Use Web audio API

src/Interfaces.ts

@@ -352,3 +352,6 @@ export interface ITheme {
   brightCyan?: string;
   brightWhite?: string;
 }
+export interface ISoundManager {
+  playBellSound(): void;
+}

src/SoundManager.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 The xterm.js authors. All rights reserved.
+ * @license MIT
+ */
+
+import { ITerminal, ISoundManager } from './Interfaces';
+
+// Source: https://freesound.org/people/altemark/sounds/45759/
+// This sound is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
+// (CC BY 3.0) license. It was created by 'altemark'. No modifications have been
+// made, apart from the conversion to base64.
+export const DefaultBellSound = 'data:audio/wav;base64,UklGRigBAABXQVZFZm10IBAAAAABAAEARKwAAIhYAQACABAAZGF0YQQBAADpAFgCwAMlBZoG/wdmCcoKRAypDQ8PbRDBEQQTOxRtFYcWlBePGIUZXhoiG88bcBz7HHIdzh0WHlMeZx51HmkeUx4WHs8dah0AHXwc3hs9G4saxRnyGBIYGBcQFv8U4RPAEoYRQBACD70NWwwHC6gJOwjWBloF7gOBAhABkf8b/qv8R/ve+Xf4Ife79W/0JfPZ8Z/wde9N7ijtE+wU6xvqM+lb6H7nw+YX5mrlxuQz5Mzje+Ma49fioeKD4nXiYeJy4pHitOL04j/jn+MN5IPkFOWs5U3mDefM55/ogOl36m7rdOyE7abuyu8D8Unyj/Pg9D/2qfcb+Yn6/vuK/Qj/lAAlAg==';
+
+export class SoundManager implements ISoundManager {
+
+    private _terminal: ITerminal;
+    private _audioContext: AudioContext;
+
+    constructor(_terminal: ITerminal) {
+        this._terminal = _terminal;
+    }
+
+    public playBellSound(): void {
+        if (!this._audioContext) {
+            this._audioContext = new (window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext)();
+        }
+
+        if (this._audioContext) {
+            let bellAudioSource = this._audioContext.createBufferSource();
+            let context = this._audioContext;
+            this._audioContext.decodeAudioData(this.base64ToArrayBuffer(this.removeMimeType(this._terminal.options.bellSound)), function (buffer) {
+                bellAudioSource.buffer = buffer;
+                bellAudioSource.connect(context.destination);
+                bellAudioSource.start(0);
+            });
+        }
+        else {
+            console.warn('Sorry, but the Web Audio API is not supported by your browser. Please, consider upgrading to the latest version');
+        }
+    }
+
+    private base64ToArrayBuffer(base64: string): ArrayBuffer {
+        const binaryString = window.atob(base64);
+        const len = binaryString.length;
+        let bytes = new Uint8Array(len);
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+            bytes[i] = binaryString.charCodeAt(i);
+        }
+
+        return bytes.buffer;
+    }
+
+    private removeMimeType(dataURI: string): string {
+        // Split the input to get the mime-type and the data itself
+        const SplitURI = dataURI.split(',');
+
+        // Return only the data
+        return SplitURI[1];
+    }
+}

src/Terminal.ts

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import { MouseHelper } from './utils/MouseHelper';
 import { CHARSETS } from './Charsets';
 import { CustomKeyEventHandler, Charset, LinkMatcherHandler, LinkMatcherValidationCallback, CharData, LineData } from './Types';
 import { ITerminal, IBrowser, ITerminalOptions, IInputHandlingTerminal, ILinkMatcherOptions, IViewport, ICompositionHelper, ITheme, ILinkifier } from './Interfaces';
-import { BellSound } from './utils/Sounds';
+import { DefaultBellSound, SoundManager } from './SoundManager';
 import { DEFAULT_ANSI_COLORS } from './renderer/ColorManager';
 import { IMouseZoneManager } from './input/Interfaces';
 import { MouseZoneManager } from './input/MouseZoneManager';
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ const DEFAULT_OPTIONS: ITerminalOptions = {
   termName: 'xterm',
   cursorBlink: false,
   cursorStyle: 'block',
-  bellSound: BellSound,
+  bellSound: DefaultBellSound,
   bellStyle: 'none',
   enableBold: true,
   fontFamily: 'courier-new, courier, monospace',
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export class Terminal extends EventEmitter implements ITerminal, IInputHandlingT
   private helperContainer: HTMLElement;
   private compositionView: HTMLElement;
   private charSizeStyleElement: HTMLStyleElement;
-  private bellAudioElement: HTMLAudioElement;
+
   private visualBellTimer: number;
 
