From c1f9f95fa2bbd9ea93d7e32c095626ace7b5d6f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:55:17 +0200 Subject: prepare doxygen docs for 0.9.11 --- src/pulse/def.h | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/pulse/def.h') diff --git a/src/pulse/def.h b/src/pulse/def.h index 8407ddeb..95071978 100644 --- a/src/pulse/def.h +++ b/src/pulse/def.h @@ -233,12 +233,11 @@ typedef enum pa_stream_flags { PA_STREAM_START_MUTED = 4096, /**< Create in muted state. \since 0.9.11 */ - PA_STREAM_ADJUST_LATENCY = 8192, /**< Try to adjust the latency of * the sink/source based on the * requested buffer metrics and * adjust buffer metrics - * accordingly. \since 0.9.11 */ + * accordingly. See pa_buffer_attr \since 0.9.11 */ } pa_stream_flags_t; @@ -248,53 +247,86 @@ typedef enum pa_stream_flags { /** Playback and record buffer metrics */ typedef struct pa_buffer_attr { uint32_t maxlength; /**< Maximum length of the - * buffer. Setting this to 0 will + * buffer. Setting this to (uint32_t) -1 will * initialize this to the maximum value * supported by server, which is * recommended. */ uint32_t tlength; /**< Playback only: target length of the * buffer. The server tries to assure * that at least tlength bytes are always - * available in the buffer. It is - * recommended to set this to 0, which - * will initialize this to a value that - * is deemed sensible by the + * available in the per-stream + * server-side playback buffer. It is + * recommended to set this to (uint32_t) + * -1, which will initialize this to a + * value that is deemed sensible by the * server. However, this value will * default to something like 2s, i.e. for * applications that have specific * latency requirements this value should * be set to the maximum latency that the - * application can deal with. */ + * application can deal with. When + * PA_STREAM_ADJUST_LATENCY is not set + * this value will influence only the + * per-stream playback buffer size. When + * PA_STREAM_ADJUST_LATENCY is set the + * overall latency of the sink plus the + * playback buffer size is configured to + * this value. Set + * PA_STREAM_ADJUST_LATENCY if you are + * interested in adjusting the overall + * latency. Don't set it if you are + * interested in configuring the + * server-sider per-stream playback + * buffer size. */ uint32_t prebuf; /**< Playback only: pre-buffering. The * server does not start with playback * before at least prebug bytes are * available in the buffer. It is - * recommended to set this to 0, which - * will initialize this to the same value - * as tlength, whatever that may be. */ + * recommended to set this to (uint32_t) + * -1, which will initialize this to the + * same value as tlength, whatever that + * may be. Initialize to 0 to enable + * manual start/stop control of the + * stream. This means that playback will + * not stop on underrun and playback will + * not start automatically. Instead + * pa_stream_corked() needs to be called + * explicitly. If you set this value to 0 + * you should also set + * PA_STREAM_START_CORKED. */ uint32_t minreq; /**< Playback only: minimum request. The * server does not request less than * minreq bytes from the client, instead * waits until the buffer is free enough * to request more bytes at once. It is - * recommended to set this to 0, which - * will initialize this to a value that - * is deemed sensible by the server. */ + * recommended to set this to (uint32_t) + * -1, which will initialize this to a + * value that is deemed sensible by the + * server. This should be set to a value + * that gives PulseAudio enough time to + * move the data from the per-stream + * playback buffer into the hardware + * playback buffer. */ uint32_t fragsize; /**< Recording only: fragment size. The * server sends data in blocks of * fragsize bytes size. Large values * deminish interactivity with other * operations on the connection context * but decrease control overhead. It is - * recommended to set this to 0, which - * will initialize this to a value that - * is deemed sensible by the + * recommended to set this to (uint32_t) + * -1, which will initialize this to a + * value that is deemed sensible by the * server. However, this value will * default to something like 2s, i.e. for * applications that have specific * latency requirements this value should * be set to the maximum latency that the - * application can deal with. */ + * application can deal with. If + * PA_STREAM_ADJUST_LATENCY is set the + * overall source latency will be + * adjusted according to this value. If + * it is not set the source latency is + * left unmodified. */ } pa_buffer_attr; /** Error values as used by pa_context_errno(). Use pa_strerror() to convert these values to human readable strings */ @@ -431,9 +463,9 @@ typedef struct pa_timing_info { * PA_SEEK_RELATIVE_ON_READ * instead. */ - pa_usec_t configured_sink_usec; /**< The static configured latency for + pa_usec_t configured_sink_usec; /**< The configured latency for * the sink. \since 0.9.11 */ - pa_usec_t configured_source_usec; /**< The static configured latency for + pa_usec_t configured_source_usec; /**< The configured latency for * the source. \since 0.9.11 */ int64_t since_underrun; /**< Bytes that were handed to the sink -- cgit