Re: [Minutes] Audio WG teleconference 18 June 2015

Hmmm. Perhaps this date does not work.

Who is available on 7/1?

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Hongchan Choi <hongchan@google.com> wrote:

> Hello Joe,
>
> Just to clarify - are we having the next conference on 7/2? On Google's
> side, it is a corporate holiday and Ray is on vacation as well.
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 9:51 AM Paul Adenot <padenot@mozilla.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> .            .       .    .  . ...Joe
>>>>>
>>>>> *Joe Berkovitz*
>>>>> President
>>>>>
>>>>> *Noteflight LLC*
>>>>> 49R Day Street / Somerville, MA 02144 / USA
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>>>>> "Your music, everywhere"
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> .            .       .    .  . ...Joe
>>>
>>> *Joe Berkovitz*
>>> President
>>>
>>> *Noteflight LLC*
>>> 49R Day Street / Somerville, MA 02144 / USA
>>> phone: +1 978 314 6271
>>> www.noteflight.com
>>> "Your music, everywhere"
>>>
>>
>>


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