Hades and Koegler patches for ALSA and general efficiency.

RtAudio.cpp

@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ RtApi :: RtApi()
   stream_.userBuffer[1] = 0;
   MUTEX_INITIALIZE( &stream_.mutex );
   showWarnings_ = true;
+  firstErrorOccurred = false;
 }
 
 RtApi :: ~RtApi()
@@ -6089,6 +6090,7 @@ void RtApiAlsa :: startStream()
   }
 
   if ( ( stream_.mode == INPUT || stream_.mode == DUPLEX ) && !apiInfo->synchronized ) {
+    result = snd_pcm_drop(handle[1]); // fix to remove stale data received since device has been open
     state = snd_pcm_state( handle[1] );
     if ( state != SND_PCM_STATE_PREPARED ) {
       result = snd_pcm_prepare( handle[1] );
@@ -6103,7 +6105,7 @@ void RtApiAlsa :: startStream()
   stream_.state = STREAM_RUNNING;
 
  unlock:
-  apiInfo->runnable = true;
+  apiInfo->runnable = false; // fixes high CPU usage when stopped
   pthread_cond_signal( &apiInfo->runnable_cv );
   MUTEX_UNLOCK( &stream_.mutex );
 
@@ -6148,6 +6150,7 @@ void RtApiAlsa :: stopStream()
   }
 
  unlock:
+  apiInfo->runnable = false; // fixes high CPU usage when stopped
   MUTEX_UNLOCK( &stream_.mutex );
 
   if ( result >= 0 ) return;
@@ -6891,7 +6894,7 @@ bool RtApiPulse::probeDeviceOpen( unsigned int device, StreamMode mode,
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include "soundcard.h"
+#include <sys/soundcard.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <math.h>
 
@@ -7837,12 +7840,11 @@ void RtApi :: error( RtAudioError::Type type )
   RtAudioErrorCallback errorCallback = (RtAudioErrorCallback) stream_.callbackInfo.errorCallback;
   if ( errorCallback ) {
     // abortStream() can generate new error messages. Ignore them. Just keep original one.
-    static bool firstErrorOccured = false;
 
-    if ( firstErrorOccured )
+    if ( firstErrorOccurred )
       return;
 
-    firstErrorOccured = true;
+    firstErrorOccurred = true;
     const std::string errorMessage = errorText_;
 
     if ( type != RtAudioError::WARNING && stream_.state != STREAM_STOPPED) {
@@ -7851,7 +7853,7 @@ void RtApi :: error( RtAudioError::Type type )
     }
 
     errorCallback( type, errorMessage );
-    firstErrorOccured = false;
+    firstErrorOccurred = false;
     return;
   }
 

RtAudio.h

@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
 #include <exception>
 #include <iostream>
 
-// RtAudio version
-static const std::string RTAUDIO_VERSION( "4.1.0pre" );
+// RtAudio version: 4.1.0pre
 
 /*! \typedef typedef unsigned long RtAudioFormat;
     \brief RtAudio data format type.
@@ -375,7 +374,7 @@ class RtAudio
   };
 
   //! A static function to determine the current RtAudio version.
-  static std::string getVersion( void ) { return RTAUDIO_VERSION; } 
+  static std::string getVersion( void ) { return "4.1.0"; } 
 
   //! A static function to determine the available compiled audio APIs.
   /*!
@@ -572,7 +571,7 @@ class RtAudio
   #include <windows.h>
   #include <process.h>
 
-  typedef unsigned long ThreadHandle;
+  typedef ULONG_PTR ThreadHandle;
   typedef CRITICAL_SECTION StreamMutex;
 
 #elif defined(__LINUX_ALSA__) || defined(__LINUX_PULSE__) || defined(__UNIX_JACK__) || defined(__LINUX_OSS__) || defined(__MACOSX_CORE__)
@@ -762,6 +761,7 @@ protected:
   std::string errorText_;
   bool showWarnings_;
   RtApiStream stream_;
+  bool firstErrorOccurred;
 
   /*!
     Protected, api-specific method that attempts to open a device

doc/release.txt

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ By Gary P. Scavone, 2001-2014.
 
 v4.1.0: (?? 2014)
 - RtError class renamed RtAudioError and embedded in RtAudio.h (RtError.h deleted)
+- pulse audio update to support bufferFrames argument with audio input (thanks to Jonatan Wallmander)
+- fixes for ALSA API to avoid high CPU usage during stops and to clear stale data before input (thanks to Pluto Hades)
+- miscellaneous efficiency updates suggested by Martin Koegler
 
 v4.0.12: (16 April 2013)
 - new functionality to allow error reporting via a client-supplied function (thanks to Pavel Mogilevskiy)