DVB Audio Device

Audio Data Types This section describes the structures, data types and defines used when talking to the audio device.

audio_stream_source_t The audio stream source is set through the AUDIO_SELECT_SOURCE call and can take the following values, depending on whether we are replaying from an internal (demux) or external (user write) source. typedef enum { AUDIO_SOURCE_DEMUX, AUDIO_SOURCE_MEMORY } audio_stream_source_t; AUDIO_SOURCE_DEMUX selects the demultiplexer (fed either by the frontend or the DVR device) as the source of the video stream. If AUDIO_SOURCE_MEMORY is selected the stream comes from the application through the write() system call.

audio_play_state_t The following values can be returned by the AUDIO_GET_STATUS call representing the state of audio playback. typedef enum { AUDIO_STOPPED, AUDIO_PLAYING, AUDIO_PAUSED } audio_play_state_t;

audio_channel_select_t The audio channel selected via AUDIO_CHANNEL_SELECT is determined by the following values. typedef enum { AUDIO_STEREO, AUDIO_MONO_LEFT, AUDIO_MONO_RIGHT, } audio_channel_select_t;

struct audio_status The AUDIO_GET_STATUS call returns the following structure informing about various states of the playback operation. typedef struct audio_status { boolean AV_sync_state; boolean mute_state; audio_play_state_t play_state; audio_stream_source_t stream_source; audio_channel_select_t channel_select; boolean bypass_mode; } audio_status_t;

struct audio_mixer The following structure is used by the AUDIO_SET_MIXER call to set the audio volume. typedef struct audio_mixer { unsigned int volume_left; unsigned int volume_right; } audio_mixer_t;

audio encodings A call to AUDIO_GET_CAPABILITIES returns an unsigned integer with the following bits set according to the hardwares capabilities. #define AUDIO_CAP_DTS 1 #define AUDIO_CAP_LPCM 2 #define AUDIO_CAP_MP1 4 #define AUDIO_CAP_MP2 8 #define AUDIO_CAP_MP3 16 #define AUDIO_CAP_AAC 32 #define AUDIO_CAP_OGG 64 #define AUDIO_CAP_SDDS 128 #define AUDIO_CAP_AC3 256

struct audio_karaoke The ioctl AUDIO_SET_KARAOKE uses the following format: typedef struct audio_karaoke{ int vocal1; int vocal2; int melody; } audio_karaoke_t; If Vocal1 or Vocal2 are non-zero, they get mixed into left and right t at 70% each. If both, Vocal1 and Vocal2 are non-zero, Vocal1 gets mixed into the left channel and Vocal2 into the right channel at 100% each. Ff Melody is non-zero, the melody channel gets mixed into left and right.

audio attributes The following attributes can be set by a call to AUDIO_SET_ATTRIBUTES: typedef uint16_t audio_attributes_t; /⋆ bits: descr. ⋆/ /⋆ 15-13 audio coding mode (0=ac3, 2=mpeg1, 3=mpeg2ext, 4=LPCM, 6=DTS, ⋆/ /⋆ 12 multichannel extension ⋆/ /⋆ 11-10 audio type (0=not spec, 1=language included) ⋆/ /⋆ 9- 8 audio application mode (0=not spec, 1=karaoke, 2=surround) ⋆/ /⋆ 7- 6 Quantization / DRC (mpeg audio: 1=DRC exists)(lpcm: 0=16bit, ⋆/ /⋆ 5- 4 Sample frequency fs (0=48kHz, 1=96kHz) ⋆/ /⋆ 2- 0 number of audio channels (n+1 channels) ⋆/

Audio Function Calls

open() DESCRIPTION This system call opens a named audio device (e.g. /dev/dvb/adapter0/audio0) for subsequent use. When an open() call has succeeded, the device will be ready for use. The significance of blocking or non-blocking mode is described in the documentation for functions where there is a difference. It does not affect the semantics of the open() call itself. A device opened in blocking mode can later be put into non-blocking mode (and vice versa) using the F_SETFL command of the fcntl system call. This is a standard system call, documented in the Linux manual page for fcntl. Only one user can open the Audio Device in O_RDWR mode. All other attempts to open the device in this mode will fail, and an error code will be returned. If the Audio Device is opened in O_RDONLY mode, the only ioctl call that can be used is AUDIO_GET_STATUS. All other call will return with an error code. SYNOPSIS int open(const char ⋆deviceName, int flags); PARAMETERS const char *deviceName Name of specific audio device. int flags A bit-wise OR of the following flags: O_RDONLY read-only access O_RDWR read/write access O_NONBLOCK open in non-blocking mode (blocking mode is the default) ERRORS ENODEV Device driver not loaded/available. EINTERNAL Internal error. EBUSY Device or resource busy. EINVAL Invalid argument.

