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1# -*- mode: python -*-
2# vim: filetype=python
3#
4# Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Zoltán Kővágó <DirtY.iCE.hu@gmail.com>
5#
6# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
7# See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
8
9##
10# = Audio
11##
12
13##
14# @AudiodevPerDirectionOptions:
15#
16# General audio backend options that are used for both playback and
17# recording.
18#
19# @mixing-engine: use QEMU's mixing engine to mix all streams inside
20#     QEMU and convert audio formats when not supported by the
21#     backend.  When set to off, fixed-settings must be also off
22#     (default on, since 4.2)
23#
24# @fixed-settings: use fixed settings for host input/output.  When
25#     off, frequency, channels and format must not be specified
26#     (default true)
27#
28# @frequency: frequency to use when using fixed settings (default
29#     44100)
30#
31# @channels: number of channels when using fixed settings (default 2)
32#
33# @voices: number of voices to use (default 1)
34#
35# @format: sample format to use when using fixed settings (default
36#     s16)
37#
38# @buffer-length: the buffer length in microseconds
39#
40# Since: 4.0
41##
42{ 'struct': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
43  'data': {
44    '*mixing-engine':  'bool',
45    '*fixed-settings': 'bool',
46    '*frequency':      'uint32',
47    '*channels':       'uint32',
48    '*voices':         'uint32',
49    '*format':         'AudioFormat',
50    '*buffer-length':  'uint32' } }
51
52##
53# @AudiodevGenericOptions:
54#
55# Generic driver-specific options.
56#
57# @in: options of the capture stream
58#
59# @out: options of the playback stream
60#
61# Since: 4.0
62##
63{ 'struct': 'AudiodevGenericOptions',
64  'data': {
65    '*in':  'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
66    '*out': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions' } }
67
68##
69# @AudiodevAlsaPerDirectionOptions:
70#
71# Options of the ALSA backend that are used for both playback and
72# recording.
73#
74# @dev: the name of the ALSA device to use (default 'default')
75#
76# @period-length: the period length in microseconds
77#
78# @try-poll: attempt to use poll mode, falling back to non-polling
79#     access on failure (default true)
80#
81# Since: 4.0
82##
83{ 'struct': 'AudiodevAlsaPerDirectionOptions',
84  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
85  'data': {
86    '*dev':           'str',
87    '*period-length': 'uint32',
88    '*try-poll':      'bool' } }
89
90##
91# @AudiodevAlsaOptions:
92#
93# Options of the ALSA audio backend.
94#
95# @in: options of the capture stream
96#
97# @out: options of the playback stream
98#
99# @threshold: set the threshold (in microseconds) when playback starts
100#
101# Since: 4.0
102##
103{ 'struct': 'AudiodevAlsaOptions',
104  'data': {
105    '*in':        'AudiodevAlsaPerDirectionOptions',
106    '*out':       'AudiodevAlsaPerDirectionOptions',
107    '*threshold': 'uint32' } }
108
109##
110# @AudiodevSndioOptions:
111#
112# Options of the sndio audio backend.
113#
114# @in: options of the capture stream
115#
116# @out: options of the playback stream
117#
118# @dev: the name of the sndio device to use (default 'default')
119#
120# @latency: play buffer size (in microseconds)
121#
122# Since: 7.2
123##
124{ 'struct': 'AudiodevSndioOptions',
125  'data': {
126    '*in':        'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
127    '*out':       'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
128    '*dev':       'str',
129    '*latency':   'uint32'} }
130
131##
132# @AudiodevCoreaudioPerDirectionOptions:
133#
134# Options of the Core Audio backend that are used for both playback
135# and recording.
136#
137# @buffer-count: number of buffers
138#
139# Since: 4.0
140##
141{ 'struct': 'AudiodevCoreaudioPerDirectionOptions',
142  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
143  'data': {
144    '*buffer-count': 'uint32' } }
145
146##
147# @AudiodevCoreaudioOptions:
148#
149# Options of the coreaudio audio backend.
150#
151# @in: options of the capture stream
152#
153# @out: options of the playback stream
154#
155# Since: 4.0
156##
157{ 'struct': 'AudiodevCoreaudioOptions',
158  'data': {
159    '*in':  'AudiodevCoreaudioPerDirectionOptions',
160    '*out': 'AudiodevCoreaudioPerDirectionOptions' } }
161
162##
163# @AudiodevDsoundOptions:
164#
165# Options of the DirectSound audio backend.
166#
167# @in: options of the capture stream
168#
169# @out: options of the playback stream
170#
171# @latency: add extra latency to playback in microseconds (default
172#     10000)
173#
174# Since: 4.0
175##
176{ 'struct': 'AudiodevDsoundOptions',
177  'data': {
178    '*in':      'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
179    '*out':     'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
180    '*latency': 'uint32' } }
181
182##
183# @AudiodevJackPerDirectionOptions:
184#
185# Options of the JACK backend that are used for both playback and
186# recording.
