When using more than two channels, the channel map of pulse-audio is incorrect.
Add an API for getting a speaker map based on OBS speaker layout. Then use the
speaker map when connecting to a pulse-audio device, for both source and
monitor output.
This pull request changes the fallback sample format for pulse-audio
to from PA_SAMPLE_S16LE to PA_SAMPLE_FLOAT32LE.
The pulseaudio plugin can handle the following sample format:
* PA_SAMPlE_U8
* PA_SAMPLE_S16LE
* PA_SAMPLE_S32LE
* PA_SAMPLE_FLOAT32LE
When an audio device advertises itself as another format, the pulseaudio-plugin
will ask pulse audio to convert to the fallback sample format.
The fallback PA_SAMPLE_S16LE is not ideal when your audio interface advertises
as PA_SAMPLE_S24LE since the conversion will lose precision.
With PA_SAMPLE_FLOAT32LE there is no precision loss and it is also equals OBS's
internal format.
(also obs, deps/media-playback, libobs/audio-monitoring, decklink,
linux-alsa, linux-pulseaudio, mac-capture, obs-ffmpeg, win-dshow,
win-wasapi)
Default channel layout for 4 channels is 4.0 in FFmpeg.
Replacing quad with 4.0 will improve compatibility since FFmpeg has
better support of its default channel layouts.
(This commit also modifies the following modules: UI,
deps/media-playback, coreaudio-encoder, decklink, linux-alsa,
linux-pulseaudio, mac-capture, obs-ffmpeg, obs-filters, obs-libfdk,
obs-outputs, win-dshow, and win-wasapi)
Adds surround sound audio support to the core, core plugins, and user
interface.
Compatible streaming services: Twitch, FB 360 live
Compatible protocols: rtmp / mpeg-ts tcp udp
Compatible file formats: mkv mp4 ts (others untested)
Compatible codecs: ffmpeg aac, fdk_aac, CoreAudio aac,
opus, vorbis, pcm (others untested).
Tested streaming servers: wowza, nginx
HLS, mpeg-dash : surround passthrough
Html5 players tested with live surround:
videojs, mediaelement, viblast (hls+dash), hls.js
Decklink: on win32, swap channels order for 5.1 7.1
(due to different channel mapping on wav, mpeg, ffmpeg)
Audio filters: surround working.
Monitoring: surround working (win macOs linux (pulse-audio)).
VST: stereo plugins keep in general only the first two channels.
surround plugins should work (e.g. mcfx does).
OS: win, macOs, linux (alsa, pulse-audio).
Misc: larger audio bitrates unlocked to accommodate more channels
NB: mf-aac only supports mono and stereo + 5.1 on win 10
(not implemented due to lack of usefulness)
Closesjp9000/obs-studio#968
