On Tue, 24.11.09 17:53, Marc-Andr? Lureau (marcandre.lureau at gmail.com) wrote: > > Hi > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Joan Bertran <jbertran9 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > It would be great if pa_context_play_sample_with_proplist could especify a > > number to repeat the sound, > > perhaps a property into proplist. > > So any feedback on the idea and orientation on how to implement the loop? > > > > This is something we have discussed in the past. I guess a patch would > be welcome. > > A property is usually used for the context. However, there are already > two different functions. And after the volume, the sink, the loop > count, we might want to introduce, I don't know, other effects and > what's not. So perhaps a first patch using a property would be a good > idea. At least you could get started easily this way. > > Handling gap-less looping might be a bit tricky, even in server-side, > you are warned :) Actually I think that playing looping sounds from the cache can actually be implemented very very efficiently and easily on the server side. The reason I haven't done it yet is the simple fact that looping pulls in a lot of other complexity if done properly. (i.e. keeping track of clients, api to stop looping, and so on) Lennart -- Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. lennart [at] poettering [dot] net http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4
