LDAC encoder already supports S16, S24, S32 and F32LE. Using FLOAT32LE
for the sample format would avoid the additional call for conversion to
pa_sconv_s32le_from_float32ne. perf tool shows this as being the function
called frequently after encode. So, just avoid this by using sample format
as F32LE.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/-/merge_requests/486>
Make the code ever so slightly more generic by not using appsrc and
appsink in codec-specific logic when assigning caps specific to the raw
(PCM) format provided by or returned to PA.
Note that caps have to be set (= event) after starting, can't send
events in flushing state.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/-/merge_requests/484>
We move the codec specific bits to their own respective files and now
make the codec specific initialisation use a GstBin, which the generic
GStreamer module now uses in the pipeline.
It is job of the codec specific function to add elements in the GstBin
and link the added elements in the bin. It should also set up the ghost
pads as a GstBin has no pads of it's own and without which the bin
cannot be linked to the appsrc/appsink.
Also, we now only initialise either the encoding or the decoding
pipeline and not both. The codec init API already gets passed the
for_encoding flag. We pass and use the same to codec specific init
functions.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/-/merge_requests/440>
This API internally checks if a requested codec can be supported on the
system. This is especially required for codecs supported via GStreamer
where the availability of a plugin decides if the said codec can be
supported.
This will be used to prevent registration of a codec which the remote
endpoint device might be able to support, but, PulseAudio can't as the
codec is not available on the system due to the absence of a plugin.
We can also prevent listing or switching to an unavailable codec.
Note that the codec negotiation happens with the bluez stack even before
a device is connected. Because of this, we need to make sure that gst_init
is called before checking for the availability of a plugin. Since
module-bluez5-device gets loaded only after a connection to the device
has been established, doing the gst_init in that or one of the bluetooth
modules is not feasible.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/-/merge_requests/440>
