Apparently using QPointer container for the QObject being given to the
connect function makes it so it can't find the actual function to use.
I'm guessing this is incomplete functionality or a bug that existed in
GCC 4.8. Doesn't happen in 4.9+.
Implements transitions, and introduces "Studio Mode" which allows live
editing of the same or different scenes while preserving what's
currently being displayed.
Studio Mode offers a number of new features:
- The ability to edit different scenes or the same scene without
modifying what's currently being displayed (of course)
- The ability to set up "quick transitions" with a desired transition
and duration that can be assigned hotkeys
- The option to create full copies of all sources in the program scene
to allow editing of source properties of the same scene live without
modifying the output, or (by default) just use references. (Note
however that certain sources cannot be duplicated, such as capture
sources, media sources, and device sources)
- Swap Mode (enabled by default) which swaps the program scene with
the preview scene when a transition completes
Currently, only non-configurable transitions (transitions without
properties) are listed, and the only transitions available as of this
writing are fade and cut. In future versions more transitions will be
added, such as swipe, stingers, and many other various sort of
transitions, and the UI will support being able to add/configure/remove
those sort of configurable transitions.
A comment that serves as a reminder to anyone who might need to edit the
scene code. If the graphics mutex must be locked, it must be locked
first before entering the scene mutexes, or outside of the scene
mutexes.
This fixes an age-old issue where audio samples could be lost or audio
could temporarily go out of sync in the case of looping videos. When
audio/video data is looping, there's a window between when the audio
data resets its timestamp value and when the video data resets its
timestamp value. This method simply pushes back the audio data while in
that window and does not modify sync, and when it detects that its out
of the loop window it simply forces a resync of the audio data in the
circular buffer.
This ensures that minimal audio data is lost in the loop process, and
minimizes the likelihood of any sort of sync issues associated with
looping.
Instead of applying the resampler offset right away (to each audio
packet), apply the resampler offset when the timestamps are converted to
system timestamps. This fixes an issue where if audio timestamps reset
to 0 (for whatever reason), the offset would cause the timestamp to go
in to the negative.
(Note: This commit also modifies the UI)
Allows the ability to duplicate sources fully copied, and/or have the
scene and its duplicates be private sources
Certain types of sources (display captures, game captures, audio
device captures, video device captures) should not be duplicated. This
capability flag hints that the source prefers references over full
duplication.
Mostly only used for transitions with the intention of automatically
creating transitions which don't require configuration, returns whether
the source has any properties or not (whether it's configurable)
(Note: This commit also modifies UI)
Instead of using signals, use designated callback lists for audio
capture and audio control helpers. Signals aren't suitable here due to
the fact that signals aren't meant for things that happen every frame or
things that happen every time audio/video is received. Also prevents
audio from being allocated every time these functions are called due to
the calldata structure.
Transition sources are implemented by registering a source type as
OBS_SOURCE_TYPE_TRANSITION. They're automatically marked as video
composite sources, and video_render/audio_render callbacks must be set
when registering the source. get_width and get_height callbacks are
unused for these types of sources, as transitions automatically handle
width/height behind the scenes with the transition settings.
In the video_render callback, the helper function
obs_transition_video_render is used to assist in automatically
processing and rendering the audio. A render callback is passed to the
function, which in turn passes to/from textures that are automatically
rendered in the back-end.
Similarly, in the audio_render callback, the helper function
obs_transition_audio_render is used to assist in automatically
processing and rendering the audio. Two mix callbacks are used to
handle how the source/destination sources are mixed together. To ensure
the best possible quality, audio processing is per-sample.
Transitions can be set to automatically resize, or they can be set to
have a fixed size. Sources within transitions can be made to scale to
the transition size (with or without aspect ratio), or to not scale
unless they're bigger than the transition. They can have a specific
alignment within the transition, or they just default to top-left.
These features are implemented for the purpose of extending transitions
to also act as "switch" sources later, where you can switch to/from two
different sources using the transition animation.
