IDevice Interface Reference

The IDevice interface represents an output device for sound sources. More...

#include <IDevice.h>

Inheritance diagram for IDevice:

Public Member Functions
virtual	~IDevice ()
	Destroys the device.
virtual DeviceSpecs	getSpecs () const =0
	Returns the specification of the device.
virtual std::shared_ptr< IHandle >	play (std::shared_ptr< IReader > reader, bool keep=false)=0
	Plays a sound source.
virtual std::shared_ptr< IHandle >	play (std::shared_ptr< ISound > sound, bool keep=false)=0
	Plays a sound source.
virtual void	stopAll ()=0
	Stops all playing sounds.
virtual void	lock ()=0
	Locks the device.
virtual void	unlock ()=0
	Unlocks the previously locked device.
virtual float	getVolume () const =0
	Retrieves the overall device volume.
virtual void	setVolume (float volume)=0
	Sets the overall device volume.
virtual ISynchronizer *	getSynchronizer ()=0
	Retrieves the synchronizer for this device, which enables accurate synchronization between audio playback and video playback for example.

Detailed Description

The IDevice interface represents an output device for sound sources.

Output devices may be several backends such as platform independand like SDL or OpenAL or platform specific like ALSA, but they may also be files, RAM buffers or other types of streams.

Warning

Thread safety must be insured so that no reader is being called twice at the same time.

Member Function Documentation

getSpecs()

virtual DeviceSpecs IDevice::getSpecs ( ) const

pure virtual

Returns the specification of the device.

Implemented in NULLDevice, SoftwareDevice, and OpenALDevice.

getSynchronizer()

virtual ISynchronizer * IDevice::getSynchronizer ( )

pure virtual

Retrieves the synchronizer for this device, which enables accurate synchronization between audio playback and video playback for example.

Returns

The synchronizer which will be the DefaultSynchronizer if synchonization is not supported.

Implemented in NULLDevice, SoftwareDevice, CoreAudioDevice, JackDevice, OpenALDevice, and PulseAudioDevice.

getVolume()

virtual float IDevice::getVolume ( ) const

pure virtual

Retrieves the overall device volume.

Returns

The overall device volume.

Implemented in NULLDevice, SoftwareDevice, and OpenALDevice.

lock()

virtual void IDevice::lock ( )

pure virtual

Locks the device.

Used to make sure that between lock and unlock, no buffers are read, so that it is possible to start, resume, pause, stop or seek several playback handles simultaneously.

Warning

Make sure the locking time is as small as possible to avoid playback delays that result in unexpected noise and cracks.

Implements ILockable.

Implemented in NULLDevice, SoftwareDevice, and OpenALDevice.

play() [1/2]

virtual std::shared_ptr< IHandle > IDevice::play ( std::shared_ptr< IReader > reader, bool keep = false )

pure virtual

Plays a sound source.

Parameters

reader	The reader to play.
keep	When keep is true the sound source will not be deleted but set to paused when its end has been reached.

Returns

Returns a handle with which the playback can be controlled. This is nullptr if the sound couldn't be played back.

Exceptions

Exception

Thrown if there's an unexpected (from the device side) error during creation of the reader.

Implemented in NULLDevice, SoftwareDevice, and OpenALDevice.

play() [2/2]

virtual std::shared_ptr< IHandle > IDevice::play ( std::shared_ptr< ISound > sound, bool keep = false )

pure virtual

Plays a sound source.

Parameters

sound	The sound to create the reader for the sound source.
keep	When keep is true the sound source will not be deleted but set to paused when its end has been reached.

Returns

Returns a handle with which the playback can be controlled. This is nullptr if the sound couldn't be played back.

Exceptions

Exception

Thrown if there's an unexpected (from the device side) error during creation of the reader.

Implemented in NULLDevice, SoftwareDevice, and OpenALDevice.

setVolume()

virtual void IDevice::setVolume ( float volume )

pure virtual

Sets the overall device volume.

Parameters

volume

The overall device volume.

Implemented in NULLDevice, SoftwareDevice, and OpenALDevice.

stopAll()

virtual void IDevice::stopAll ( )

pure virtual

Stops all playing sounds.

Implemented in NULLDevice, SoftwareDevice, and OpenALDevice.

unlock()

virtual void IDevice::unlock ( )

pure virtual

Unlocks the previously locked device.

Implements ILockable.

Implemented in NULLDevice, SoftwareDevice, and OpenALDevice.

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The documentation for this interface was generated from the following file:

• devices/IDevice.h