[alsa-devel] ALSA buffer query

[Irfan Shaikh]

Thanks for reply,

Please tell me if my understanding is correct

1) Check number of frames ready to be written in DMA area - using snd_pcm_avail_update
2) Call snd_pcm_mmap_begin(snd_pcm_t  * pcm, const snd_pcm_channel_area_t ** areas, snd_pcm_uframes_t * offset, snd_pcm_uframes_t * frames)

     (what does offfset specify here ?)

3) I need to fill my audio data to be played in area  {Please tell me if this is correct}

4) snd_pcm_mmap_commit(pcm_handle, offset, frames);

     Please tell me is my understanding correct to play my audio buffer on ASLA  playback device.

      I am not clear about where do i write my audio payload ? And how offset in snd_pcm_mmap_begin is realted to it ?

Thanks and Regards,




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From: Jaroslav Kysela [perex at perex.cz]
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 12:48 PM
To: Irfan Shaikh
Cc: alsa-devel at alsa-project.org
Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] ALSA buffer query

On Thu, 11 Nov 2010, Irfan Shaikh wrote:

> Hello All,
>
>
>      1) My understanding :  snd_pcm_writei() takes the allocated buffer
> from applications and passes the buffer beneath to the ASLA library and
> then to the ALSA driver for rendering Audio.
>
>      2) Query 1 : Instead of me allocating the buffer in ALSA
> application and passing the pointer in snd_pcm_writei, Can ALSA allocate
> the buffer and give to my application, so that i can copy my data into
> it.
>
>      3) Query 2 : Is there any wayto diirectly get hardware ALSA buffer
> from the ALSA driver to application so that i can copy PCM data to this
> buffer directly.
>                          If not, is there any way can we do this ?

Read alsa-lib documentation. snd_pcm_mmap_begin/snd_pcm_mmap_commit.

                                                Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex at perex.cz>
Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer
ALSA Project, Red Hat, Inc.


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