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@@ -1,2 +1,216 @@ -# 4a-hal-generic -New 4A HAL which makes use of the controller submodule +# 4a-hal-generic for 4A (AGL Advance Audio Architecture). + +------------------------------------------------------------ + +* Object: Use a new api to centralize call to hals, automatically create hal api from configuration files +* Status: In Progress (RC1) +* Author: Jonathan Aillet jonathan.aillet@iot.bzh +* Date : June-2018 + + +## Cloning repositories for RC1 version + +### Cloning 4a-hal-generic rc1 version with its submodules + +git clone --recurse-submodules -b rc1 https://github.com/iotbzh/4a-hal-generic.git + +### Cloning 4a-softmixer hal-rc1 version (needed to make work '4a-hal-generic') with its submodules + +git clone --recurse-submodules -b hal-rc1-sandbox https://github.com/iotbzh/4a-softmixer.git + + +## Quick introduction to how hal are handled with 4a-hal-generic + +* At startup of the 4a-hal binding, a new api called '4a-hal-manger' will be created. + This api is meant to provide verbs to list the loaded hal in your system and to now there current status. +* The '4a-hal-manager' will also create a new hal for each audio configuration files found. + These configration files are used by the controller and are meant to be used with a mixer. +* External hal (e.g. loaded in another binding) can be loaded/unloaded into '4a-hal-manger' by reaching it + with this hal. It must provides information such as 'api' and 'uid' at loading. It must also provides + a subscription to an event that the '4a-hal-manager' will use to known this hal status. + WARNING: not fully implemented yet. + + +## Preparation + +### Install Alsa Loopback + +You must have snd-aloop enabled as a module in the running kernel. +Check that this way on the target: + +``` + zcat /proc/config.gz | grep CONFIG_SND_ALOOP + CONFIG_SND_ALOOP=m +``` + +If it not the case, run menuconfig and enable it under: +> Device Drivers > Sound card support > Advanced Linux Sound Architecture > Generic sound device + + +``` + sudo modprobe snd-aloop +``` + +### Create a new hal json configuration correponding to your audio hardware configuration + +#### Information about audio json configuration files + +* All audio hardware configuration files are a json description of you audio device. +* They all must be in ./4a-hal-references-boards-cfg/ and must begin with 'hal-4a'. +* You can found some examples of these configurations in this directory. +* Each configuration file found at startup will create a new hal with its own api. +* At 'init-mixer' command of your hal, your + +#### What you need to set in this configuration file to make you audio work + +* In 'metadata' section: + * The 'uid' field must be the path to your alsa audio device. + * The 'api' field should be changed to the desired application framework api of you hal +* For 'onload', 'controls', and 'events' sections, please look at the controller documentation + (In ./app-controller/README.md) +* In 'halcontrol' section: + * This section is where you put controls which are alsa control calls + * If a control is not available, it will be registered in alsa using '4a-alsa-core' + * Thsese controls will be available as verb for your hal api using 'card/' prefix + * WARNING: use of this section is not yet implemented +* In 'halmixer' section (what it is passed to the mixer):. + * The 'uid' field will be the name of the mixer correponding to your hal + * The 'mixerapi' field should contain the name of the api to call for reaching the mixer + (not need to be changed if you use '4a-softmixer'). + * The 'backend' section will contain your audio information (such as the path to you alsa audio device + and the configration of you device). + * In 'frontend' section: + * In 'ramps' section: will be defined the ramp that you can use in your mixer (ramps in example files can be used). + * In 'zones' section: (zones in example files can be used) + * You can defined the zones that you want for your mixer. + * You must defined which sink will be used in these zones. + * These zones will be used to defined streams. + * In 'streams' section: (streams in example files can be used) + * You can defined the streams that you want for your mixer. + * It must contain: + * A 'uid' field (which will be used to reach the stream). + * The 'zone' field must correspond to the