section and try to focus any issue review on requirements for V1.

2. Survey any existing tests for Web Audio and understand general testing practice by and for browser vendors

We need to get a grasp on testing as we approach V1 of the spec.  This will be essential to enable us to prove interoperable implementations.  Action to discus this further at TPAC and develop a plan going forwards.


3. Discuss the need for spec-clarification issues to be handled by spec editors.

We will tag issues that are pending addition to the spec to help editors to keep track of these changes.  Also suggested that for all issues to be brought up at TPAC a single person should take the lead and be prepared to give an overview of the bug.


4. AudioPanner

Its suggested that the audio panner is overcomplicated for the general user who just wants an equal power, left/right panner.  Panner currently defaults to HRTF which is sub optimal. Added issue for splitting the nodes: https://github.com/WebAudio/web-audio-api/issues/372 to provide a simple panner and more complex spatial panner.


5. suspend/resume/close

Raised this with the TAG who feel its acceptable. We resolved some questions about layering architecture. Other feedback: close() is a better name than release()


6. What priority to attach to webplatform.org? Can generation of examples follow finalization of v1 spec?

Webplatform docs is meant to be an unusual resources in that it's aligned to standards as well as implementors. While specifically aimed at devs the aim is to get them involved in the standardization process
Best approach would be that if there's something that's different between specs and implementations, just document that change.
For further discussion at TPAC.


7. Next meeting

F2F TPAC:  27th-28th October 2014
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Matthew Paradis
Senior Software Engineer (Audio),
BBC Research & Development
030304 09889 | matthew.paradis@bbc.co.uk | www.bbc.co.uk/rd/sound