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1# -*- mode: python -*-
2#
3# Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Zoltán Kővágó <DirtY.iCE.hu@gmail.com>
4#
5# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
6# See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
7
8##
9# = Audio
10##
11
12##
13# @AudiodevPerDirectionOptions:
14#
15# General audio backend options that are used for both playback and
16# recording.
17#
18# @mixing-engine: use QEMU's mixing engine to mix all streams inside QEMU and
19#                 convert audio formats when not supported by the backend. When
20#                 set to off, fixed-settings must be also off (default on,
21#                 since 4.2)
22#
23# @fixed-settings: use fixed settings for host input/output. When off,
24#                  frequency, channels and format must not be
25#                  specified (default true)
26#
27# @frequency: frequency to use when using fixed settings
28#             (default 44100)
29#
30# @channels: number of channels when using fixed settings (default 2)
31#
32# @voices: number of voices to use (default 1)
33#
34# @format: sample format to use when using fixed settings
35#          (default s16)
36#
37# @buffer-length: the buffer length in microseconds
38#
39# Since: 4.0
40##
41{ 'struct': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
42  'data': {
43    '*mixing-engine':  'bool',
44    '*fixed-settings': 'bool',
45    '*frequency':      'uint32',
46    '*channels':       'uint32',
47    '*voices':         'uint32',
48    '*format':         'AudioFormat',
49    '*buffer-length':  'uint32' } }
50
51##
52# @AudiodevGenericOptions:
53#
54# Generic driver-specific options.
55#
56# @in: options of the capture stream
57#
58# @out: options of the playback stream
59#
60# Since: 4.0
61##
62{ 'struct': 'AudiodevGenericOptions',
63  'data': {
64    '*in':  'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
65    '*out': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions' } }
66
67##
68# @AudiodevAlsaPerDirectionOptions:
69#
70# Options of the ALSA backend that are used for both playback and
71# recording.
72#
73# @dev: the name of the ALSA device to use (default 'default')
74#
75# @period-length: the period length in microseconds
76#
77# @try-poll: attempt to use poll mode, falling back to non-polling
78#            access on failure (default true)
79#
80# Since: 4.0
81##
82{ 'struct': 'AudiodevAlsaPerDirectionOptions',
83  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
84  'data': {
85    '*dev':           'str',
86    '*period-length': 'uint32',
87    '*try-poll':      'bool' } }
88
89##
90# @AudiodevAlsaOptions:
91#
92# Options of the ALSA audio backend.
93#
94# @in: options of the capture stream
95#
96# @out: options of the playback stream
97#
98# @threshold: set the threshold (in microseconds) when playback starts
99#
100# Since: 4.0
101##
102{ 'struct': 'AudiodevAlsaOptions',
103  'data': {
104    '*in':        'AudiodevAlsaPerDirectionOptions',
105    '*out':       'AudiodevAlsaPerDirectionOptions',
106    '*threshold': 'uint32' } }
107
108##
109# @AudiodevCoreaudioPerDirectionOptions:
110#
111# Options of the Core Audio backend that are used for both playback and
112# recording.
113#
114# @buffer-count: number of buffers
115#
116# Since: 4.0
117##
118{ 'struct': 'AudiodevCoreaudioPerDirectionOptions',
119  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
120  'data': {
121    '*buffer-count': 'uint32' } }
122
123##
124# @AudiodevCoreaudioOptions:
125#
126# Options of the coreaudio audio backend.
127#
128# @in: options of the capture stream
129#
130# @out: options of the playback stream
131#
132# Since: 4.0
133##
134{ 'struct': 'AudiodevCoreaudioOptions',
135  'data': {
136    '*in':  'AudiodevCoreaudioPerDirectionOptions',
137    '*out': 'AudiodevCoreaudioPerDirectionOptions' } }
138
139##
140# @AudiodevDsoundOptions:
141#
142# Options of the DirectSound audio backend.
