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Video decoding fits into this model: decoders will be a slave S that's a thread in a content process, and the decoders publish updates directly to a master M that's the compositor process. The content and browser main threads will publish special "placeholder" video layers that reference "real" layers in the compositor process. | Video decoding fits into this model: decoders will be a slave S that's a thread in a content process, and the decoders publish updates directly to a master M that's the compositor process. The content and browser main threads will publish special "placeholder" video layers that reference "real" layers in the compositor process. | ||
= Implementation = | |||
The process architecture for the first implementation will look something like the following. | |||
[[File:Cross-process-layers-v0.png|thumb|650px|v0 process architecture]] | |||
(The big boxes are processes and the circles next to squiggly lines are threads. <code>PFoo</code> refers to an IPDL protocol, and <code>PFoo(Parent|Child)</code> refers to a particular actor.) | |||