Return-Path: MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9F89C4B87365E4408446E7FF5C4AE97115A2008B04@SMUCM17V.europe.bmw.corp> References: <1357935934-20033-1-git-send-email-jprvita@openbossa.org> <1357935934-20033-2-git-send-email-jprvita@openbossa.org> <0E5B0602414B684FAFC3B07F5A858CC40FFB5CDF@Exchange2010.bmw-carit.intra> <9F89C4B87365E4408446E7FF5C4AE97115A2008B04@SMUCM17V.europe.bmw.corp> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:43:14 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH BlueZ 01/11] transport: Initialize the "Volume" property with 50% From: Luiz Augusto von Dentz To: Oleksandr.Domin@bmw.de Cc: Joao Paulo Rechi Vita , Mikel Astiz , Luiz Augusto Von Dentz , "linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org" , Vinicius Gomes , Claudio Takahasi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-bluetooth-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Oleksandr, On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 10:02 AM, wrote: > Hi Joao, >> >>Hello Mikel and Luiz, >> >>On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Luiz Augusto von Dentz >> wrote: >>> Hi Mikel, >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Mikel Astiz >>wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>>> Hi Joao, >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Joao Paulo Rechi Vita >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Luiz Augusto von Dentz >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >> Hi Joao, >>>>> >> >>>>> >> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Jo?o Paulo Rechi Vita >>>>> >> wrote: >>>>> >>> --- >>>>> >>> profiles/audio/transport.c | 2 +- >>>>> >>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> diff --git a/profiles/audio/transport.c b/profiles/audio/transport.c >>>>> >>> index a4370a5..6ffa98a 100644 >>>>> >>> --- a/profiles/audio/transport.c >>>>> >>> +++ b/profiles/audio/transport.c >>>>> >>> @@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ struct media_transport >>>>> *media_transport_create(struct media_endpoint *endpoint, >>>>> >>> struct a2dp_transport *a2dp; >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> a2dp = g_new0(struct a2dp_transport, 1); >>>>> >>> - a2dp->volume = -1; >>>>> >>> + a2dp->volume = 63; >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> transport->resume = resume_a2dp; >>>>> >>> transport->suspend = suspend_a2dp; >>>>> >>> -- >>>>> >>> 1.7.11.7 >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Does the spec say anything regarding this? Actually it seems this >>>>> >> value must be set by PA if it does support volume notification, which >>>>> >> means a new version of PA, then it should set the value when the card >>>>> >> is initialized, otherwise if the endpoint doesn't set a value it >>>>> >> should remain -1/not available. If volume is not set by the endpoint >>>>> >> we should either return and error upon register notification or >>>>> >> return maximum volume always and refuse to SetAbsoluteVolume, my >>>>> >> guess is that the latter is better for IOP reasons since the remote >>>>> >> device may register to volume while the endpoint is setting up the >>>>> >> transport so the volume may be set latter. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> > >>>>> > I agree the right value will come from PA. The problem is that the >>>>> > org.bluez.MediaTransport.Volume property doesn't exist when volume is >>>>> > < 0 or > 127 and PA will not be able to inform the correct volume >>>>> > value. Should we simply remove volume_exists(), or do you have any >>>>> > other suggestion? >>>>> >>>>> I guess we could use the role of transport, if it is a sink/controller >>transport it >>>>> should be initialized to max volume otherwise it should still be >>initialized with >>>>> -1 so we can continue to omit in case of source/target role. >>>> >>>> A side question: AFAIK this feature has been added in AVRCP 1.4. How >>would the endpoint (PulseAudio) know if it's supported or not by a certain >>device? >>> >>> For the controller/sink role there is no point of PulseAudio knowing >>> about this, it basically need to set the volume and that about it, if >>> the remote device is interested it register to be notified otherwise >>> we don't do anything with the value, plain and simple. >>> >> >>I think PA will also want to register for notifications of changes on >>that property, so it can reflects the current volume on the remote >>through the master volume of the bluetooth card. The volume can be >>changed on the remote side and it will inform bluez through the >>SetAbsoluteVolume command. > > In our current AVRCP implementations, we only set the volume on the > target to 100%. In this case the target will encode the audio > with full quality. So the volume on the target is not coupled to the > volume on the system. The volume of the stream has nothing to do with the volume we are talking about here, this is about output volume of the sink/controller. In fact it is recommended that the stream volume be constant at 100% to minimize precision errors of the codec. >> >>>> My proposal would be that the property is not present if the feature is >>not supported (or also if AVRCP is not connected). Therefore, I'd propose >>exposing a special value in D-Bus (i.e. -1) as soon as the feature becomes >>available (AVRCP 1.4 connected) so the endpoint can set the initial value. >>> >>> That is a bad idea, the notification mechanism of AVRCP is not >>> something I would like to see exposed over D-Bus, it is way too broken >>> since you have to registration again every time the value changes. >>> >> >>I personally thinks it makes sense to not support the property if >>AVRCP < 1.4 (this was on my initial plans also), or if the remote >>doesn't implement AVRCP (A2DP only). We just need to find an elegant >>way to make this information available for the transport. Otherwise >>AVRCP will be connected every time A2DP is also connected, right? Or >>am I missing some corner case here? > > Question is do you really want to control the volume of your CT > from the Target? I can speak from the OEM perspective and this is > not what we want. Not sure what you really mean here by not what we want, this is specification and by not conforming with it you may get into IOP problems or even not be able to qualify the stack. Note that similar functionality exist also in HFP with SpeakerGain and MicrophoneGain, so whatever you have against the phone controlling the output volume is now past the point that you can say no to it. -- Luiz Augusto von Dentz