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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# @AudiodevDBusOptions:
70#
71# Options of the D-Bus audio backend.
72#
73# @in: options of the capture stream
74#
75# @out: options of the playback stream
76#
77# @nsamples: set the number of samples per read/write calls (default to 480,
78# 10ms at 48kHz).
79#
80# Since: 10.0
81##
82{ 'struct': 'AudiodevDBusOptions',
83  'data': {
84    '*in':  'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
85    '*out': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
86    '*nsamples': 'uint32'} }
87
88##
89# @AudiodevAlsaPerDirectionOptions:
90#
91# Options of the ALSA backend that are used for both playback and
92# recording.
93#
94# @dev: the name of the ALSA device to use (default 'default')
95#
96# @period-length: the period length in microseconds
97#
98# @try-poll: attempt to use poll mode, falling back to non-polling
99#     access on failure (default true)
100#
101# Since: 4.0
102##
103{ 'struct': 'AudiodevAlsaPerDirectionOptions',
104  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
105  'data': {
106    '*dev':           'str',
107    '*period-length': 'uint32',
108    '*try-poll':      'bool' } }
109
110##
111# @AudiodevAlsaOptions:
112#
113# Options of the ALSA audio backend.
114#
115# @in: options of the capture stream
116#
117# @out: options of the playback stream
118#
119# @threshold: set the threshold (in microseconds) when playback starts
120#
121# Since: 4.0
122##
123{ 'struct': 'AudiodevAlsaOptions',
124  'data': {
125    '*in':        'AudiodevAlsaPerDirectionOptions',
126    '*out':       'AudiodevAlsaPerDirectionOptions',
127    '*threshold': 'uint32' } }
128
129##
130# @AudiodevSndioOptions:
131#
132# Options of the sndio audio backend.
133#
134# @in: options of the capture stream
135#
136# @out: options of the playback stream
137#
138# @dev: the name of the sndio device to use (default 'default')
139#
140# @latency: play buffer size (in microseconds)
141#
142# Since: 7.2
143##
144{ 'struct': 'AudiodevSndioOptions',
145  'data': {
146    '*in':        'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
147    '*out':       'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
148    '*dev':       'str',
149    '*latency':   'uint32'} }
150
151##
152# @AudiodevCoreaudioPerDirectionOptions:
153#
154# Options of the Core Audio backend that are used for both playback
155# and recording.
156#
157# @buffer-count: number of buffers
158#
159# Since: 4.0
160##
161{ 'struct': 'AudiodevCoreaudioPerDirectionOptions',
162  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
163  'data': {
164    '*buffer-count': 'uint32' } }
165
166##
167# @AudiodevCoreaudioOptions:
168#
169# Options of the coreaudio audio backend.
170#
171# @in: options of the capture stream
172#
173# @out: options of the playback stream
174#
175# Since: 4.0
176##
177{ 'struct': 'AudiodevCoreaudioOptions',
178  'data': {
179    '*in':  'AudiodevCoreaudioPerDirectionOptions',
180    '*out': 'AudiodevCoreaudioPerDirectionOptions' } }
181
182##
183# @AudiodevDsoundOptions:
184#
185# Options of the DirectSound audio backend.
186#
187# @in: options of the capture stream
188#
189# @out: options of the playback stream
190#
191# @latency: add extra latency to playback in microseconds (default
192#     10000)
193#
194# Since: 4.0
195##
196{ 'struct': 'AudiodevDsoundOptions',
197  'data': {
198    '*in':      'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
199    '*out':     'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
200    '*latency': 'uint32' } }
201
202##
203# @AudiodevJackPerDirectionOptions:
204#
205# Options of the JACK backend that are used for both playback and
206# recording.
207#
208# @server-name: select from among several possible concurrent server
209#     instances (default: environment variable $JACK_DEFAULT_SERVER if
210#     set, else "default")
211#
212# @client-name: the client name to use.  The server will modify this
213#     name to create a unique variant, if needed unless @exact-name is
214#     true (default: the guest's name)
215#
216# @connect-ports: if set, a regular expression of JACK client port
217#     name(s) to monitor for and automatically connect to
218#
219# @start-server: start a jack server process if one is not already
220#     present (default: false)
221#
222# @exact-name: use the exact name requested otherwise JACK
223#     automatically generates a unique one, if needed (default: false)
224#
225# Since: 5.1
226##
227{ 'struct': 'AudiodevJackPerDirectionOptions',
228  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
229  'data': {
230    '*server-name':   'str',
231    '*client-name':   'str',
232    '*connect-ports': 'str',
233    '*start-server':  'bool',
234    '*exact-name':    'bool' } }
235
236##
237# @AudiodevJackOptions:
238#
239# Options of the JACK audio backend.