143#
144# @in: options of the capture stream
145#
146# @out: options of the playback stream
147#
148# @latency: add extra latency to playback in microseconds
149#           (default 10000)
150#
151# Since: 4.0
152##
153{ 'struct': 'AudiodevDsoundOptions',
154  'data': {
155    '*in':      'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
156    '*out':     'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
157    '*latency': 'uint32' } }
158
159##
160# @AudiodevJackPerDirectionOptions:
161#
162# Options of the JACK backend that are used for both playback and
163# recording.
164#
165# @server-name: select from among several possible concurrent server instances
166#               (default: environment variable $JACK_DEFAULT_SERVER if set, else "default")
167#
168# @client-name: the client name to use. The server will modify this name to
169#               create a unique variant, if needed unless @exact-name is true (default: the
170#               guest's name)
171#
172# @connect-ports: if set, a regular expression of JACK client port name(s) to
173#                 monitor for and automatically connect to
174#
175# @start-server: start a jack server process if one is not already present
176#                (default: false)
177#
178# @exact-name: use the exact name requested otherwise JACK automatically
179#              generates a unique one, if needed (default: false)
180#
181# Since: 5.1
182##
183{ 'struct': 'AudiodevJackPerDirectionOptions',
184  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
185  'data': {
186    '*server-name':   'str',
187    '*client-name':   'str',
188    '*connect-ports': 'str',
189    '*start-server':  'bool',
190    '*exact-name':    'bool' } }
191
192##
193# @AudiodevJackOptions:
194#
195# Options of the JACK audio backend.
196#
197# @in: options of the capture stream
198#
199# @out: options of the playback stream
200#
201# Since: 5.1
202##
203{ 'struct': 'AudiodevJackOptions',
204  'data': {
205    '*in':  'AudiodevJackPerDirectionOptions',
206    '*out': 'AudiodevJackPerDirectionOptions' } }
207
208##
209# @AudiodevOssPerDirectionOptions:
210#
211# Options of the OSS backend that are used for both playback and
212# recording.
213#
214# @dev: file name of the OSS device (default '/dev/dsp')
215#
216# @buffer-count: number of buffers
217#
218# @try-poll: attempt to use poll mode, falling back to non-polling
219#            access on failure (default true)
220#
221# Since: 4.0
222##
223{ 'struct': 'AudiodevOssPerDirectionOptions',
224  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
225  'data': {
226    '*dev':          'str',
227    '*buffer-count': 'uint32',
228    '*try-poll':     'bool' } }
229
230##
231# @AudiodevOssOptions:
232#
233# Options of the OSS audio backend.
234#
235# @in: options of the capture stream
236#
237# @out: options of the playback stream
238#
239# @try-mmap: try using memory-mapped access, falling back to
240#            non-memory-mapped access on failure (default true)
241#
242# @exclusive: open device in exclusive mode (vmix won't work)
243#             (default false)
244#
245# @dsp-policy: set the timing policy of the device (between 0 and 10,
246#              where smaller number means smaller latency but higher
247#              CPU usage) or -1 to use fragment mode (option ignored
248#              on some platforms) (default 5)
249#
250# Since: 4.0
251##
252{ 'struct': 'AudiodevOssOptions',
253  'data': {
254    '*in':         'AudiodevOssPerDirectionOptions',
255    '*out':        'AudiodevOssPerDirectionOptions',
256    '*try-mmap':   'bool',
257    '*exclusive':  'bool',
258    '*dsp-policy': 'uint32' } }
259
260##
261# @AudiodevPaPerDirectionOptions:
262#
263# Options of the Pulseaudio backend that are used for both playback and
264# recording.
265#
266# @name: name of the sink/source to use
267#
268# @stream-name: name of the PulseAudio stream created by qemu.  Can be
269#               used to identify the stream in PulseAudio when you
270#               create multiple PulseAudio devices or run multiple qemu
271#               instances (default: audiodev's id, since 4.2)
272#
273# @latency: latency you want PulseAudio to achieve in microseconds
274#           (default 15000)
275#
276# Since: 4.0
277##
278{ 'struct': 'AudiodevPaPerDirectionOptions',
279  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
280  'data': {
281    '*name': 'str',
282    '*stream-name': 'str',
283    '*latency': 'uint32' } }
284
285##
286# @AudiodevPaOptions:
287#
288# Options of the PulseAudio audio backend.
