Loop ring sound inside Audio context for better perf.

src/room/CallEventAudioRenderer.test.tsx

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   playSound = vitest.fn();
   (useAudioContext as MockedFunction<typeof useAudioContext>).mockReturnValue({
     playSound,
+    playSoundLooping: vitest.fn(),
   });
 });
 

src/room/GroupCallView.test.tsx

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   onTestFinished,
   test,
   vi,
+  vitest,
 } from "vitest";
 import { render, waitFor, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { type MatrixClient, JoinRule, type RoomState } from "matrix-js-sdk";
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   playSound = vi.fn();
   (useAudioContext as MockedFunction<typeof useAudioContext>).mockReturnValue({
     playSound,
+    playSoundLooping: vi.fn(),
   });
   // A trivial implementation of Active call to ensure we are testing GroupCallView exclusively here.
   (ActiveCall as MockedFunction<typeof ActiveCall>).mockImplementation(
@@ -206,6 +208,7 @@ test("GroupCallView plays a leave sound synchronously in widget mode", async ()
     );
   (useAudioContext as MockedFunction<typeof useAudioContext>).mockReturnValue({
     playSound,
+    playSoundLooping: vitest.fn(),
   });
 
   const { getByText, rtcSession } = createGroupCallView(

src/room/InCallView.tsx

@@ -287,9 +287,6 @@ export const InCallView: FC<InCallViewProps> = ({
       timeout: { mp3: timeoutMp3, ogg: timeoutOgg },
     });
   });
-  // configure this to sth that fits to the pickup waiting sound.
-  // 1600 is in sync with the animation.
-  const PICKUP_SOUND_INTERVAL = 1600;
 
   const pickupPhaseAudio = useAudioContext({
     sounds: pickupPhaseSoundCache,
@@ -386,11 +383,13 @@ export const InCallView: FC<InCallViewProps> = ({
 
   // When waiting for pickup, loop a waiting sound
   useEffect((): void | (() => void) => {
-    if (callPickupState !== "ringing") return;
-    const interval = window.setInterval(() => {
-      void pickupPhaseAudio?.playSound("waiting");
-    }, PICKUP_SOUND_INTERVAL);
-    return (): void => window.clearInterval(interval);
+    if (callPickupState !== "ringing" || !pickupPhaseAudio) return;
+    const endSound = pickupPhaseAudio.playSoundLooping("waiting");
+    return () => {
+      void endSound().catch((e) => {
+        logger.error("Failed to stop ringing sound", e);
+      });
+    };
   }, [callPickupState, pickupPhaseAudio]);
 
   // Waiting UI overlay

src/room/ReactionAudioRenderer.test.tsx

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   playSound = vitest.fn();
   (useAudioContext as MockedFunction<typeof useAudioContext>).mockReturnValue({
     playSound,
+    playSoundLooping: vitest.fn(),
   });
 });
 

src/useAudioContext.tsx

@@ -46,6 +46,40 @@ async function playSound(
   return p;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Play a sound though a given AudioContext, looping until stopped. Will take
+ * care of connecting the correct buffer and gating
+ * through gain.
+ * @param volume The volume to play at.
+ * @param ctx The context to play through.
+ * @param buffer The buffer to play.
+ * @returns A function used to end the sound. This function will return a promise when the sound has stopped.
+ */
+function playSoundLooping(
+  ctx: AudioContext,
+  buffer: AudioBuffer,
+  volume: number,
+  stereoPan: number,
+): () => Promise<void> {
+  const gain = ctx.createGain();
+  gain.gain.setValueAtTime(volume, 0);
+  const pan = ctx.createStereoPanner();
+  pan.pan.setValueAtTime(stereoPan, 0);
+  const src = ctx.createBufferSource();
+  src.buffer = buffer;
+  src.connect(gain).connect(pan).connect(ctx.destination);
+  controls.setPlaybackStarted();
+  src.loop = true;
+  src.start();
+  return () => {
+    const p = new Promise<void>((r) =>
+      src.addEventListener("ended", () => r()),
+    );
+    src.stop();
+    return p;
+  };
+}
+
 interface Props<S extends string> {
   /**
    * The sounds to play. If no sounds should be played then
@@ -59,6 +93,7 @@ interface Props<S extends string> {
 
 interface UseAudioContext<S> {
   playSound(soundName: S): Promise<void>;
+  playSoundLooping(soundName: S): () => Promise<void>;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -146,5 +181,16 @@ export function useAudioContext<S extends string>(
         earpiecePan,
       );
     },
+    playSoundLooping: (name): (() => Promise<void>) => {
+      if (!audioBuffers[name]) {
+        throw Error(`Tried to play a sound that wasn't buffered (${name})`);
+      }
+      return playSoundLooping(
+        audioContext,
+        audioBuffers[name],
+        soundEffectVolume * earpieceVolume,
+        earpiecePan,
+      );
+    },
   };
 }