[mythtv] [PATCH] audiooutputalsa

[David George]

Sorry, replying to my own post.

On 8/15/2004 3:38 PM, David George wrote:

> Currently if WriteAudio fails it closes pcm_handle.  This patch adds 
> the ability to try to open an audio file handle again.  If the re-open 
> fails it will then then return the same as it previously did.  This 
> was discovered when I was troubleshooting audio problems on an HDTV 
> stream.  AudioOutputAlsa::Reconfigure was reworked a little to support 
> this.

I should mention that I was getting broken pipe errors occasionally on 
the HDTV audio.  With this patch I now reopen the alsa device and 
everything continues on with only a minor audio glitch.  Previously the 
audio would just stop playing and I would see video, but hear no audio.  
If we immediately get another error just return as before.

> Currently if the audiolen was the same as the fragment size the audio 
> thread would sit there waiting for more data.  I didn't really see the 
> point in waiting so when there are 4096 bytes waiting to be sent, send 
> it.

Basically seeing these messages:

audio waiting for buffer to fill: have 4096 want 4096