It's not used anymore because it does work so well.
The problem is that while it transparently proxies param enums on
ports to peers, it fails to emit events when those peer
params change in a way that would make the enum result change as well.
This makes it quite hard to use this correctly.
When node.async is set, make the node async.
Advertize SPA_IO_AsyncBuffers on mixer ports when supported. Set a new
port flag when AsyncBuffer is supported on the port.
When making a link and if one of the nodes is async and the linked ports
support AsyncBuffer, make the link async and set this as a property on
the link. For async nodes we will use SPA_IO_AsyncBuffers on the mixer
ports.
Nodes that are async will not increment the peer required counters. This
ensures that the peer can start immediately before the async node is
ready.
On an async link, writers will write to the (cycle+1 & 1) async buffers
entry and readers will read from (cycle & 1). This makes the readers read
from the previously filled area.
We need to have two very controlled areas with specific rules for who
reads and who writes where because the two nodes will run concurrently
and no special synchronization is possible otherwise.
These async nodes can be paused and blocked without blocking or xrunning
the rest of graph. If the node didn't produce anything when the next
cycle starts, the graph will run with silence.
See #3509
This is to iterate params that are common to all ports, such as
EnumFormat or the supported IO areas. Mostly interesting for mixer and
splitter nodes so that we don't have to create a new port just to query
things.
port_set_io with SPA_IO_Buffer can be used to enable/disable a port
when the node is running and so the node should make sure the io update
is synchronized with the processing loop.
Use spa_loop_invoke to make sure the mixers handle the port_io updates
correctly.
Setting buffers or a format also needs the port to be disabled so add
some checks for this in the mixers.
Use the same sorting as ardour for midi events with the same timestamp
so that the order is:
Controller messages > Program Change > Note Off > Note On >
Note Pressure > Channel Pressure > Pitch Bend
Fixes#1868
Make the alignment parameter optional when negotiating buffers.
Default to a 16 bytes alignment and adjust for the max cpu
alignment.
Remove the useless align buffer parameter in plugins, we always
set it to 16 anyway.
When we add a new listener to an object, it will emit the full state
of the object. For this it temporarily sets the change_mask to all
changes. Restore the previous state after this or else we might not
emit the right change_mask for the next listener.
Consider the case where one there are two listeners on an object.
The object emits a change and the first listener wants to enumerate the
changed params. For this is adds a new listener and then triggers the
enumeration. If we set the change_mask to 0 after adding the listener,
the second listener would get a 0 change_mask and fail to update
its state.
JACK can handle 2 buffers at most, make the default buffer allocator
allocate 2 buffers when no params are given.
Prefer 2 buffers, it allows some form of async fill/consume
This is more in line with wayland and it allows us to create new
interfaces in modules without having to add anything to the type
enum. It also removes some lookups to map type_id to readable
name in debug.
