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* ext/alsa/gstalsamixer.c: (gst_alsa_mixer_update),
(gst_alsa_mixer_get_volume), (gst_alsa_mixer_set_volume),
(gst_alsa_mixer_set_mute), (gst_alsa_mixer_set_record),
(gst_alsa_mixer_set_option), (gst_alsa_mixer_get_option):
Update mixer (to sync with other sessions) if we try to obtain
a new value. This makes alsamixer work accross applications.
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsa_sink_get_time):
Only call sync functions if we're running, else alsalib asserts.
* ext/ogg/gstoggdemux.c: (gst_ogg_demux_src_query):
Sometimes fails to compile. Possibly a gcc bug.
* gst/playback/gstplaybin.c: (gen_video_element),
(gen_audio_element):
Add a reference to an application-provided object, because we lose
this same reference if we add it to the bin. If we don't do this,
we can only use this object once and thus crash if we go from
ready to playing, back to ready and back to playing again.
Also add an audioscale element because several cheap soundcards -
like mine - don't support all samplerates.
* sys/ximage/ximagesink.c: (gst_ximagesink_xcontext_get),
(gst_ximagesink_xcontext_clear), (gst_ximagesink_change_state):
Fix wrong order or PAR calls. Makes automatically obtained PAR
from the X server atually being used.
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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_open_audio),
(gst_alsa_sw_params_dump), (gst_alsa_hw_params_dump),
(gst_alsa_close_audio):
disable some of the debugging code for now. Writing debugging to a
buffer is broken in current alsalib releases.
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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_xrun_recovery):
only restart audio when we indeed have an xrun to fix repeated
xruns. Fix suggested by Giuliano Pochini.
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* ext/alsa/gstalsaplugin.c: (gst_alsa_error_wrapper): Disable
call to gst_debug_log() if debugging is disabled (bug #145118)
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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_xrun_recovery):
use our own functions for restarting the alsa device.
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsa_sink_check_event):
I should apply patches myself - use MIN for the third argument, not
the second, this fixes seeking
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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_start), (gst_alsa_xrun_recovery):
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.h:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (gst_alsa_src_init),
(gst_alsa_src_update_avail), (gst_alsa_src_loop):
Use alsa trigger_tstamp to get the timestamp of the first
sample in the buffer for more precise sync. Some cleanups.
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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_change_state), (gst_alsa_start),
(gst_alsa_xrun_recovery):
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.h:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsa_sink_check_event),
(gst_alsa_sink_loop), (gst_alsa_sink_get_time):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (gst_alsa_src_init),
(gst_alsa_src_get_time), (gst_alsa_src_update_avail),
(gst_alsa_src_loop):
Add clock to alsasrc. Take new capture timestamp when
restarting after an overrun. Split up some functions between
alsasrc ans alsasink.
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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_get_time), (gst_alsa_clock_update),
(gst_alsa_change_state), (gst_alsa_update_avail),
(gst_alsa_xrun_recovery):
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.h:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (gst_alsa_src_loop):
Cleanups, take queued samples into account when reporting
the time.
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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_init), (gst_alsa_dispose),
(gst_alsa_get_time), (gst_alsa_xrun_recovery):
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.h:
* ext/alsa/gstalsaclock.c: (gst_alsa_clock_get_type):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (gst_alsa_src_init), (gst_alsa_src_loop),
(gst_alsa_src_change_state):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.h:
Make the xrun code timestamp and offset the buffers correctly.
moved the clock to the base class, use alsa methods to get time.
Do correct timestamping on outgoing buffers.
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2004-06-14 Benjamin Otte <otte@gnome.org>
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: Use snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate _near instead of
snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate since the latter fails for no good
reason on some setups.<
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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (add_channels):
handle min <= max correctly
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_fixate_to_mimetype),
(gst_alsa_fixate_field_nearest_int), (gst_alsa_fixate):
add fixation functions so we fixate correctly. No preferring of alaw
anymore because it's the first structure.
