ISSUE-15: (Bugzilla 17320) Exclusive access to audio hardware

exclusiveAccess

(Bugzilla 17320) Exclusive access to audio hardware

State:

CLOSED

Product:

Web Audio API

Raised by:

Jer Noble

Opened on:

2012-05-09

Description:

On the mailing list, Jer Noble proposed an addition to the WebAudio API which would allow the API to be implemented on platforms which allow exclusive access to audio hardware.

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-audio/2012AprJun/0122.html

The proposed changes:

* Add the AudioContext.startRendering() method to the spec.
* Add a new AudioContext.renderState property to the spec.
+ Values:
- RENDERING
- INTERRUPTED
- IDLE

Chris Rogers questioned why the startRendering() method was necessary:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-audio/2012AprJun/0124.html

Jer Noble replied with a use case demonstrating its use:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-audio/2012AprJun/0126.html

Related Actions Items:

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Related emails:

1. Re: Behavior of source nodes on connect/disconnect (from robert@ocallahan.org on 2013-09-13)
2. Re: Behavior of source nodes on connect/disconnect (from jer.noble@apple.com on 2013-09-13)
3. [web-audio-api] Exclusive access to audio hardware (#72) (from notifications@github.com on 2013-09-11)
4. Audio-ISSUE-15 (jernoble): Exclusive access to audio hardware [Web Audio API] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2012-05-09)

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