If the user gives pacat the --channel-map argument but no --channels argument, pacat should adjust the sample spec channels according to the given channel map. Currently pacat complains that the sample spec is incompatible with the channel map, if the given channel map has more or less channels than the default 2.
what is the purpose of specifiying channel map when usung paplay or parec ? since pacat does provide any upmix or downmix function http://cgit.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/commit/src/utils/pacat.c?id=c3cc14153a2f519b2333400bfa942f70bca58c95 the only way seem to be used for handle center and lfe swap or left /right swap
do some option such as rate , channel, format only valid for parec ? as paplay obtain these parameters from the file or do paplay or parec support pipe similar to aplay | arecord arecord | aplay
paplay can play also raw files, so that's one case where explicit format information is useful. I don't remember if "parec | paplay" is supported (the proper command would be "parec | pacat").
" --rate=SAMPLERATE The sample rate in Hz (defaults to 44100)\n" " --format=SAMPLEFORMAT The sample type, one of s16le, s16be, u8, float32le,\n" " float32be, ulaw, alaw, s32le, s32be, s24le, s24be,\n" " s24-32le, s24-32be (defaults to s16ne)\n" " --channels=CHANNELS The number of channels, 1 for mono, 2 for stereo\n" " (defaults to 2)\n" " --channel-map=CHANNELMAP Channel map to use instead of the default\n" " --fix-format Take the sample format from the sink/source the stream is\n" " being connected to.\n" " --fix-rate Take the sampling rate from the sink/source the stream is\n" " being connected to.\n" " --fix-channels Take the number of channels and the channel map\n" " from the sink/source the stream is being connected to.\n" " --no-remix Don't upmix or downmix channels.\n" " --no-remap Map channels by index instead of name.\n" " --raw Record/play raw PCM data.\n" do you mean some options are mutally exclusive ?
Yes, some are mutually exclusive. It doesn't make sense to specify both --rate and --fix-rate, since both control the same variable.
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