I don't know of a way to disable LPA on this device as a user, or as an app developer using a portable API. It sounds like the device OEM has decided that for the use case of listening to MP3, low power consumption is more important than being able to enable effects.
On Aug 22, 6:06 am, Shaul Yermol <shaul.yer...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Short question: Anybody knows how to turn off LPA or enable audio > effects with LPA? > > Long story: Some mobile platforms, like Smasung Galaxy S 2 or > Snapdragon development platform, feature LPA (low power audio) > hardware. > This feature used by standard music player to play MP3 files without > passing the audio stream through the Audio Flinger service (and this > way reduce the power consumption). > The audio effects of cause will not work in this case. > > To test this, you can play mp3 file with standard music player on > Samsung Galaxy S 2 and note, that it's equalizer and bass boost have > no effect on the sound! > The audio effect feature of their music player was advertised in many > press-releases, and just don't work for most of the time. > > I develop audio effects solutions and face the same problem with my > application on Samsung Galaxy S 2. > > Any suggestions? -- unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting
