[vlc-devel] Re: Update: Mac OS X audio patch

[Derk-Jan Hartman]

On 06 jul 2004, at 23:21, Jean-Alexis Montignies wrote:
> It worked great on my setup!
>
> Motu 828 mkII , I tried all the speaker configs. (The configs for 3F1R 
> 2F1R were not there, but then it would give a 20 lines menu :), not 
> the greatest interface).
> For me it's a go.
>
> Did anyone tested this on a G5 with optical out configured to output 
> AC3?
>
> Jean-Alexis

Don't think so. There aren't much G5 users around. I guess because VLC 
doesn't work....
One thing has me worried though. i noticed that since a couple of weeks 
ago, sometimes my normal stereo built-in device behaves weird. like it 
has the wrong samplerate or something.

Could folks keep their ears open for such a thing?

DJ

> On 2 juil. 04, at 09:57, Mark Wells wrote:
>
>> I sent the following email yesterday afternoon, but for some reason 
>> it didnt come through on the list. I have removed the attachment 
>> incase this was the problem. Therefore if anyone wants the code then 
>> let me know where to send it!
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: Mark Wells <mark.wells at oxsemi.com>
>>> Date: 1 July 2004 15:13:54 BST
>>> To: vlc-devel at videolan.org
>>> Subject: Update: Mac OS X audio patch
>>>
>>> Attached is my latest offering - an update to Matt Romaine's OS X 
>>> audio patch. Main functionality includes:
>>>
>>> 1) Fixed selection on the "Audio Device" submenu so now when you 
>>> select an option, it actually changes the output format to reflect 
>>> the selected option. (Previously, audio would be played in one 
>>> format only. all available formats were correctly detected, and 
>>> changing the selection on the audio option menu worked, but did not 
>>> actually change the output format!)
>>>
>>> 2) Added 5-channel option to Open() so that 3F2R is available. (Matt 
>>> added 3F2R detection in ChannelsToAoutVar() but there was no initial 
>>> 5-channel hardware detection so this menu option would previously 
>>> never happen)
>>>
>>> 3) Bug fix so that where multiple devices supporting the same number 
>>> of channels are connected to the system they can be selected 
>>> individually (Previously, selecting "stereo" would indicate in the 
>>> menus that every stereo-capable device was selected)
>>>
>>> 4) Error message in InitDevice: "Something may be wrong with 
>>> physical format indexing!" Downgraded to a warning message because 
>>> during testing with my G5's internal device I was getting this error 
>>> message popup, while there is perfect audio playback. I have not 
>>> looked into this issue extensively to see in what circumstances this 
>>> message should occur, but based on my testing it appears when the 
>>> audio stream is actually OK :o)
>>>
>>> If you have the available hardware then please test this module. I 
>>> have tested mainly with AC3 content, because I understand from 
>>> Jean-Alexis that the plan is to eventually implement OS X audio 
>>> using the HALOutputUnit (like Xine) but that approach will not 
>>> support direct stream output....so this module will still be 
>>> required even when the new one comes along.
>>>
>>> Something else to note is I have been working directly off Matt's 
>>> patch, which used the 20040524 snapshot. I notice that DJ updated 
>>> coreaudio.c in revision 8084 on 28 June, so bear in mind that this 
>>> copy of coreaudio.c DOES NOT include his updates (whatever they 
>>> were...) I guess if necessary I can integrate the two copies....that 
>>> depends how useful this patch is to everyone.
>>>
>>> I have tried to comment my changes well, but if there are any 
>>> questions then just shout! Other feedback/suggestions welcome, 
>>> although I am not certain how much more time I will have available 
>>> to continue on this module.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------
>>> Mark Wells
>>> Oxford Semiconductor Ltd
>>> 25 Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4SH, UK
>> ----------------------------------
>> Mark Wells
>> Oxford Semiconductor Ltd
>> 25 Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4SH, UK
>>
---
Universiteit Twente
Derk-Jan Hartman (d.hartman at student.utwente dot nl)
http://home.student.utwente.nl/d.hartman

-- 
This is the vlc-devel mailing-list, see http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
To unsubscribe, please read http://developers.videolan.org/lists.html
If you are in trouble, please contact <postmaster at videolan.org>