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preston
preston

Reputation: 4357

Web Audio API and Audio Download and Protection

I'm reading a book about Web Audio API. In the book it states that to play and load a sound using the WEB AUDIO API, there are 4 steps that needs to be taken:

1.) Load the sound file with XHR and decode it. (Will end up with a 'buffer') 2.) Connect the buffer to audio effects nodes. 3.) To hear the sound, connect the last node in the effects chain to the destination. 4.) Start the sound.

My question is...given these 4 steps, is there a way for the user of the website that uses the Web Audio to download the audio/audios played on the website???

If so, how does one prevent this.

or does it being 'buffered' prevent it from being illegally downloaded?

I would like to find a way to protect the audio files I use inside my game/app that I put up on the webpage that are played with the Web Audio API.....

Thank you....

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1268

Answers (1)

cwilso
cwilso

Reputation: 13928

EASILY save it, no. But 1) if it's being transferred as an MP3, etc file the user can go into their network cache and copy it; there's no inherent DRM or anything. 2) Even if the sound was being generated completely from scratch (e.g. mathematically) the user could use a virtual audio device like Soundflower to save the output.

So no, it's not really possible to prevent the user from saving audio files.

Upvotes: 2

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