Re: Is Web Audio a realtime API?

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org> wrote:

> Hello Oleg,
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> Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 3:11:56 PM, you wrote:
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> > Specification lists performance and latency considerations, but
> > does not explicitly state if API is realtime or not.
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> That depends on your definition of realtime.
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> On the one hand, it concerns audio which is generated "in realtime"
> rather than previously recorded audio which is merely played back.
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> On the other hand, it will almost always be executed on a
> non-realtime, multitasking OS rather than a RTOS. And audio samples
> are processed in blocks rather than as individual samples, so
> sample-accurate sync is hard (128 samples at 44.1k is 2.9ms).
>

I believe the api does give you sample-accurate sync, even if the samples
are processed in blocks.


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> Best regards,
>  Chris Lilley, Technical Director, W3C Interaction Domain
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