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.h:
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_sw_params_dump),
(gst_alsa_hw_params_dump):
add functions to ease debugging in alsalib
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_probe_hw_params),
(gst_alsa_set_hw_params), (gst_alsa_set_sw_params),
(gst_alsa_start_audio):
only specify hw params if we really setup a format (fixes#134007 -
or at least works around it)
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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_samples_to_timestamp):
cast to GstClockTime to get higher granularity
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsa_sink_check_event):
use gst_element_set_time_delay to get the exact time
* ext/mad/gstmad.c: (gst_mad_chain):
use the negotiated rate instead of the current frame's rate which
might be wrong because of bit errors. This avoids emitting totally
bogus timestamps and screwing sync.
(fixes#143454)
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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_probe_hw_params),
(gst_alsa_set_hw_params), (gst_alsa_set_sw_params),
(gst_alsa_start_audio):
- don't call set_periods_integer anymore, it breaks the
configuration randomly
- call snd_pcm_hw_params_set_access directly instead of using masks
- don't fail if the sw_params can't be set, just use the default
params and hope it works. Alsalib has weird issues when you touch
sw_params and does no proper error reporting about what failed.
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_open_audio),
(gst_alsa_close_audio):
make our alsa debugging go via gst debugging and not conditionally
defined
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.h:
add ALSA_DEBUG_FLUSH macro
* ext/alsa/gstalsaplugin.c: (gst_alsa_error_wrapper),
(plugin_init):
wrap alsa errors to be printed via the gst debugging system and not
spammed to stderr
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* ext/alsa/gstalsamixer.c: (gst_alsa_mixer_build_list):
Select first track as master track. Not sure how else to handle
that...
* ext/ogg/gstoggmux.c: (gst_ogg_mux_next_buffer):
Discard discont events. Should fix#142962.
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second batch :
remove ',' at end of enums as they could confuse older gcc, foreign compilers (forte) and gtk-doc
(in gst-plugins/ext/ this time)
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* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsa_sink_loop):
use correct variable when determining amount of data to skip so we
don't skip into the void and segfault
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* ext/alsa/gstalsamixer.c: (gst_alsa_mixer_open),
(gst_alsa_mixer_close), (gst_alsa_mixer_supported),
(gst_alsa_mixer_build_list), (gst_alsa_mixer_free_list),
(gst_alsa_mixer_change_state), (gst_alsa_mixer_list_tracks),
(gst_alsa_mixer_get_volume), (gst_alsa_mixer_set_volume),
(gst_alsa_mixer_set_mute), (gst_alsa_mixer_set_record):
Fix for cases where we fail to attach to a mixer.
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* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsa_sink_loop):
compute correct expected timestamps after seek (broken since
last commit)
* ext/gdk_pixbuf/pixbufscale.c: (pixbufscale_init):
rename element and debugging category to gdkpixbufscale
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* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsa_sink_loop):
add error checking to snd_pcm_delay and remove duplicate call to
snd_pcm_delay that caused issues (see inline code comments)
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsa_sink_get_time):
make more readable and fix return value when snd_pcm_delay fails
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* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (gst_alsa_src_loop):
don't use a fixed buffer size when writing variable length data to
it. Fixes memory corruption and makes alsasrc work
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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (device_list),
(gst_alsa_class_probe_devices):
* ext/alsa/gstalsamixer.c: (gst_alsa_mixer_open):
Fix alsa oddness in mixer after the combination of using mixer
in source/sink elements and using hw:x,y instead of just hw:x.
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* ext/alsa/gstalsamixer.c: (gst_alsa_mixer_build_list):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsa_sink_get_type),
(gst_alsa_sink_class_init):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.h:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (gst_alsa_src_get_type),
(gst_alsa_src_class_init):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.h:
Make alsasink/src a subclass of alsamixer so that mixer stuff
shows up in gst-rec. Needs some finetuning.
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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_class_probe_devices):
Don't probe for playback device if we're a source element. Fixes
#139658.
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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_change_state),
(gst_alsa_close_audio):
handle case better where a soundcard can't pause
* ext/ogg/gstoggdemux.c:
don't crash when we get events but don't have pads yet
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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_fixate): Don't fixate fields that
aren't in the caps.
* gst/sine/gstsinesrc.c: change rate caps to [1,MAX]
* gst/videocrop/gstvideocrop.c: (plugin_init): Change rank to NONE.
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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_get_property),
(gst_alsa_open_audio), (gst_alsa_close_audio):
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c:
Don't open the device if we're a mixer (= padless).