wanted zone of the stream. + * The 'ramp' field must correspond to the wanted ramp of the stream. + * Other fields are optionals + + +## Compile (for each repositories) + +``` + mkdir build + cd build + cmake .. + make +``` + + +## Using '4a-hal' binder + +### Run your binder from shell + +``` +afb-daemon --name=afb-4a --workdir=/home/jon/work/agl-audio/4a-softmixer/build --binding=/home/jon/work/agl-audio/4a-softmixer/build/package/lib/softmixer-binding.so --binding=/home/jon/work/agl-audio/4a-hal-generic/build/4a-hal/4a-hal.so --roothttp=/home/jon/work/agl-audio/4a-softmixer/build/package/htdocs --no-ldpaths --port=1234 --token= -vvv +``` + +### Connect your binder + +Connect to your 4a binder using afb-client-demo + +``` +afb-client-demo ws://localhost:1234/api?token= +``` + +### List the loaded hal + +In the connected client, try to list the loaded hal: + +```4a-hal-manager loaded``` + +And now with more informations: + +```4a-hal-manager loaded { "verbose" : 1 }``` + +### Play with an 'internal' hal (described in a json configuration file) + +#### Initalize an internal hal + +Use an api name obtain in the previous command to initialize mixer of the wanted hal: + +```4a-hal-*halapiname* init-mixer``` + +#### Get streams informations + +Now, you can obtain streams information of your initalized internal hal: + +```4a-hal-*halapiname* list``` + +All the streams listed are available as a verb of the hal api using 'name' field. +You can also get the corresponding card id of the stream in 'cardId' field. +The card id of a stream is 'hw:X,X,X' format and can be used to play music. + +#### Play some music into a stream + +WARNING: Current version does not handle audio rate conversion, using gstreamer or equivalent to match with audio hardware params is mandatory. + +Use the previously obtain card if to play audio in the selected stream: + +```gst123 --audio-output alsa=hw:X,X,X your_audio_file.mp3``` + +#### During playing, try the stream commands to change/ramp volume + +Now you can use your hal api to send command to mixer. This way, you can change/ramp volume : + +``` 4a-hal-*halapiname* *selected_stream* { "volume" : "+10" }``` + +``` 4a-hal-*halapiname* *selected_stream* { "volume" : 70 }``` + +``` 4a-hal-*halapiname* *selected_stream* { "ramp" : "-10" }``` + +``` 4a-hal-*halapiname* *selected_stream* { "ramp" : 100 }``` + + +#### Warning + +Alsa try top automatically store current state into /var/lib/alsa/asound.state when developing/testing this may create impossible +situation. In order to clean up your Alsa snd-aloop config, a simple "rmmod" might not be enough in some case you may have to delete +/var/lib/alsa/asound.state before applying "modprobe". + +In case of doubt check with folling command that you start from a clear green field + +``` +rmmod snd-aloop && modprobe --first-time snd-aloop && amixer -D hw:Loopback controls | grep vol +``` + + +### Load an 'external' hal + +To load an external to '4a-hal-manger', you need to you use an 'api_call' from you hal binding. +With this 'api_call' you must sent a json descition of your api: + +``` +{ + "api" : mandatory, string that is your hal binding api + "uid" : mandatory, string that specify your hal uid (usually the device used by your hal) + "info" : optional, string that describe your hal + "author" : optional, string that says who is the author of your hal + "version" : optional, string that says what is the version of your hal + "date" : optional, string that says the date of your hal +} +``` + +Your hal must also have a 'subscribe' verb available and event name 'hal_status'. + +At external hal loading, the '4a-hal-manager' will subscibe to this event. +Within your hal, you must generate an event each time the status of your hal changes. + + +## What is missing in RC1 version + +* Check that external really exist at loading +* Handling external hal status events. +* Handling 'halcontrol' section in configuration files. +* Generation of an event of '4a-hal-manager' when a hal status change. +* Checking that the specified device in configuration file is present ('4a-alsa-core' binding will be needed). +* Actualization of the internal hal status after mixer initialization. +* At mixer initialization, check that the specified device is not already used by another hal. +* Dynamic handling of USB devices.
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