I don't have the time to learn and make/debug modifications to musicpd. But, if someone has the time I would be glad to help testing.
In the mean time, I'd still like to have my device integrated with a jukebox-like application. What would be a good alternative to MPD? Richard. Quoting Demian Martin <dmar...@monstercable.com>: > This would be useful for AC3 and DTS multichannel streams if there is > any need for such. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Max Kellermann [mailto:m...@duempel.org] > Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 9:22 AM > To: theHog > Cc: musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Musicpd-dev-team] plugin for MP3 capable output device > > On 2010/12/10 17:38, theHog <li...@t3i.nl> wrote: >> Option 1. >> - write a 'copy' decoder plugin that copies the mp3 stream >> - write a output plugin specifically for this device > > Doesn't work, because the mp3 data is then assumed to be PCM, and may > be processed as such. > >> Option 2. >> - write a decoder plugin that outputs to this device >> - use the 'null' plugin to discard the output > > Doesn't work, because the decoder plugin doesn't know the timings - > it's just a service for the player, and the player decides what to > play and when. > >> What would be the best way to go to add a MP3 capable output device >> to MPD? > > None, currently. We should need some serious code refactoring to > support it. But that is a good idea anyway: many people have asked > for direct pass-through streaming without the decoder/encoder cycle. > > Maybe allow the audio_format struct to describe an "as-is" format (a > code for "ogg chunk", another code for "raw mp3", ...), which marks > the audio chunks as "special", i.e. no software volume, no mixing, no > effects. That mode will only be used if the output plugin (all > enabled output plugins) indicate they support that format. > > Max > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Oracle to DB2 Conversion Guide: Learn learn about native support for PL/SQL, new data types, scalar functions, improved concurrency, built-in packages, OCI, SQL*Plus, data movement tools, best practices and more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