240#
241# @in: options of the capture stream
242#
243# @out: options of the playback stream
244#
245# Since: 5.1
246##
247{ 'struct': 'AudiodevJackOptions',
248  'data': {
249    '*in':  'AudiodevJackPerDirectionOptions',
250    '*out': 'AudiodevJackPerDirectionOptions' } }
251
252##
253# @AudiodevOssPerDirectionOptions:
254#
255# Options of the OSS backend that are used for both playback and
256# recording.
257#
258# @dev: file name of the OSS device (default '/dev/dsp')
259#
260# @buffer-count: number of buffers
261#
262# @try-poll: attempt to use poll mode, falling back to non-polling
263#     access on failure (default true)
264#
265# Since: 4.0
266##
267{ 'struct': 'AudiodevOssPerDirectionOptions',
268  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
269  'data': {
270    '*dev':          'str',
271    '*buffer-count': 'uint32',
272    '*try-poll':     'bool' } }
273
274##
275# @AudiodevOssOptions:
276#
277# Options of the OSS audio backend.
278#
279# @in: options of the capture stream
280#
281# @out: options of the playback stream
282#
283# @try-mmap: try using memory-mapped access, falling back to
284#     non-memory-mapped access on failure (default true)
285#
286# @exclusive: open device in exclusive mode (vmix won't work) (default
287#     false)
288#
289# @dsp-policy: set the timing policy of the device (between 0 and 10,
290#     where smaller number means smaller latency but higher CPU usage)
291#     or -1 to use fragment mode (option ignored on some platforms)
292#     (default 5)
293#
294# Since: 4.0
295##
296{ 'struct': 'AudiodevOssOptions',
297  'data': {
298    '*in':         'AudiodevOssPerDirectionOptions',
299    '*out':        'AudiodevOssPerDirectionOptions',
300    '*try-mmap':   'bool',
301    '*exclusive':  'bool',
302    '*dsp-policy': 'uint32' } }
303
304##
305# @AudiodevPaPerDirectionOptions:
306#
307# Options of the Pulseaudio backend that are used for both playback
308# and recording.
309#
310# @name: name of the sink/source to use
311#
312# @stream-name: name of the PulseAudio stream created by qemu.  Can be
313#     used to identify the stream in PulseAudio when you create
314#     multiple PulseAudio devices or run multiple qemu instances
315#     (default: audiodev's id, since 4.2)
316#
317# @latency: latency you want PulseAudio to achieve in microseconds
318#     (default 15000)
319#
320# Since: 4.0
321##
322{ 'struct': 'AudiodevPaPerDirectionOptions',
323  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
324  'data': {
325    '*name': 'str',
326    '*stream-name': 'str',
327    '*latency': 'uint32' } }
328
329##
330# @AudiodevPaOptions:
331#
332# Options of the PulseAudio audio backend.
333#
334# @in: options of the capture stream
335#
336# @out: options of the playback stream
337#
338# @server: PulseAudio server address (default: let PulseAudio choose)
339#
340# Since: 4.0
341##
342{ 'struct': 'AudiodevPaOptions',
343  'data': {
344    '*in':     'AudiodevPaPerDirectionOptions',
345    '*out':    'AudiodevPaPerDirectionOptions',
346    '*server': 'str' } }
347
348##
349# @AudiodevPipewirePerDirectionOptions:
350#
351# Options of the PipeWire backend that are used for both playback and
352# recording.
353#
354# @name: name of the sink/source to use
355#
356# @stream-name: name of the PipeWire stream created by qemu.  Can be
357#     used to identify the stream in PipeWire when you create multiple
358#     PipeWire devices or run multiple qemu instances (default:
359#     audiodev's id)
360#
361# @latency: latency you want PipeWire to achieve in microseconds
362#     (default 46000)
363#
364# Since: 8.1
365##
366{ 'struct': 'AudiodevPipewirePerDirectionOptions',
367  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
368  'data': {
369    '*name': 'str',
370    '*stream-name': 'str',
371    '*latency': 'uint32' } }
372
373##
374# @AudiodevPipewireOptions:
375#
376# Options of the PipeWire audio backend.
377#
378# @in: options of the capture stream
379#
380# @out: options of the playback stream
381#
382# Since: 8.1
383##
384{ 'struct': 'AudiodevPipewireOptions',
385  'data': {
386    '*in':     'AudiodevPipewirePerDirectionOptions',
387    '*out':    'AudiodevPipewirePerDirectionOptions' } }
388
389##
390# @AudiodevSdlPerDirectionOptions:
391#
392# Options of the SDL audio backend that are used for both playback and
393# recording.
394#
395# @buffer-count: number of buffers (default 4)
396#
397# Since: 6.0
398##
399{ 'struct': 'AudiodevSdlPerDirectionOptions',
400  'base': 'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
401  'data': {
402    '*buffer-count': 'uint32' } }
403
404##
405# @AudiodevSdlOptions:
406#
407# Options of the SDL audio backend.
408#
409# @in: options of the recording stream
410#
411# @out: options of the playback stream
412#
413# Since: 6.0
414##
415{ 'struct': 'AudiodevSdlOptions',
416  'data': {
417    '*in':  'AudiodevSdlPerDirectionOptions',
418    '*out': 'AudiodevSdlPerDirectionOptions' } }
419
420##
421# @AudiodevWavOptions:
422#
423# Options of the wav audio backend.
424#
425# @in: options of the capture stream
426#
427# @out: options of the playback stream
428#
429# @path: name of the wav file to record (default 'qemu.wav')
430#
431# Since: 4.0
432##
433{ 'struct': 'AudiodevWavOptions',
434  'data': {
435    '*in':   'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
436    '*out':  'AudiodevPerDirectionOptions',
437    '*path': 'str' } }
438
439##
440# @AudioFormat:
441#
442# An enumeration of possible audio formats.
443#
444# @u8: unsigned 8 bit integer
445#
446# @s8: signed 8 bit integer
447#
448# @u16: unsigned 16 bit integer
449#
450# @s16: signed 16 bit integer
451#
452# @u32: unsigned 32 bit integer
453#
454# @s32: signed 32 bit integer
455#
456# @f32: single precision floating-point (since 5.0)
457#
458# Since: 4.0
459##
460{ 'enum': 'AudioFormat',
461  'data': [ 'u8', 's8', 'u16', 's16', 'u32', 's32', 'f32' ] }
462
463##
464# @AudiodevDriver:
465#
466# An enumeration of possible audio backend drivers.
467#
468# @jack: JACK audio backend (since 5.1)
469#
470# Since: 4.0
471##
472{ 'enum': 'AudiodevDriver',
473  'data': [ 'none',
474            { 'name': 'alsa', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_ALSA' },
475            { 'name': 'coreaudio', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_COREAUDIO' },
476            { 'name': 'dbus', 'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' },
477            { 'name': 'dsound', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_DSOUND' },
478            { 'name': 'jack', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_JACK' },
479            { 'name': 'oss', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_OSS' },
480            { 'name': 'pa', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_PA' },
481            { 'name': 'pipewire', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_PIPEWIRE' },
482            { 'name': 'sdl', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_SDL' },
483            { 'name': 'sndio', 'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_SNDIO' },
484            { 'name': 'spice', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
485            'wav' ] }
486
487##
488# @Audiodev:
489#
490# Options of an audio backend.
491#
492# @id: identifier of the backend
493#
494# @driver: the backend driver to use
495#
496# @timer-period: timer period (in microseconds, 0: use lowest
497#     possible)
498#
499# Since: 4.0
500##
501{ 'union': 'Audiodev',
502  'base': {
503    'id':            'str',
504    'driver':        'AudiodevDriver',
505    '*timer-period': 'uint32' },
506  'discriminator': 'driver',
507  'data': {
508    'none':      'AudiodevGenericOptions',
509    'alsa':      { 'type': 'AudiodevAlsaOptions',
510                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_ALSA' },
511    'coreaudio': { 'type': 'AudiodevCoreaudioOptions',
512                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_COREAUDIO' },
513    'dbus':      { 'type': 'AudiodevDBusOptions',
514                   'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' },
515    'dsound':    { 'type': 'AudiodevDsoundOptions',
516                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_DSOUND' },
517    'jack':      { 'type': 'AudiodevJackOptions',
518                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_JACK' },
519    'oss':       { 'type': 'AudiodevOssOptions',
520                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_OSS' },
521    'pa':        { 'type': 'AudiodevPaOptions',
522                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_PA' },
523    'pipewire':  { 'type': 'AudiodevPipewireOptions',
524                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_PIPEWIRE' },
525    'sdl':       { 'type': 'AudiodevSdlOptions',
526                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_SDL' },
527    'sndio':     { 'type': 'AudiodevSndioOptions',
528                   'if': 'CONFIG_AUDIO_SNDIO' },
529    'spice':     { 'type': 'AudiodevGenericOptions',
530                   'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
531    'wav':       'AudiodevWavOptions' } }
532
533##
534# @query-audiodevs:
535#
536# Returns information about audiodev configuration
537#
538# Returns: array of @Audiodev
539#
540# Since: 8.0
541##
542{ 'command': 'query-audiodevs',
543  'returns': ['Audiodev'] }
544