close() DESCRIPTION This system call closes a previously opened audio device. SYNOPSIS int close(int fd); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor.

write() DESCRIPTION This system call can only be used if AUDIO_SOURCE_MEMORY is selected in the ioctl call AUDIO_SELECT_SOURCE. The data provided shall be in PES format. If O_NONBLOCK is not specified the function will block until buffer space is available. The amount of data to be transferred is implied by count. SYNOPSIS size_t write(int fd, const void ⋆buf, size_t count); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). void *buf Pointer to the buffer containing the PES data. size_t count Size of buf. ERRORS EPERM Mode AUDIO_SOURCE_MEMORY not selected. ENOMEM Attempted to write more data than the internal buffer can hold. EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor.

AUDIO_STOP DESCRIPTION This ioctl call asks the Audio Device to stop playing the current stream. SYNOPSIS int ioctl(int fd, int request = AUDIO_STOP); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). int request Equals AUDIO_STOP for this command. ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor EINTERNAL Internal error.

AUDIO_PLAY DESCRIPTION This ioctl call asks the Audio Device to start playing an audio stream from the selected source. SYNOPSIS int ioctl(int fd, int request = AUDIO_PLAY); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). int request Equals AUDIO_PLAY for this command. ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor EINTERNAL Internal error.

AUDIO_PAUSE DESCRIPTION This ioctl call suspends the audio stream being played. Decoding and playing are paused. It is then possible to restart again decoding and playing process of the audio stream using AUDIO_CONTINUE command. If AUDIO_SOURCE_MEMORY is selected in the ioctl call AUDIO_SELECT_SOURCE, the DVB-subsystem will not decode (consume) any more data until the ioctl call AUDIO_CONTINUE or AUDIO_PLAY is performed. SYNOPSIS int ioctl(int fd, int request = AUDIO_PAUSE); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). int request Equals AUDIO_PAUSE for this command. ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor. EINTERNAL Internal error.

AUDIO_SELECT_SOURCE DESCRIPTION This ioctl call informs the audio device which source shall be used for the input data. The possible sources are demux or memory. If AUDIO_SOURCE_MEMORY is selected, the data is fed to the Audio Device through the write command. SYNOPSIS int ioctl(int fd, int request = AUDIO_SELECT_SOURCE, audio_stream_source_t source); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). int request Equals AUDIO_SELECT_SOURCE for this command. audio_stream_source_t source Indicates the source that shall be used for the Audio stream. ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor. EINTERNAL Internal error. EINVAL Illegal input parameter.

AUDIO_SET_MUTE DESCRIPTION This ioctl call asks the audio device to mute the stream that is currently being played. SYNOPSIS int ioctl(int fd, int request = AUDIO_SET_MUTE, boolean state); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). int request Equals AUDIO_SET_MUTE for this command. boolean state Indicates if audio device shall mute or not. TRUE Audio Mute FALSE Audio Un-mute ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor. EINTERNAL Internal error. EINVAL Illegal input parameter.

AUDIO_SET_AV_SYNC DESCRIPTION This ioctl call asks the Audio Device to turn ON or OFF A/V synchronization. SYNOPSIS int ioctl(int fd, int request = AUDIO_SET_AV_SYNC, boolean state); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). int request Equals AUDIO_AV_SYNC for this command. boolean state Tells the DVB subsystem if A/V synchronization shall be ON or OFF. TRUE AV-sync ON FALSE AV-sync OFF ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor. EINTERNAL Internal error. EINVAL Illegal input parameter.

AUDIO_SET_BYPASS_MODE DESCRIPTION This ioctl call asks the Audio Device to bypass the Audio decoder and forward the stream without decoding. This mode shall be used if streams that can’t be handled by the DVB system shall be decoded. Dolby DigitalTM streams are automatically forwarded by the DVB subsystem if the hardware can handle it. SYNOPSIS int ioctl(int fd, int request = AUDIO_SET_BYPASS_MODE, boolean mode); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). int request Equals AUDIO_SET_BYPASS_MODE for this command. boolean mode Enables or disables the decoding of the current Audio stream in the DVB subsystem. TRUE Bypass is disabled FALSE Bypass is enabled ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor. EINTERNAL Internal error. EINVAL Illegal input parameter.

