In current aplay, several files can be handled as source of data frames for
playback, or destination of captured data frames by an option
'--separate-channels' (-I).
On the other hand, in ALSA PCM kernel/user interface, several types of
buffer are used to communicate between application/hardware;
- mapped page frame for data frames with interleaved alignment
- mapped page frame for data frames with non-interleaved alignment
- buffer in user space for data frames with interleaved alignment
- a list of buffer in user space for data frames with non-interleaved
alignment
This commit adds a common interface, named as 'mapper' to convert frame
alignment between these two sides. This interface includes two types;
'muxer' and 'demuxer'. The 'muxer' is for playback direction, to
construct playback buffer with PCM frames from several files. The 'demuxer'
is for capture direction, to split PCM frames from capture buffer to
each of file. Unlike multimedia containers such as MPEG 2/4 Systems,
the 'muxer' and 'demuxer' are for playback/capture buffer, not for file
contents.
Signed-off-by: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@sakamocchi.jp>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
