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WebAudio: decodeAudioData returns a Promise

Category

Multimedia

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 49)

Intent stage

None

Summary

AudioContext.decodeAudioData returns a Promise<AudioBuffer> that is resolved when decoding the audio data is finished. This is in addition to the existing callbacks, which are now optional.

Standards & signals

• Specification: http://webaudio.github.io/web-audio-api/
• Firefox: No signal
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: Positive
• Tracking bug: http://crbug.com/420107

Docs: http://webaudio.github.io/web-audio-api/#widl-AudioContext-decodeAudioData-Promise-AudioBuffer--ArrayBuffer-audioData-DecodeSuccessCallback-successCallback-DecodeErrorCallback-errorCallback https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AudioContext/decodeAudioData

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