* ext/alsa/gstalsamixer.c: (gst_alsa_mixer_class_init),
(gst_alsa_mixer_init), (gst_alsa_mixer_open),
(gst_alsa_mixer_close), (gst_alsa_mixer_change_state):
Open mixer during state change rather than during object
initialization. Also, get a device name. Currently in a somewhat
hackish fashion, but I didn't really find something better.
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* ext/alsa/gstalsamixer.c: (gst_alsa_mixer_free_list):
* ext/alsa/gstalsamixertrack.c: (gst_alsa_mixer_track_class_init),
(gst_alsa_mixer_track_new):
* ext/alsa/gstalsamixertrack.h:
Fix ancient leftovers... MixerTrack is a GObject.
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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_class_probe_devices):
* sys/oss/gstosselement.c: (gst_osselement_class_probe_devices):
Don't block during probing...
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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_get_type), (gst_alsa_class_init),
(gst_alsa_get_property), (gst_alsa_probe_get_properties),
(gst_alsa_class_probe_devices), (gst_alsa_class_list_devices),
(gst_alsa_probe_probe_property), (gst_alsa_probe_needs_probe),
(gst_alsa_probe_get_values), (gst_alsa_probe_interface_init),
(gst_alsa_open_audio), (gst_alsa_close_audio):
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.h:
Add propertyprobe interface implementation, add some device-name
property, all this so that it looks good in gnome-volume-control.
Original commit message from CVS:
2004-02-14 Benjamin Otte <in7y118@public.uni-hamburg.de>
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_pcm_wait),
(gst_alsa_xrun_recovery):
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.h:
try xrun recovery when wait failed. Make xrun recovery function
return TRUE/FALSE to indicate success. (might fix#134354)
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* ext/alsa/Makefile.am: Fix linking against libgstinterfaces.
(bug #133886) Noticed by bugs@leroutier.net (Stephane LOEUILLET)
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2004-02-05 Benjamin Otte <in7y118@public.uni-hamburg.de>
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_change_state):
be sure to stop the clock when going to paused
* sys/oss/gstosssink.c: (gst_osssink_change_state):
reset number of transmitted when going to ready.
fixes#132935
2004-02-05 Charles Schmidt <cschmidt2@emich.edu>
reviewed by Benjamin Otte
* ext/mad/gstid3tag.c: (gst_mad_id3_to_tag_list):
extract track count (fixes#133410)
Original commit message from CVS:
2004-01-31 Benjamin Otte <in7y118@public.uni-hamburg.de>
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_change_state), (gst_alsa_start),
(gst_alsa_drain_audio), (gst_alsa_stop_audio):
really start/stop clock only on PLAYING <=> PAUSED
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsa_sink_loop):
remove \n from debugging lines
* ext/ogg/gstoggdemux.c: (gst_ogg_demux_chain):
make it work when seeking does not
* ext/vorbis/vorbisdec.c: (vorbis_dec_event):
reset on DISCONT
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2004-01-31 Benjamin Otte <in7y118@public.uni-hamburg.de>
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_change_state), (gst_alsa_start):
start clock on PAUSED=>PLAYING, not later
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsa_sink_check_event):
extract correct time for different discont formats
(gst_alsa_sink_get_time):
don't segfault when no format is negotiated yet, just return 0
* ext/ogg/gstoggdemux.c: (gst_ogg_demux_src_event),
(gst_ogg_demux_handle_event), (gst_ogg_demux_push),
(gst_ogg_pad_push):
handle flush and discont events correctly
* ext/vorbis/vorbisdec.c: (vorbis_dec_event), (vorbis_dec_chain):
handle discont events correctly
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2004-01-28 Benjamin Otte <in7y118@public.uni-hamburg.de>
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_query_func):
use gst_element_get_time to get correct time
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2004-01-15 Julien MOUTTE <julien@moutte.net>
* ext/alsa/gstalsamixer.c: (gst_alsa_mixer_interface_init): Setting
mixer interface type to HARDWARE.
* gst-libs/gst/mixer/mixer.c: (gst_mixer_class_init): Adding a default
type to SOFTWARE.
* gst-libs/gst/mixer/mixer.h: Adding mixer interface type and macro.
* gst-libs/gst/mixer/mixertrack.h: Adding mixertrack flag SOFTWARE.
