Documentation:Modules/portaudio - Revision history

DoesItReallyMatter: Tweaks

2019-03-19T05:59:03Z

Tweaks

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	{{Module\|name=portaudio\|type=Audio output\|description=Audio output based on the portaudio library (v19)~~\|os=Cross platform~~\|first_version=0.8\|last_version=2.0}}		{{Module\|name=portaudio\|type=Audio output\|description=Audio output based on the portaudio library (v19)\|first_version=0.8\|last_version=2.0}}
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	== Introduction ==		== Introduction ==
	This was an audio output plugin that used the cross-platform portaudio library to render audio all platforms.		This was an audio output plugin that used the cross-platform portaudio library to render audio on all platforms.

	It was removed in VLC 2.0 [[Twoflower]] due to serious problems such as a dependency on the old aout packet API.[~~http~~://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2012-January/085344.html] It also had a clock resolution of 1 second, making it impossible for VLC to keep reasonable synchronization with such low precision. Instead of resampling it mostly will discard samples or insert silences.		It was removed in VLC 2.0 [[Twoflower]] due to serious problems such as a dependency on the old aout packet API.[https://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2012-January/085344.html] It also had a clock resolution of 1 second, making it impossible for VLC to keep reasonable synchronization with such low precision. Instead of resampling it mostly will discard samples or insert silences.

	The Win32 backend of PortAudio was also extremely buggy.		The Win32 backend of PortAudio was also extremely buggy.

	Users should use the ~~[[Documentation:Modules/waveout~~\|waveout]] plugin for <= Windows XP, ~~[[Documentation:Modules/~~mmdevice\|WASAPI]] for Windows Vista+, ~~[[Documentation:Modules/audiounit~~\|~~audiounit]]~~ for [[macOS]] and ~~[[Documentation:Modules/~~pulse~~\|pulseaudio]]~~ for Linux.		Users should use the {{docmod\|waveout}} plugin for <= Windows XP, {{docmod\|mmdevice}} (WASAPI) for Windows Vista+, {{docmod\|auhal}} for [[macOS]] and {{docmod\|pulse}} (PulseAudio) for Linux.

	== Options ==		== Options ==
	None ~~available~~.		None.

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DoesItReallyMatter: Audioqueue was removed in 3.0.0, use audiounit

2019-02-28T05:48:56Z

Audioqueue was removed in 3.0.0, use audiounit

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	The Win32 backend of PortAudio was also extremely buggy.		The Win32 backend of PortAudio was also extremely buggy.

	Users should use the [[Documentation:Modules/waveout\|waveout]] plugin for <= Windows XP, [[Documentation:Modules/mmdevice\|WASAPI]] for Windows Vista+, [[Documentation:Modules/~~audioqueue~~\|~~audioqueue~~]] for ~~Mac OS X~~ and [[Documentation:Modules/pulse\|pulseaudio]] for Linux.		Users should use the [[Documentation:Modules/waveout\|waveout]] plugin for <= Windows XP, [[Documentation:Modules/mmdevice\|WASAPI]] for Windows Vista+, [[Documentation:Modules/audiounit\|audiounit]] for [[macOS]] and [[Documentation:Modules/pulse\|pulseaudio]] for Linux.

	== Options ==		== Options ==
	None available.		None available.

Edwardw: a history

2013-08-16T00:44:33Z

a history

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{{Module|name=portaudio|type=Audio output|description=Audio output based on the portaudio library (v19)|os=Cross platform|first_version=0.8|last_version=2.0}}
{{Historical}}
== Introduction ==
This was an audio output plugin that used the cross-platform portaudio library to render audio all platforms.

It was removed in VLC 2.0 [[Twoflower]] due to serious problems such as a dependency on the old aout packet API.[http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2012-January/085344.html] It also had a clock resolution of 1 second, making it impossible for VLC to keep reasonable synchronization with such low precision. Instead of resampling it mostly will discard samples or insert silences.

The Win32 backend of PortAudio was also extremely buggy.

Users should use the [[Documentation:Modules/waveout|waveout]] plugin for <= Windows XP, [[Documentation:Modules/mmdevice|WASAPI]] for Windows Vista+, [[Documentation:Modules/audioqueue|audioqueue]] for Mac OS X and [[Documentation:Modules/pulse|pulseaudio]] for Linux.

== Options ==
None available.