[pulseaudio-discuss] [RFC] disabling monitor source patch

[Luke Yelavich]

On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 05:14:45AM EDT, David Henningsson wrote:
> I would say to go with keeping the monitoring source - either decode
> it, leave the raw data as it is, or write zeroes, whatever we
> conclude is the best way to go.

Decoding will likely require patent encumbered code, i.e ffmpeg for Dolby Digital 5.1, an mp3 decoder for mp3, etc. I'd probably say that writing zeroes is a better approach, if we want to keep monitor source around for passthrough.

Luke