[Bug 649931] New: PATCH: allow apexsink to play to new, generation 2 AirTunes (AirPlay) hardware

[GStreamer (bugzilla.gnome.org)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=649931
  GStreamer | gst-plugins-bad | git

           Summary: PATCH: allow apexsink to play to new, generation 2
                    AirTunes (AirPlay) hardware
    Classification: Platform
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: git
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gst-plugins-bad
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: mike at flyn.org
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
     GNOME version: ---


Created an attachment (id=187604)
 --> (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=187604)
Patch against gst-plugins-bad Git master, as of approx. May 5th 2011 at 22:00
CST

It seems that new Apple devices expect a slightly different protocol when
receiving an AirTunes stream. I have written a patch that allow apexsink to
stream to these devices. To support this, the plugin now has two additional
properties: generation and transport-protocol.

With this patch, I am able to stream to AirServer, a software implementation of
the newer protocol. There are some issues remaining, probably having to do with
the use of usleep (notice the comment in the patch):

1. For some reason, no audio plays unless I specify "--gst-debug=apexsink:5" on
the gst-launch command line. Very odd. Perhaps printing to the console slows
down the timing of things.

2. I hear a skip every 6-40 seconds.

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