187#
188# @server-name: select from among several possible concurrent server
189#     instances (default: environment variable $JACK_DEFAULT_SERVER if
190#     set, else "default")
191#
192# @client-name: the client name to use.  The server will modify this
193#     name to create a unique variant, if needed unless @exact-name is
194#     true (default: the guest's name)
195#
196# @connect-ports: if set, a regular expression of JACK client port
197#     name(s) to monitor for and automatically connect to
198#
199# @start-server: start a jack server process if one is not already
200#     present (default: false)
201#
202# @exact-name: use the exact name requested otherwise JACK
203#     automatically generates a unique one, if needed (default: false)
204#
205# Since: 5.1
206##
207{ 'struct': 'AudiodevJackPerDirectionOptions',
208  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
209  'data': {
210    '*server-name':   'str',
211    '*client-name':   'str',
212    '*connect-ports': 'str',
213    '*start-server':  'bool',
214    '*exact-name':    'bool' } }
215
216##
217# @AudiodevJackOptions:
218#
219# Options of the JACK audio backend.
220#
221# @in: options of the capture stream
222#
223# @out: options of the playback stream
224#
225# Since: 5.1
226##
227{ 'struct': 'AudiodevJackOptions',
228  'data': {
229    '*in':  'AudiodevJackPerDirectionOptions',
230    '*out': 'AudiodevJackPerDirectionOptions' } }
231
232##
233# @AudiodevOssPerDirectionOptions:
234#
235# Options of the OSS backend that are used for both playback and
236# recording.
237#
238# @dev: file name of the OSS device (default '/dev/dsp')
239#
240# @buffer-count: number of buffers
241#
242# @try-poll: attempt to use poll mode, falling back to non-polling
243#     access on failure (default true)
244#
245# Since: 4.0
246##
247{ 'struct': 'AudiodevOssPerDirectionOptions',
248  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
249  'data': {
250    '*dev':          'str',
251    '*buffer-count': 'uint32',
252    '*try-poll':     'bool' } }
253
254##
255# @AudiodevOssOptions:
256#
257# Options of the OSS audio backend.
258#
259# @in: options of the capture stream
260#
261# @out: options of the playback stream
262#
263# @try-mmap: try using memory-mapped access, falling back to
264#     non-memory-mapped access on failure (default true)
265#
266# @exclusive: open device in exclusive mode (vmix won't work) (default
267#     false)
268#
269# @dsp-policy: set the timing policy of the device (between 0 and 10,
270#     where smaller number means smaller latency but higher CPU usage)
271#     or -1 to use fragment mode (option ignored on some platforms)
272#     (default 5)
273#
274# Since: 4.0
275##
276{ 'struct': 'AudiodevOssOptions',
277  'data': {
278    '*in':         'AudiodevOssPerDirectionOptions',
279    '*out':        'AudiodevOssPerDirectionOptions',
280    '*try-mmap':   'bool',
281    '*exclusive':  'bool',
282    '*dsp-policy': 'uint32' } }
283
284##
285# @AudiodevPaPerDirectionOptions:
286#
287# Options of the Pulseaudio backend that are used for both playback
288# and recording.
289#
290# @name: name of the sink/source to use
291#
292# @stream-name: name of the PulseAudio stream created by qemu.  Can be
293#     used to identify the stream in PulseAudio when you create
294#     multiple PulseAudio devices or run multiple qemu instances
295#     (default: audiodev's id, since 4.2)
296#
297# @latency: latency you want PulseAudio to achieve in microseconds
298#     (default 15000)
299#
300# Since: 4.0
301##
302{ 'struct': 'AudiodevPaPerDirectionOptions',
303  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
304  'data': {
305    '*name': 'str',
306    '*stream-name': 'str',
307    '*latency': 'uint32' } }
308
309##
310# @AudiodevPaOptions:
311#
312# Options of the PulseAudio audio backend.
313#
314# @in: options of the capture stream
315#
316# @out: options of the playback stream
317#
318# @server: PulseAudio server address (default: let PulseAudio choose)
319#
320# Since: 4.0
321##
322{ 'struct': 'AudiodevPaOptions',
323  'data': {
324    '*in':     'AudiodevPaPerDirectionOptions',
325    '*out':    'AudiodevPaPerDirectionOptions',
326    '*server': 'str' } }
327
328##
329# @AudiodevPipewirePerDirectionOptions:
330#
331# Options of the Pipewire backend that are used for both playback and
332# recording.
333#
334# @name: name of the sink/source to use
335#
336# @stream-name: name of the Pipewire stream created by qemu.  Can be
337#     used to identify the stream in Pipewire when you create multiple
338#     Pipewire devices or run multiple qemu instances (default:
339#     audiodev's id)
340#
341# @latency: latency you want Pipewire to achieve in microseconds
342#     (default 46000)
343#
344# Since: 8.1
345##
346{ 'struct': 'AudiodevPipewirePerDirectionOptions',
347  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
348  'data': {
349    '*name': 'str',
350    '*stream-name': 'str',
351    '*latency': 'uint32' } }
352
353##
354# @AudiodevPipewireOptions:
355#
356# Options of the Pipewire audio backend.