289#
290# @in: options of the capture stream
291#
292# @out: options of the playback stream
293#
294# @server: PulseAudio server address (default: let PulseAudio choose)
295#
296# Since: 4.0
297##
298{ 'struct': 'AudiodevPaOptions',
299  'data': {
300    '*in':     'AudiodevPaPerDirectionOptions',
301    '*out':    'AudiodevPaPerDirectionOptions',
302    '*server': 'str' } }
303
304##
305# @AudiodevSdlPerDirectionOptions:
306#
307# Options of the SDL audio backend that are used for both playback and
308# recording.
309#
310# @buffer-count: number of buffers (default 4)
311#
312# Since: 6.0
313##
314{ 'struct': 'AudiodevSdlPerDirectionOptions',
315  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
316  'data': {
317    '*buffer-count': 'uint32' } }
318
319##
320# @AudiodevSdlOptions:
321#
322# Options of the SDL audio backend.
323#
324# @in: options of the recording stream
325#
326# @out: options of the playback stream
327#
328# Since: 6.0
329##
330{ 'struct': 'AudiodevSdlOptions',
331  'data': {
332    '*in':  'AudiodevSdlPerDirectionOptions',
333    '*out': 'AudiodevSdlPerDirectionOptions' } }
334
335##
336# @AudiodevWavOptions:
337#
338# Options of the wav audio backend.
339#
340# @in: options of the capture stream
341#
342# @out: options of the playback stream
343#
344# @path: name of the wav file to record (default 'qemu.wav')
345#
346# Since: 4.0
347##
348{ 'struct': 'AudiodevWavOptions',
349  'data': {
350    '*in':   'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
351    '*out':  'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
352    '*path': 'str' } }
353
354
355##
356# @AudioFormat:
357#
358# An enumeration of possible audio formats.
359#
360# @u8: unsigned 8 bit integer
361#
362# @s8: signed 8 bit integer
363#
364# @u16: unsigned 16 bit integer
365#
366# @s16: signed 16 bit integer
367#
368# @u32: unsigned 32 bit integer
369#
370# @s32: signed 32 bit integer
371#
372# @f32: single precision floating-point (since 5.0)
373#
374# Since: 4.0
375##
376{ 'enum': 'AudioFormat',
377  'data': [ 'u8', 's8', 'u16', 's16', 'u32', 's32', 'f32' ] }
378
379##
380# @AudiodevDriver:
381#
382# An enumeration of possible audio backend drivers.
383#
384# @jack: JACK audio backend (since 5.1)
385#
386# Since: 4.0
387##
388{ 'enum': 'AudiodevDriver',
389  'data': [ 'none', 'alsa', 'coreaudio', 'dsound', 'jack', 'oss', 'pa',
390            'sdl', 'spice', 'wav' ] }
391
392##
393# @Audiodev:
394#
395# Options of an audio backend.
396#
397# @id: identifier of the backend
398#
399# @driver: the backend driver to use
400#
401# @timer-period: timer period (in microseconds, 0: use lowest possible)
402#
403# Since: 4.0
404##
405{ 'union': 'Audiodev',
406  'base': {
407    'id':            'str',
408    'driver':        'AudiodevDriver',
409    '*timer-period': 'uint32' },
410  'discriminator': 'driver',
411  'data': {
412    'none':      'AudiodevGenericOptions',
413    'alsa':      'AudiodevAlsaOptions',
414    'coreaudio': 'AudiodevCoreaudioOptions',
415    'dsound':    'AudiodevDsoundOptions',
416    'jack':      'AudiodevJackOptions',
417    'oss':       'AudiodevOssOptions',
418    'pa':        'AudiodevPaOptions',
419    'sdl':       'AudiodevSdlOptions',
420    'spice':     'AudiodevGenericOptions',
421    'wav':       'AudiodevWavOptions' } }
422