Re: Audio encoders/decoders

Jussi,

>From a web developers point of view I very much like the idea. I don't know
what is and isn't feasible but I suspect as you do that IP may be an issue
with some formats.

Exciting stuff!

Mark

On 3 March 2011 16:23, Jussi Kalliokoski <jussi.kalliokoski@gmail.com>wrote:

> Decoders are there, but I doubt encoders.
>
>
> If that's the case, well... They've implemented the decoders, it shouldn't
> be too hard to implement the encoders as well. Especially in the IE, since
> they're using Windows native decoders anyway...
>
>
>> I guess .wav could be supported easily. .ogg perhaps in some browsers,
>> but support for .mp3 would be trickier because of licensing and patents.
>>
>
> Yes, you're right, I wouldn't recommend implementing mp3 either, just it
> put it there for an example.
>
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>> Also, encoding can take a lot of time so the method should work
>> asynchronously.
>>
>
> A valid point and a good idea!
>
>
>> Btw, since <audio> is defined in HTML, and this feature isn't exactly
>> about creating/modifying audio data, this discussion should probably go to
>> WhatWG.
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>>
>> -Olli
>>
>
> I thought as much, but I wanted to discuss this further here, with all of
> us audio enthusiasts, and refine the idea a bit before posting anything
> there.
>
> Jussi
>