Planned (but not yet implemented and lower priority) features:
- "Switch" transitions which allow the ability to switch back and forth
between two sources with a transitioning animation without discarding
the references
- Easing options to allow the option to transition with a bezier or
custom curve
- Manual transitioning to allow the front-end/user to manually control
the transition offset
Prevents a mutual lock with the scene mutex and graphics mutex. In
libobs/obs-video.c, the graphics mutex could be locked first, then the
scene mutexes second, while in the UI thread, the scene mutexes could be
locked first, then when a scene item is being destroyed, a source could
be destroyed, and sometimes sources would lock the graphics mutex
second.
A possible additional solution is to defer source destroys to the video
thread.
(Note: test and UI are also modified by this commit)
API Changed (removed "enum obs_source_type type" parameter):
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obs_source_get_display_name
obs_source_create
obs_get_source_output_flags
obs_get_source_defaults
obs_get_source_properties
Removes the "type" parameter from these functions. The "type" parameter
really doesn't serve much of a purpose being a parameter in any of these
cases, the type is just to indicate what it's used for.
This buffers scene item visibility actions so that if
obs_sceneitem_set_visible to true or false, that it will ensure that the
action is mapped to the exact sample point time in which
obs_sceneitem_set_visible is called. Mapping to the exact sample point
isn't necessary, but it's a nice thing to have.
The new audio subsystem fixes two issues:
- First Primary issue it fixes is the ability for parent sources to
intercept the audio of child sources, and do custom processing on
them. The main reason for this was the ability to do custom
cross-fading in transitions, but it's also useful for things such as
side-chain effects, applying audio effects to entire scenes, applying
scene-specific audio filters on sub-sources, and other such
possibilities.
- The secondary issue that needed fixing was audio buffering.
Previously, audio buffering was always a fixed buffer size, so it
would always have exactly a certain number of milliseconds of audio
buffering (and thus output delay). Instead, it now dynamically
increases audio buffering only as necessary, minimizing output delay,
and removing the need for users to have to worry about an audio
buffering setting.
The new design makes it so that audio from the leaves of the scene graph
flow to the root nodes, and can be intercepted by parent sources. Each
audio source handles its own buffering, and each audio tick a specific
number of audio frames are popped from the front of the circular buffer
on each audio source. Composite sources (such as scenes) can access the
audio for child sources and do custom processing or mixing on that
audio. Composite sources use the audio_render callback of sources to do
synchronous or deferred audio processing per audio tick. Things like
scenes now mix audio from their sub-sources.
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Adds a "composite" source type which is used for sources that composite
one or more sub-sources. The audio_render callback is called for
composite sources to allow those types of sources to do custom
processing of the audio of its sub-sources.
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This variable is somewhat redundant. Volume is already known/accessible
to front-ends.
(Note: This commit breaks libobs compilation. Skip if bisecting)
Removes audio lines and stores the circular buffer for the audio on the
source itself.
(Note: This commit breaks libobs compilation. Skip if bisecting)
The mixers that a source was assigned to were originally stored in the
audio line. This will store it in the sources themselves instead.
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Uses a callback and allows the caller to mix audio. Additionally,
allows the callback to return audio later, allowing it to buffer as much
as it needs.
Darkest dungeon uses an unusual technique for drawing its frames: a
fixed 1920x1080 frame buffer used in place of the backbuffer, which is
then stretched to fit the size of the screen (whether the screen is
bigger or smaller than the actual texture).
The custom frame would cause glReadBuffer to initially fail with an
error. When this happens, their custom frame buffer is in use, so all
that needs to be done is simply reset the capture and force the current
output size to 1920x1080 while that custom frame is in use.
They presumably did this in order to ensure the game looks the same at
any resolution. Instead of having to use power-of-two sprites and
mipmaps for every single game sprite and stretch/skew each of them
(which would risk the final output "not looking quite right" at
different resolutions), they simply use non-pow-2 sprites with no
mipmaps and render them all on to one texture of a fixed size and then
stretch that final output texture. That ensures that the actual
composite of the game still looks the same at any resolution, while
reducing texture memory by not requiring each sprite to use a
power-of-two texture and mipmaps.
Jim
boombatower