[pulseaudio-discuss] [WIP] Passthrough support

[Luiz Augusto von Dentz]

Hi,

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 5:40 PM, pl bossart <bossart.nospam at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I would suggest to use the new API to implement audio passthrough for
>> bluetooth devices, it is very likely the we will be disabling unix
>> socket IPC in BlueZ. What I would do is, if audio passthrough is
>> supported then PA register a mp3 endpoint and try to configure both
>> sbc and mp3 simultaneously (only one active at time) when possible so
>> we can quickly switch between codecs.
>
> Luiz, what is the time frame for removal of this socket IPC? Will it
> still be supported in Meego 1.2, 1.3, etc.? I don't disagree this is
> the right thing to do, I am just wondering if we would run into some
> integration issues that would actually delay the availability of MP3
> passthrough by moving too quickly. Or maybe we can have the two
> approaches supported and remove this initial version at a later time?

Currently the 2 API work side by side, in fact we should already be
able to use on MeeGo 1.2, for MeeGo 1.3 we should probably be moving
for BlueZ 5.x which afaik will remove the unix socket IPC completely
(Marcel can tell you the exact plan), so IMO we should try to
prioritize the Media API solution which btw is what currently
use/qualify in harmattan.

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Luiz Augusto von Dentz
Computer Engineer