357#
358# @in: options of the capture stream
359#
360# @out: options of the playback stream
361#
362# Since: 8.1
363##
364{ 'struct': 'AudiodevPipewireOptions',
365  'data': {
366    '*in':     'AudiodevPipewirePerDirectionOptions',
367    '*out':    'AudiodevPipewirePerDirectionOptions' } }
368
369##
370# @AudiodevSdlPerDirectionOptions:
371#
372# Options of the SDL audio backend that are used for both playback and
373# recording.
374#
375# @buffer-count: number of buffers (default 4)
376#
377# Since: 6.0
378##
379{ 'struct': 'AudiodevSdlPerDirectionOptions',
380  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
381  'data': {
382    '*buffer-count': 'uint32' } }
383
384##
385# @AudiodevSdlOptions:
386#
387# Options of the SDL audio backend.
388#
389# @in: options of the recording stream
390#
391# @out: options of the playback stream
392#
393# Since: 6.0
394##
395{ 'struct': 'AudiodevSdlOptions',
396  'data': {
397    '*in':  'AudiodevSdlPerDirectionOptions',
398    '*out': 'AudiodevSdlPerDirectionOptions' } }
399
400##
401# @AudiodevWavOptions:
402#
403# Options of the wav audio backend.
404#
405# @in: options of the capture stream
406#
407# @out: options of the playback stream
408#
409# @path: name of the wav file to record (default 'qemu.wav')
410#
411# Since: 4.0
412##
413{ 'struct': 'AudiodevWavOptions',
414  'data': {
415    '*in':   'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
416    '*out':  'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
417    '*path': 'str' } }
418
419##
420# @AudioFormat:
421#
422# An enumeration of possible audio formats.
423#
424# @u8: unsigned 8 bit integer
425#
426# @s8: signed 8 bit integer
427#
428# @u16: unsigned 16 bit integer
429#
430# @s16: signed 16 bit integer
431#
432# @u32: unsigned 32 bit integer
433#
434# @s32: signed 32 bit integer
435#
436# @f32: single precision floating-point (since 5.0)
437#
438# Since: 4.0
439##
440{ 'enum': 'AudioFormat',
441  'data': [ 'u8', 's8', 'u16', 's16', 'u32', 's32', 'f32' ] }
442
443##
444# @AudiodevDriver:
445#
446# An enumeration of possible audio backend drivers.
447#
448# @jack: JACK audio backend (since 5.1)
449#
450# Since: 4.0
451##
452{ 'enum': 'AudiodevDriver',
453  'data': [ 'none',
454            { 'name': 'alsa', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_ALSA' },
455            { 'name': 'coreaudio', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_COREAUDIO' },
456            { 'name': 'dbus', 'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' },
457            { 'name': 'dsound', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_DSOUND' },
458            { 'name': 'jack', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_JACK' },
459            { 'name': 'oss', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_OSS' },
460            { 'name': 'pa', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_PA' },
461            { 'name': 'pipewire', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_PIPEWIRE' },
462            { 'name': 'sdl', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_SDL' },
463            { 'name': 'sndio', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_SNDIO' },
464            { 'name': 'spice', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
465            'wav' ] }
466
467##
468# @Audiodev:
469#
470# Options of an audio backend.
471#
472# @id: identifier of the backend
473#
474# @driver: the backend driver to use
475#
476# @timer-period: timer period (in microseconds, 0: use lowest
477#     possible)
478#
479# Since: 4.0
480##
481{ 'union': 'Audiodev',
482  'base': {
483    'id':            'str',
484    'driver':        'AudiodevDriver',
485    '*timer-period': 'uint32' },
486  'discriminator': 'driver',
487  'data': {
488    'none':      'AudiodevGenericOptions',
489    'alsa':      { 'type': 'AudiodevAlsaOptions',
490                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_ALSA' },
491    'coreaudio': { 'type': 'AudiodevCoreaudioOptions',
492                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_COREAUDIO' },
493    'dbus':      { 'type': 'AudiodevGenericOptions',
494                   'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' },
495    'dsound':    { 'type': 'AudiodevDsoundOptions',
496                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_DSOUND' },
497    'jack':      { 'type': 'AudiodevJackOptions',
498                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_JACK' },
499    'oss':       { 'type': 'AudiodevOssOptions',
500                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_OSS' },
501    'pa':        { 'type': 'AudiodevPaOptions',
502                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_PA' },
503    'pipewire':  { 'type': 'AudiodevPipewireOptions',
504                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_PIPEWIRE' },
505    'sdl':       { 'type': 'AudiodevSdlOptions',
506                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_SDL' },
507    'sndio':     { 'type': 'AudiodevSndioOptions',
508                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_SNDIO' },
509    'spice':     { 'type': 'AudiodevGenericOptions',
510                   'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
511    'wav':       'AudiodevWavOptions' } }
512
513##
514# @query-audiodevs:
515#
516# Returns information about audiodev configuration
517#
518# Returns: array of @Audiodev
519#
520# Since: 8.0
521##
522{ 'command': 'query-audiodevs',
523  'returns': ['Audiodev'] }
524