MediaElement for in-memory byte streams

[DouglasDwyer]

In the kira audio library, there are the StaticSoundData and StreamingSoundData types. StaticSoundData decodes the entire audio file in advance, whereas StreamingSoundData decodes frames on demand (using a background thread and a ring buffer).

In web_audio_api, the equivalent to StaticSoundData is decode_audio_data_sync. The closest equivalent to StreamingSoundData seems to be MediaElement. However, MediaElement only supports loading files from disk, whereas kira also supports in-memory byte streams (any std::io::Cursor).

Would it be possible to add support for loading any stream (not just files) from MediaElement? If so, what should the API look like?

[orottier]

Thanks for reporting!

I have had a look, our MediaElement uses the creek lib for realtime safe streaming and seeking, and that requires an on-disk file. I don't really understand why exactly, any Read + Seek impl should suffice. I will have to discuss with the creek maintainer. Stay tuned - but this will take a while