On Mon, 2016-01-18 at 13:06 +0530, arun at accosted.net wrote: > From: Arun Raghavan <git at arunraghavan.net> > > This is required to make sure the capture output has sufficient energy > for the AGC to do its job. I think the word "value" in the first line of the commit message should be replaced with "volume". After reading just the commit message, I didn't know what the patch was about. > --- >  src/modules/echo-cancel/echo-cancel.h |  1 + >  src/modules/echo-cancel/webrtc.cc     | 14 +++++++++++++- >  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/src/modules/echo-cancel/echo-cancel.h b/src/modules/echo-cancel/echo-cancel.h > index 142f8ac..b570095 100644 > --- a/src/modules/echo-cancel/echo-cancel.h > +++ b/src/modules/echo-cancel/echo-cancel.h > @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ struct pa_echo_canceller_params { >              pa_sample_spec sample_spec; >              bool agc; >              bool trace; > +            bool first; >          } webrtc; >  #endif >          /* each canceller-specific structure goes here */ > diff --git a/src/modules/echo-cancel/webrtc.cc b/src/modules/echo-cancel/webrtc.cc > index c2585a8..6431651 100644 > --- a/src/modules/echo-cancel/webrtc.cc > +++ b/src/modules/echo-cancel/webrtc.cc > @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ PA_C_DECL_END >  #define DEFAULT_TRACE false >  >  #define WEBRTC_AGC_MAX_VOLUME 255 > +#define WEBRTC_AGC_START_VOLUME 85 >  >  static const char* const valid_modargs[] = { >      "high_pass_filter", > @@ -297,6 +298,7 @@ bool pa_webrtc_ec_init(pa_core *c, pa_echo_canceller *ec, >      ec->params.priv.webrtc.sample_spec = *out_ss; >      ec->params.priv.webrtc.blocksize = (uint64_t)pa_bytes_per_second(out_ss) * BLOCK_SIZE_US / PA_USEC_PER_SEC; >      *nframes = ec->params.priv.webrtc.blocksize / pa_frame_size(out_ss); > +    ec->params.priv.webrtc.first = true; >  >      pa_modargs_free(ma); >      return true; > @@ -354,7 +356,17 @@ void pa_webrtc_ec_record(pa_echo_canceller *ec, const uint8_t *rec, uint8_t *out >      apm->ProcessStream(&out_frame); >  >      if (ec->params.priv.webrtc.agc) { > -        new_volume = apm->gain_control()->stream_analog_level(); > +        if (PA_UNLIKELY(ec->params.priv.webrtc.first)) { > +            /* We start at a sane default volume (taken from the Chromium > +             * condition on the experimental AGC in audio_processing.h). This is > +             * needed to make sure that there's enough energy in the capture > +             * signal for the AGC to work */ > +            ec->params.priv.webrtc.first = false; > +            new_volume = WEBRTC_AGC_START_VOLUME; This is done only on initial loading of the module. Does AGC work ok after resuming a suspended source? -- Tanu