AUDIO_CHANNEL_SELECT DESCRIPTION This ioctl call asks the Audio Device to select the requested channel if possible. SYNOPSIS int ioctl(int fd, int request = AUDIO_CHANNEL_SELECT, audio_channel_select_t); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). int request Equals AUDIO_CHANNEL_SELECT for this command. audio_channel_select_t ch Select the output format of the audio (mono left/right, stereo). ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor. EINTERNAL Internal error. EINVAL Illegal input parameter ch.

AUDIO_GET_STATUS DESCRIPTION This ioctl call asks the Audio Device to return the current state of the Audio Device. SYNOPSIS int ioctl(int fd, int request = AUDIO_GET_STATUS, struct audio_status ⋆status); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). int request Equals AUDIO_GET_STATUS for this command. struct audio_status *status Returns the current state of Audio Device. ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor. EINTERNAL Internal error. EFAULT status points to invalid address.

AUDIO_GET_CAPABILITIES DESCRIPTION This ioctl call asks the Audio Device to tell us about the decoding capabilities of the audio hardware. SYNOPSIS int ioctl(int fd, int request = AUDIO_GET_CAPABILITIES, unsigned int ⋆cap); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). int request Equals AUDIO_GET_CAPABILITIES for this command. unsigned int *cap Returns a bit array of supported sound formats. ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor. EINTERNAL Internal error. EFAULT cap points to an invalid address.

AUDIO_CLEAR_BUFFER DESCRIPTION This ioctl call asks the Audio Device to clear all software and hardware buffers of the audio decoder device. SYNOPSIS int ioctl(int fd, int request = AUDIO_CLEAR_BUFFER); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). int request Equals AUDIO_CLEAR_BUFFER for this command. ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor. EINTERNAL Internal error.

AUDIO_SET_ID DESCRIPTION This ioctl selects which sub-stream is to be decoded if a program or system stream is sent to the video device. If no audio stream type is set the id has to be in [0xC0,0xDF] for MPEG sound, in [0x80,0x87] for AC3 and in [0xA0,0xA7] for LPCM. More specifications may follow for other stream types. If the stream type is set the id just specifies the substream id of the audio stream and only the first 5 bits are recognized. SYNOPSIS int ioctl(int fd, int request = AUDIO_SET_ID, int id); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). int request Equals AUDIO_SET_ID for this command. int id audio sub-stream id ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor. EINTERNAL Internal error. EINVAL Invalid sub-stream id.

AUDIO_SET_MIXER DESCRIPTION This ioctl lets you adjust the mixer settings of the audio decoder. SYNOPSIS int ioctl(int fd, int request = AUDIO_SET_MIXER, audio_mixer_t ⋆mix); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). int request Equals AUDIO_SET_ID for this command. audio_mixer_t *mix mixer settings. ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor. EINTERNAL Internal error. EFAULT mix points to an invalid address.

AUDIO_SET_STREAMTYPE DESCRIPTION This ioctl tells the driver which kind of audio stream to expect. This is useful if the stream offers several audio sub-streams like LPCM and AC3. SYNOPSIS int ioctl(fd, int request = AUDIO_SET_STREAMTYPE, int type); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). int request Equals AUDIO_SET_STREAMTYPE for this command. int type stream type ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor EINVAL type is not a valid or supported stream type.

AUDIO_SET_EXT_ID DESCRIPTION This ioctl can be used to set the extension id for MPEG streams in DVD playback. Only the first 3 bits are recognized. SYNOPSIS int ioctl(fd, int request = AUDIO_SET_EXT_ID, int id); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). int request Equals AUDIO_SET_EXT_ID for this command. int id audio sub_stream_id ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor EINVAL id is not a valid id.

AUDIO_SET_ATTRIBUTES DESCRIPTION This ioctl is intended for DVD playback and allows you to set certain information about the audio stream. SYNOPSIS int ioctl(fd, int request = AUDIO_SET_ATTRIBUTES, audio_attributes_t attr ); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). int request Equals AUDIO_SET_ATTRIBUTES for this command. audio_attributes_t attr audio attributes according to section ?? ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor EINVAL attr is not a valid or supported attribute setting.

AUDIO_SET_KARAOKE DESCRIPTION This ioctl allows one to set the mixer settings for a karaoke DVD. SYNOPSIS int ioctl(fd, int request = AUDIO_SET_STREAMTYPE, audio_karaoke_t ⋆karaoke); PARAMETERS int fd File descriptor returned by a previous call to open(). int request Equals AUDIO_SET_STREAMTYPE for this command. audio_karaoke_t *karaoke karaoke settings according to section ??. ERRORS EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor EINVAL karaoke is not a valid or supported karaoke setting.