* gst/volume/gstvolume.c: (gst_volume_interface_supported),
(gst_volume_interface_init), (gst_volume_list_tracks),
(gst_volume_set_volume), (gst_volume_get_volume),
(gst_volume_set_mute), (gst_volume_mixer_init),
(gst_volume_dispose), (gst_volume_get_type), (volume_class_init),
(volume_init): Implementing mixer interface.
* gst/volume/gstvolume.h: Adding tracklist for mixer interface.
* sys/oss/gstosselement.c: (gst_osselement_get_type),
(gst_osselement_change_state): Removing some trailing commas in
structures.
* sys/oss/gstossmixer.c: (gst_ossmixer_interface_init): Setting mixer
interface type to HARDWARE.
* sys/v4l/gstv4lcolorbalance.c:
(gst_v4l_color_balance_interface_init): Setting colorbalance interface
type to HARDWARE.
* sys/v4l2/gstv4l2colorbalance.c:
(gst_v4l2_color_balance_interface_init): Setting colorbalance
interface type to HARDWARE.
* sys/xvimage/xvimagesink.c: (gst_xvimagesink_chain): use exactly the
same code than ximagesink for event handling.
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2004-01-15 Benjamin Otte <in7y118@public.uni-hamburg.de>
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsa_sink_check_event):
Don't update the time of the clock
(gst_alsa_sink_loop):
sync to the clock given to alsasink, not the own clock
* sys/oss/gstosssink.c: (gst_osssink_chain):
sync to the clock
(gst_osssink_change_state):
activate the clock
* sys/ximage/ximagesink.c: (gst_ximagesink_chain):
* sys/xvimage/xvimagesink.c: (gst_xvimagesink_chain):
remove bogus code that made DISCONT events unhandled
* gst/asfdemux/gstasfdemux.c: (gst_asf_demux_video_caps):
explicitly case to double in _set_simple. (fixes 2nd warning in bug
#131502)
* gst/asfdemux/gstasfdemux.c: (gst_asf_demux_read_object_header),
(gst_asf_demux_handle_sink_event), (gst_asf_demux_audio_caps),
(gst_asf_demux_add_audio_stream), (gst_asf_demux_video_caps):
convert g_warning because of wrong asf data to GST_WARNINGs (fixes
2nd warning in bug #131502)
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Remove all usage of gst_pad_get_caps(), and replace it with
gst_pad_get_allowed_caps() or gst_pad_get_negotiated_cap().
Original commit message from CVS:
2004-01-03 Thomas Canty <tommydal@optushome.com.au>
reviewed by: Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
* ext/alsa/gstalsamixer.c: (gst_alsa_mixer_dispose):
Correct logic of dispose function (see #129306).
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* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (gst_alsa_src_pad_factory),
(gst_alsa_src_base_init): Remove bogus "src" request pad.
* gst/mpegstream/gstmpegparse.c: (gst_mpeg_parse_base_init),
(gst_mpeg_parse_class_init): Move pad template registration
to class_init, since the derived class (mpegdemux) doesn't
want them.
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2003-12-27 Benjamin Otte <in7y118@public.uni-hamburg.de>
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_open_audio):
Don't send ALSA debugging to stderr.
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.h:
Use GST_WARNING instead of g_warning when ALSA functions fail.
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2003-12-22 Benjamin Otte <in7y118@public.uni-hamburg.de>
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_get_caps), (gst_alsa_link):
Fix remaining caps handling errors due to CAPS merge.
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New typefind system:
* bytestream is now part of the core
* all plugins have been modified to use this new typefind system
* asf typefinding added
* mpeg video stream typefiding removed because it's broken
* duplicate typefind entries removed
* extra id3 typefinding added, because we've seen 4 types of files
(riff/wav, flac, vorbis, mp3) with id3 headers and each of these needs
to work. Instead, I've added an id3 element and let it redo typefiding
after the id3 header. this needs a hack because spider only typefinds
once. We can remove this hack once spider supports multiple typefinds.
* with all this, mp3 typefinding is semi-rewritten
* id3 typefinding in flac/vorbis is removed, it's no longer needed
* fixed spider and gst-typefind to use this, too.
* Other general cleanups
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New mimetypes gone into effect today - this commit changes all old mimetypes over to the new mimetypes spec as described in the previous commit's document. Note: some plugins will break, some pipelines will break, expect HEAD to be broken or at least not 100% working for a few days, but don't forget to report bugs
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compatibility fix for new GST_DEBUG stuff.
