[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 584252] New: RFE: enhancements to OSSv4 plugin

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  GStreamer | gst-plugins-bad | Ver: 0.10.x
           Summary: RFE: enhancements to OSSv4 plugin
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: 0.10.x
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gst-plugins-bad
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: garrett.damore at sun.com
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: 2.25/2.26
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


Please describe the problem:
I'm the lead developer for Solaris' Boomer project, and as such, I've developed
a significant set of enhancements to the OSSv4 plugin in gst-plugins-bad. 
These enhancements make Gstreamer work much better on Solaris with Boomer
(OpenSolaris build 115 and later), but also make it work better with stock
OSSv4 from 4Front (verified by Dev Mazumdar at 4Front.)

Most of the changes involve general code cleanup and quality improvements, but
I've also significantly revamped the way the audio controls are presented, so
that gnome-volume-control presents a much clearer and more consistent picture
of the controls available on an audio device.

This fixes incorrect handling of the MUTE option, and incorrect placement of
some of the controls on gnome-volume-control.

It also significantly enhances the ability to localize GStreamer controls on
OSSv4 systems.


Steps to reproduce:
1. Run gstreamer with gnome-volume-control using the OSSv4 plugin
2. Notice that some controls have improper mute values, are not localized, etc.
3. 


Actual results:


Expected results:


Does this happen every time?


Other information:
The detailed changes in behavior are too many to list here.  This is basically
a major overhaul of the entire plugin.

Additionally Brian Cameron and I have worked on this, and I believe that Brian
and I will be committing to long term sustaining, and working to move this out
of -bad.

Finally, I want to note that Dev Mazumdar at 4Front is pleased with these
changes -- they work better with stock OSSv4 than the previous code, so the
code is an unqualified improvement.


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