Ok. I managed to compile the example program on ALSA. Been studying it for awhile. Looking at the ALSA API too.
Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <alsa/asoundlib.h>
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
int i;
int err;
short buf[128];
snd_pcm_t *playback_handle;
snd_pcm_hw_params_t *hw_params;
if ((err = snd_pcm_open (&playback_handle, argv[1], SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK, 0)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot open audio device %s (%s)\n",
argv[1],
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_malloc (&hw_params)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot allocate hardware parameter structure (%s)\n",
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_any (playback_handle, hw_params)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot initialize hardware parameter structure (%s)\n",
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_access (playback_handle, hw_params, SND_PCM_ACCESS_RW_INTERLEAVED)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot set access type (%s)\n",
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_format (playback_handle, hw_params, SND_PCM_FORMAT_S16_LE)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot set sample format (%s)\n",
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate_resample (playback_handle, hw_params, 44100, 0)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot set sample rate (%s)\n",
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_channels (playback_handle, hw_params, 2)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot set channel count (%s)\n",
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params (playback_handle, hw_params)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot set parameters (%s)\n",
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
snd_pcm_hw_params_free (hw_params);
if ((err = snd_pcm_prepare (playback_handle)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot prepare audio interface for use (%s)\n",
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
for (i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
if ((err = snd_pcm_writei (playback_handle, buf, 128)) != 128) {
fprintf (stderr, "write to audio interface failed (%s)\n",
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
}
snd_pcm_close (playback_handle);
exit (0);
}
So far I kinda understand what is going on here. Maby someone here can help me understand this next part. How exactly do I feed a decoded FLAC stream to ALSA. I take it when I want to write the decoded streams to ALSA I hae to use snd_pcm_writei function. Not sure.
I studied the FLAC C decode example code, and api for a few days.
SourceForge.net Repository - [flac] View of /flac/examples/c/decode/file/main.c
but still not sure how ALSA and libflac can be linked together to make it work.
Been searching on google for some help, but not finding much on programming ALSA.