Includes fixes for missing includes for config.h and unistd.h
I only ensured for plugins I can build that they work, so if some of them are still broken, you gotta fix them yourselves unfortunately.
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next big bunch of stuff:
- proper caps setting in alsasrc
- query / conversion functions
WARNING: Alsa 0.9.2 is heavily borked wrt recording - expect segfaults
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bugfixes:
- better error reporting
- segfault when using alsasrc without alsasink (d'oh)
- don't try to round when doing samples => time conversion
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total code reorganization as a start to get alsasrc working - sink and src are now really different classes, not just on paper - includes a fix that makes the testsuite work that might be an older bug
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fix clock - seeking, xruns etc should be handled correctly now
includes bugfix to not play the rest of the audio buffer when going PAUSED => READY
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fix timestamp syncing
timestamps are only guessed so add a (big) threshold before starting to drop/insert
fix some clocking madness
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ALSA rewrite, part 5:
- sync to timestamps (which breaks a _lot_, because most plugins send out wrong timestamps)
- clocking support (A/V sync is superb as long as you don't sync and don't get wrong timestamps)
- 1/2 of format conversion
- assorted bugfixes
I'd like to get people to check the timestamps the plugins send out.
mpegdemux seems to be pretty broken, mad works (I just patched it...), avidemux works at least sometimes.
Haven't checked more so far.
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rewrote the caps nego / state change stuff once again, new features:
- bugfixes
- get_caps function to report better caps when device is opened
- better _link function
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fixing bugs:
- reset original caps on failed caps nego
- do only initialize format/rate/caps if known
- added line for fast debugging output (need this for iain now ;)
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ALSA cleanup step 3:
- make caps nego work, when caps are already set
- rewriting lots of caps nego while doing so
- start stream explicitly now (will probably stay that way because of sync)
- random bugfixes
alsasrc is probably broken again.
alsasink should now be stable enough to be used with gst-player or rhythmbox (seeking works)
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Bugfixing in alsa again:
- Leif's commit reverted an earlier patch
(stupid diff)
- Some comment from Leif made me clean up his code
- Moved wait() directly in front of mmap
- Assorted fixes
- fixed newbie bug: DON'T EVER USE STATIC VARIABLES WHEN YOU'RE NOT ABSOLUTELY SURE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, Leif *slap* ;)
I hope I didn't break the src now...
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+ alsasrc compiles and runs in "alsasrc ! fakesink" and "alsasrc ! osssink"
pipelines. seems to have a 100% cpu issue at the moment.
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bugfixes found while testing:
- return after 1 iteration, don't loop for ever
- caps nego: only parse endianness when necessary
- caps nego: make mu law and a law work
- caps nego: make float work
- call right function when going from PAUSED to PLAYING
- stupid error in request_new_pad
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fixing alsa step 2: complete rewrite of data transfer. The whole stuff is clean enough to go from there now.
License change to LGPL, since no copied code is left now.
Missing:
- alsasrc
- resetting format
- corner cases
- testsuite
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cleaning up alsa, step 1: cleaning up caps parsing/setting and templates
- gst-launch ... ! spider ! alsasink works now
- alsasrc definitely does not work
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+ removed the access_addr crap from GstAlsaPad ... just use
this->access_addr[channel] instead
+ completely reorganized and reindented code
+ removed the gst_alsa_sink_silence_on_channel function, needs to be completely
redone anyway
+ got alsasink to work on my machine finally ! yay !
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bugfixing:
- Fix for bug 93479
- Fix for bug 103659
- Did not set interleaved/non-interleaved correctly
- Changed g_print to DEBUG to disable unwanted output
Alsa is still not really useful. Missing is for example:
- Support for Relinking in paused state (when going to next song in gst-player)
- A bug when using gst-launch filesrc ! spider ! alsasink
- Support for events
- Padtemplates exporting proper caps
- general cleanliness
K, back to work ;)
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+ fixing 100 % cpu usage bug (bug #103658)
+ cleaning up some of the FIXMEs, mostly bytestream stuff
+ changing loop to use snd_pcm_wait instead of that poll business
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another batch of connect->link fixes
please let me know about issues
and please refrain of making them yourself, so that I don't spend double
the time resolving conflicts
