[Freeswitch-users] Portaudio Improvements

[Seven Du]

Thanks Mitch, I actually had tried the equivalent uuid_audio and looks
like it's the only way to do it for now. We had wanted to get energy
levels dynamically to show a live indication but we given up that
feature.


On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Mitch Capper <mitch.capper at gmail.com> wrote:
> It is true PA lacks volume control, it had been something I was debating.
> Adding gain is pretty simple as you are for the most part just multiplying
> up the samples I believe so would not be a major item to add to portaudio, I
> however decided not to go this route for two reasons.  1) In Windows each
> application has its own volume setting (Vista and higher),  and apps are
> starting to tie into this than internal volume controls.  The downside is it
> doesn't distort audio/have a gain option.   This is when I thought about
> allowing for a fixed gain amount added to portaudio.  2) Freeswitch actually
> has its own built in volume control settings with set_audio_level.
> set_audio_level allows for 9 settings (4 lower 4 higher) and seems to do a
> good job at digital volume control.
> Avoiding modifying the audio stream itself could also result in less
> distortion when using actual volume controls (headsets, etc).
>
> So if you want volume control I would say take a look at set_audio_level as
> it may be the simplest method.   Adding it to portaudio would work but one
> of the nice advantages of set_audio_level is the fact you can also do it per
> channel rather than globally:)
>
> ~Mitch
>
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Seven Du <dujinfang at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> In addition to AEC. I also found PA lacks the ability to change the
>> sound device volume. I tried to control sound devices in QT but
>> haven't find a way. Ideas on this?
>
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