[vlc-commits] modules: add central channel upmixing filter

Vedanta Nayak git at videolan.org
Mon Apr 20 14:12:05 CEST 2020


vlc | branch: master | Vedanta Nayak <vedantnayak2 at gmail.com> | Thu Apr 16 02:47:46 2020 +0530| [aedc272b754dcb133720726a1407156e645813b0] | committer: Thomas Guillem

modules: add central channel upmixing filter

Center is upmixing filter for stereo audio which makes a central channel by
averaging the left and the right channels and dividing by a factor of sqrt(2).

> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit;h=aedc272b754dcb133720726a1407156e645813b0
---

 modules/audio_filter/Makefile.am |  5 ++-
 modules/audio_filter/center.c    | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/audio_filter/Makefile.am b/modules/audio_filter/Makefile.am
index 309074c75b..279be02040 100644
--- a/modules/audio_filter/Makefile.am
+++ b/modules/audio_filter/Makefile.am
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ libspatializer_plugin_la_SOURCES = \
 	audio_filter/spatializer/revmodel.hpp \
 	audio_filter/spatializer/spatializer.cpp
 libspatializer_plugin_la_LIBADD = $(LIBM)
+libcenter_plugin_la_SOURCES = audio_filter/center.c
+libcenter_plugin_la_LIBADD  = $(LIBM)
 
 audio_filter_LTLIBRARIES = \
 	libaudiobargraph_a_plugin.la \
@@ -46,7 +48,8 @@ audio_filter_LTLIBRARIES = \
 	libscaletempo_plugin.la \
 	libscaletempo_pitch_plugin.la \
 	libspatializer_plugin.la \
-	libstereo_widen_plugin.la
+	libstereo_widen_plugin.la \
+	libcenter_plugin.la
 
 # Channel mixers
 libdolby_surround_decoder_plugin_la_SOURCES = \
diff --git a/modules/audio_filter/center.c b/modules/audio_filter/center.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe9301cfdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/audio_filter/center.c
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * center.c : Central channel filter
+ *****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright © 2020 VLC authors and VideoLAN
+ *
+ * Authors: Vedanta Nayak <vedantnayak2 at gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <vlc_common.h>
+#include <vlc_aout.h>
+#include <vlc_filter.h>
+#include <vlc_plugin.h>
+
+static block_t *Process ( filter_t *filter, block_t *in_buf )
+{
+#define NB_CHANNELS 3
+
+    (void) filter;
+    float *in = (float*)in_buf->p_buffer;
+    size_t i_nb_samples = in_buf->i_nb_samples;
+    block_t *out_buf = block_Alloc(sizeof(float) * i_nb_samples * NB_CHANNELS);
+    if ( !out_buf )
+    {
+        block_Release(in_buf);
+        return out_buf;
+    }
+    float * p_out = (float*)out_buf->p_buffer;
+    out_buf->i_nb_samples = i_nb_samples;
+    out_buf->i_dts        = in_buf->i_dts;
+    out_buf->i_pts        = in_buf->i_pts;
+    out_buf->i_length     = sizeof(float) * i_nb_samples;
+    const float factor = .70710678;
+    for ( size_t i = 0 ; i < i_nb_samples ; ++i)
+    {
+        float left = in[i*2];
+        float right = in[i*2+1];
+        float center = ( left + right ) * factor / 2;
+        p_out[i * NB_CHANNELS   ] = left;
+        p_out[i * NB_CHANNELS + 1 ] = right;
+        p_out[i * NB_CHANNELS + 2 ] = center;
+    }
+    block_Release(in_buf);
+    return out_buf;
+}
+
+static int Open (vlc_object_t *in)
+{
+    filter_t *filter = (filter_t *)in;
+    if (filter->fmt_in.audio.i_physical_channels != AOUT_CHANS_STEREO)
+        return VLC_EGENERIC;
+
+    static_assert(AOUT_CHANIDX_CENTER > AOUT_CHANIDX_RIGHT &&
+        AOUT_CHANIDX_RIGHT > AOUT_CHANIDX_LEFT, "Change in channel order.");
+
+    filter->fmt_out.audio.i_format = VLC_CODEC_FL32;
+    filter->fmt_in.audio.i_format = VLC_CODEC_FL32;
+    filter->fmt_out.audio.i_physical_channels = AOUT_CHANS_STEREO | AOUT_CHAN_CENTER;
+    filter->fmt_out.audio.i_rate = filter->fmt_in.audio.i_rate;
+    aout_FormatPrepare(&filter->fmt_in.audio);
+    aout_FormatPrepare(&filter->fmt_out.audio);
+    filter->pf_audio_filter = Process;
+    return VLC_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+vlc_module_begin()
+    set_shortname (N_("Center"))
+    set_description (N_("Create a central channel"))
+    set_category (CAT_AUDIO)
+    set_subcategory (SUBCAT_AUDIO_AFILTER)
+    set_capability ("audio filter",0)
+    set_callback (Open)
+vlc_module_end ()



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