Saner speaker process design

[disorder] / server / speaker.h

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/** @file server/speaker.h
 * @brief Speaker process
 */
#ifndef SPEAKER_H
#define SPEAKER_H

#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
# define MACHINE_AO_FMT AO_FMT_BIG
#else
# define MACHINE_AO_FMT AO_FMT_LITTLE
#endif

/** @brief How many seconds of input to buffer
 *
 * While any given connection has this much audio buffered, no more reads will
 * be issued for that connection.  The decoder will have to wait.
 */
#define BUFFER_SECONDS 5

/** @brief Minimum number of frames to try to play at once
 *
 * The main loop will only attempt to play any audio when this many
 * frames are available (or the current track has reached the end).
 * The actual number of frames it attempts to play will often be
 * larger than this (up to three times).
 *
 * For ALSA we request a buffer of three times this size and set the low
 * watermark to this amount.  The goal is then to keep between 1 and 3 times
 * this many frames in play.
 *
 * For other we attempt to play up to three times this many frames per
 * shot.  In practice we will often only send much less than this.
 */
#define FRAMES 4096

/** @brief Bytes to send per network packet
 *
 * Don't make this too big or arithmetic will start to overflow.
 */
#define NETWORK_BYTES (1024+sizeof(struct rtp_header))

/** @brief Maximum RTP playahead (ms) */
#define RTP_AHEAD_MS 1000

/** @brief Maximum number of FDs to poll for */
#define NFDS 256

/** @brief Track structure
 *
 * Known tracks are kept in a linked list.  Usually there will be at most two
 * of these but rearranging the queue can cause there to be more.
 */
struct track {
  struct track *next;                   /* next track */
  int fd;                               /* input FD */
  char id[24];                          /* ID */
  size_t start, used;                   /* start + bytes used */
  int eof;                              /* input is at EOF */
  int got_format;                       /* got format yet? */
  ao_sample_format format;              /* sample format */
  unsigned long long played;            /* number of frames played */
  char *buffer;                         /* sample buffer */
  size_t size;                          /* sample buffer size */
  int slot;                             /* poll array slot */
};

/** @brief Structure of a backend */
struct speaker_backend {
  /** @brief Which backend this is
   *
   * @c -1 terminates the list.
   */
  int backend;

  /** @brief Flags
   *
   * Possible values
   * - @ref FIXED_FORMAT
   */
  unsigned flags;
/** @brief Lock to configured sample format */
#define FIXED_FORMAT 0x0001
  
  /** @brief Initialization
   *
   * Called once at startup.  This is responsible for one-time setup
   * operations, for instance opening a network socket to transmit to.
   *
   * When writing to a native sound API this might @b not imply opening the
   * native sound device - that might be done by @c activate below.
   */
  void (*init)(void);

  /** @brief Activation
   * @return 0 on success, non-0 on error
   *
   * Called to activate the output device.
   *
   * On input @ref device_state may be anything.  If it is @ref
   * device_open then the device is already open but might be using
   * the wrong sample format.  The device should be reconfigured to
   * use the right sample format.
   *
   * If it is @ref device_error then a retry is underway and an
   * attempt to recover or re-open the device (with the right sample
   * format) should be made.
   *
   * If it is @ref device_closed then the device should be opened with
   * the right sample format.
   *
   * If the @ref FIXED_FORMAT flag is not set then @ref device_format
   * must be set on success.
   *
   * Some devices are effectively always open and have no error state,
   * in which case this callback can be NULL.  In this case @ref
   * FIXED_FORMAT must be set.  Note that @ref device_state still
   * switches between @ref device_open and @ref device_closd in this
   * case.
   */
  void (*activate)(void);

  /** @brief Play sound
   * @param frames Number of frames to play
   * @return Number of frames actually played
   *
   * If an error occurs (and it is not immediately recovered) this
   * should set @ref device_state to @ref device_error.
   */
  size_t (*play)(size_t frames);
  
  /** @brief Deactivation
   *
   * Called to deactivate the sound device.  This is the inverse of @c
   * activate above.
   *
   * For sound devices that are open all the time and have no error
   * state, this callback can be NULL.  Note that @ref device_state
   * still switches between @ref device_open and @ref device_closd in
   * this case.
   */
  void (*deactivate)(void);

  /** @brief Called before poll()
   *
   * Called before the call to poll().  Should call addfd() to update
   * the FD array and stash the slot number somewhere safe.  This will
   * only be called if @ref device_state = @ref device_open.
   */
  void (*beforepoll)(void);

  /** @brief Called after poll()
   * @return 1 if output device ready for play, 0 otherwise
   *
   * Called after the call to poll().  This will only be called if
   * @ref device_state = @ref device_open.
   *
   * The return value should be 1 if the device was ready to play, or
   * 0 if it was not.
   */
  int (*ready)(void);
};

/** @brief Possible device states */
enum device_states {
  /** @brief The device is closed */
  device_closed,

  /** @brief The device is open and ready to receive sound
   *
   * The current device sample format is potentially part of this state.
   */
  device_open,
  
  /** @brief An error has occurred on the device
   *
   * This state is used to ensure that a small interval is left
   * between retrying the device.  If errors just set @ref
   * device_closed then the main loop would busy-wait on broken output
   * devices.
   *
   * The current device sample format is potentially part of this state.
   */
  device_error
};

extern enum device_states device_state;
extern ao_sample_format device_format;
extern struct track *tracks;
extern struct track *playing;

#endif /* SPEAKER_H */

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