def, format: Document how to leave PCM parameters to be decided by the server

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Tanu Kaskinen 2013-12-04 06:17:11 +02:00
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2 changed files with 85 additions and 9 deletions

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@ -130,7 +130,18 @@ char *pa_format_info_snprint(char *s, size_t l, const pa_format_info *f);
* \a pa_format_info_snprint() into a pa_format_info structure. \since 1.0 */
pa_format_info* pa_format_info_from_string(const char *str);
/** Utility function to take a \a pa_sample_spec and generate the corresponding \a pa_format_info. \since 2.0 */
/** Utility function to take a \a pa_sample_spec and generate the corresponding
* \a pa_format_info.
*
* Note that if you want the server to choose some of the stream parameters,
* for example the sample rate, so that they match the device parameters, then
* you shouldn't use this function. In order to allow the server to choose
* a parameter value, that parameter must be left unspecified in the
* pa_format_info object, and this function always specifies all parameters. An
* exception is the channel map: if you pass NULL for the channel map, then the
* channel map will be left unspecified, allowing the server to choose it.
*
* \since 2.0 */
pa_format_info* pa_format_info_from_sample_spec(const pa_sample_spec *ss, const pa_channel_map *map);
/** Utility function to generate a \a pa_sample_spec and \a pa_channel_map corresponding to a given \a pa_format_info. The
@ -204,13 +215,48 @@ void pa_format_info_set_prop_string(pa_format_info *f, const char *key, const ch
/** Sets a property with a list of string values on the given format info. \since 1.0 */
void pa_format_info_set_prop_string_array(pa_format_info *f, const char *key, const char **values, int n_values);
/** Convenience method to set the sample format as a property on the given format. \since 1.0 */
/** Convenience method to set the sample format as a property on the given
* format.
*
* Note for PCM: If the sample format is left unspecified in the pa_format_info
* object, then the server will select the stream sample format. In that case
* the stream sample format will most likely match the device sample format,
* meaning that sample format conversion will be avoided.
*
* \since 1.0 */
void pa_format_info_set_sample_format(pa_format_info *f, pa_sample_format_t sf);
/** Convenience method to set the sampling rate as a property on the given format. \since 1.0 */
/** Convenience method to set the sampling rate as a property on the given
* format.
*
* Note for PCM: If the sample rate is left unspecified in the pa_format_info
* object, then the server will select the stream sample rate. In that case the
* stream sample rate will most likely match the device sample rate, meaning
* that sample rate conversion will be avoided.
*
* \since 1.0 */
void pa_format_info_set_rate(pa_format_info *f, int rate);
/** Convenience method to set the number of channels as a property on the given format. \since 1.0 */
/** Convenience method to set the number of channels as a property on the given
* format.
*
* Note for PCM: If the channel count is left unspecified in the pa_format_info
* object, then the server will select the stream channel count. In that case
* the stream channel count will most likely match the device channel count,
* meaning that up/downmixing will be avoided.
*
* \since 1.0 */
void pa_format_info_set_channels(pa_format_info *f, int channels);
/** Convenience method to set the channel map as a property on the given format. \since 1.0 */
/** Convenience method to set the channel map as a property on the given
* format.
*
* Note for PCM: If the channel map is left unspecified in the pa_format_info
* object, then the server will select the stream channel map. In that case the
* stream channel map will most likely match the device channel map, meaning
* that remixing will be avoided.
*
* \since 1.0 */
void pa_format_info_set_channel_map(pa_format_info *f, const pa_channel_map *map);
PA_C_DECL_END