Re: Streams, Channels: How do they relate?
Re: Streams, Channels: How do they relate?
- Subject: Re: Streams, Channels: How do they relate?
- From: Jeff Moore <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 10:29:54 -0800
on 12/4/01 2:09 AM, Stefan Haller <email@hidden> wrote:
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Just to make sure I understand this correctly: suppose I have a hardware
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device with 8 output channels, then the corresponding HAL Device object
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could have one stream with 8 channels, or 2 streams with 4 channels
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each, or any other combination, right?
That is correct.
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So who determines how the channels are grouped into streams? The
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driver? (Until now I have only come across devices that have only a
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single stream for each direction.)
The driver makes these decisions, usually based on the physical realities of
the device.
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Jeff Moore
Core Audio
Apple