Allow transferring ArrayBuffer into VideoFrame, AudioData, EncodedVideoChunk, EncodedAudioChunk, ImageDecoder constructors

Category: Multimedia
Type: Chromium catches up
Status: Enabled by default (Chrome 120)
Intent stage: None

Summary

This will allow detaching array buffers and using corresponding buffers inside VideoFrame, ImageDecoder, EncodedVideoChunk, EncodedAudioChunk, AudioData without a copy. Explainer: https://gist.github.com/Djuffin/1c8fac486ca9f402be85074166e89a16

Standards & signals

Specification: https://www.w3.org/TR/webcodecs/#dictdef-videoframeinit
Firefox: N/A — Change is too small to justify this effort. The change was discussed and approved by the w3c media working group.
Safari: N/A — Change is too small to justify this effort. The change was discussed and approved by the w3c media working group.
Web developers: No signals
Tracking bug: https://crbug.com/1446808

Docs: https://gist.github.com/Djuffin/1c8fac486ca9f402be85074166e89a16

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