[vlc-devel] [PATCH 2/4] aout: keep the requested aout-mode across several inputs

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le torstaina 5. huhtikuuta 2018, 19.43.51 EEST Thomas Guillem a écrit :
> On Thu, Apr 5, 2018, at 18:37, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> > Le torstaina 5. huhtikuuta 2018, 19.30.19 EEST Thomas Guillem a écrit :
> > > We just don't show the "reverse stereo" or dual-mono modes in case of
> > > surround. And if this mode is preferred by the user, we just ignore it
> > > for
> > > the current input.
> > > 
> > > > Likewise, how do you define surround PCM and surround pass-through
> > > > modes
> > > > (however you call them) with a stereo track?
> > > 
> > > Likewise, we don't show these options with a stereo track.
> > 
> > Yes and so there is no point using the same option. It would only reopen
> > #6.
> Then add a new menu ?

I would either restore the old menu name (Audio channels) and dynamically 
select the back-end variable, or dynamically select the menu name too.

There is no apparent point to add a new menu as such, since you never have 
stereo and surround mode sets simultaneously.

I also don't see why the output plugins should need to know about that stuff.

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