offscreen-audio

Offscreen audio, side panel controller, until we make audio in/from a ServiceWorker without a document happen

References:

• Expose AudioContext in Worker/ServiceWorker #2383

Prior art/related work:

• sw-extension-audio
• AudioWorkletStream

Installation:

Download and unzip, or use git to fetch the repository. Navigate to chrome://extensions, toggle Developer mode to on, click Load unpacked, select the offscreen-audio folder.

TODO:

• Convert from MP3, Opus, AAC, FLAC, etc. to floats on the fly
• Include folder and file drag and drop capability in controller to implements playlists
• Implement an indefinite stream where peers can add to, share, and listen to the same stream
• Figure out a way to use Media Session with Web Audio API displayed in controlled from global media controls on the main window
• ...

We can already do most of the above. We just need to carefully incorporate such functionality into our controller panel.

License

WTFPLv2