[pulseaudio-discuss] [PATCH 0/3] Combine module-role-ducking and module-role-cork

[Georg Chini]

On 23.03.2015 05:01, Arun Raghavan wrote:
> On 22 March 2015 at 18:55, Georg Chini <georg at chini.tk> wrote:
>> This patch set combines the functionality of module-role-cork and module-role-ducking.
>> Module name is still module-role-cork (module-role-cork-duck somehow sounds a bit
>> like module-rubber-duck ...).
>> If you specify a volume, streams will be ducked, otherwise muted/corked.
>> It also adds support for streams without media.role and reacts to mute/cork
>> changes of the trigger stream and to property list changes.
>>
>> Georg Chini (3):
>>    role-cork: Don't ignore streams without media.role
>>    role-cork: React to mute/cork of trigger streams and to proplist
>>      changes
>>    role-cork: combine module-role-ducking and module-role-cork
>>
>>   src/modules/module-role-cork.c | 141 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>>   1 file changed, 111 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
>>
>> --
> I wouldn't mind some consolidation there but it seems like you can
> either cork or duck, but not both? A fairly standard case I can think
> of that needs this is something like - event over music => duck, phone
> over music => cork.
>
Basically I see three ways how to achieve this:

1) Remove the "load once" restriction so that you can use one instance
     for corking and another for ducking (I'll test this later today)
2) Add additional parameters "duck_trigger_roles" and "duck_roles"
3) Keep two separate modules

What would you prefer?