[MPlayer-dev-eng] libao3

[David Holm]

Anders Johansson wrote:

>Hi, 
>
>I have been writing on libao3.
>This is what I have come up with so far, and I need feedback. 
>
>This is what I have made:
>
>I have made two changes to the old interface:
>1. The global variables are now in a struct.
>2. get_delay() now returns a float.
>
why a float?? do we have to calculate this in time now?

>
>
>I have only made changes on ao_oss so far.
>
>I have written one new audio output module called ao_plugin, this
>module filters the sound through all the plugins one wants to use and
>passes the data on to the HW access module (i.e. ao_oss). My idea is to
>have a command line switch who when set bypasses the audio directly to
>the HW module if the user doesn't want any plugins - thus preserving
>the old interface. I have not written any plugins yet nor any
>documentation (I know some of the old comments still are present in
>the code, I will fix this).
>
>To use the diff (I don't know if it works - first time I ever made
>one :) apply it and move libao2 to some safe place and rename libao3
>to libao2. I have not made any changes to configure and will need help
>with this.
>
>The reason I send this out now is that I want to know if you think I
>am going in the correct direction. Please have a look and give me
>comments and ideas.
>
>Cheers,
>//Anders
>
>(Please disregard any stupidity in this mail I have a hangover :)
>