   public browser: IBrowser = <any>Browser;
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ export class Terminal extends EventEmitter implements ITerminal, IInputHandlingT
   private userScrolling: boolean;
 
   private inputHandler: InputHandler;
+  public soundManager: SoundManager;
   private parser: Parser;
   public renderer: IRenderer;
-  public selectionManager: SelectionManager;
   public linkifier: ILinkifier;
   public buffers: BufferSet;
   public buffer: Buffer;
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ export class Terminal extends EventEmitter implements ITerminal, IInputHandlingT
   public charMeasure: CharMeasure;
   private _mouseZoneManager: IMouseZoneManager;
   public mouseHelper: MouseHelper;
+  public selectionManager: SelectionManager;
 
   public cols: number;
   public rows: number;
@@ -290,6 +291,7 @@ export class Terminal extends EventEmitter implements ITerminal, IInputHandlingT
     this.selectionManager = this.selectionManager || null;
     this.linkifier = this.linkifier || new Linkifier(this);
     this._mouseZoneManager = this._mouseZoneManager || null;
+    this.soundManager = this.soundManager || new SoundManager(this);
 
     // Create the terminal's buffers and set the current buffer
     this.buffers = new BufferSet(this);
@@ -424,8 +426,6 @@ export class Terminal extends EventEmitter implements ITerminal, IInputHandlingT
         this.viewport.syncScrollArea();
         break;
       case 'tabStopWidth': this.buffers.setupTabStops(); break;
-      case 'bellSound':
-      case 'bellStyle': this.syncBellSound(); break;
     }
     // Inform renderer of changes
     if (this.renderer) {
@@ -622,9 +622,6 @@ export class Terminal extends EventEmitter implements ITerminal, IInputHandlingT
     this.helperContainer.appendChild(this.charSizeStyleElement);
     this.charMeasure = new CharMeasure(document, this.helperContainer);
 
-    // Preload audio, this relied on helperContainer
-    this.syncBellSound();
-
     // Performance: Add viewport and helper elements from the fragment
     this.element.appendChild(fragment);
 
@@ -1797,7 +1794,9 @@ export class Terminal extends EventEmitter implements ITerminal, IInputHandlingT
    */
   public bell(): void {
     this.emit('bell');
-    if (this.soundBell()) this.bellAudioElement.play();
+    if (this.soundBell()) {
+      this.soundManager.playBellSound();
+    }
 
     if (this.visualBell()) {
       this.element.classList.add('visual-bell-active');
@@ -2117,25 +2116,6 @@ export class Terminal extends EventEmitter implements ITerminal, IInputHandlingT
         this.options.bellStyle === 'both';
   }
 
-  private syncBellSound(): void {
-    // Don't update anything if the terminal has not been opened yet
-    if (!this.element) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (this.soundBell() && this.bellAudioElement) {
-      this.bellAudioElement.setAttribute('src', this.options.bellSound);
-    } else if (this.soundBell()) {
-      this.bellAudioElement = document.createElement('audio');
-      this.bellAudioElement.setAttribute('preload', 'auto');
-      this.bellAudioElement.setAttribute('src', this.options.bellSound);
-      this.helperContainer.appendChild(this.bellAudioElement);
-    } else if (this.bellAudioElement) {
-      this.helperContainer.removeChild(this.bellAudioElement);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * Helpers
  */