Advanced Media Interaction
Just the two media elements (plus their associated API) that you’ve seen so far in this chapter provide many more options for media than developers have ever had in the past, but this is only the beginning. Plans are already underway to provide far more granular control and extensibility to playing media natively in the browser, with advanced audio capabilities and peer-to-peer data connection acting as the vanguard.
Web Audio API
For people who want to go beyond simple playback of audio files, an emerging standard called the Web Audio API aims to provide high-level processing and synthesizing of audio in web applications. The Web Audio API is based on the concept of Audio Routes, a common tool in sound engineering ...
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