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

[Derk-Jan Hartman]

http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=9757

I would be very much obliged if you could test the new auhal module.
Thanks for the work you have done on multichannel audio. much of the 
auhal work was inspired by your fixes of coreaudio (which basically 
clearly showed that everything was one big mess :) )

DJ

On 02 jul 2004, 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
>
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Derk-Jan Hartman (d.hartman at student.utwente dot nl)
http://www.sidequest.org

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