scummvm/sound/audiostream.h

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#ifndef SOUND_AUDIOSTREAM_H
#define SOUND_AUDIOSTREAM_H

#include "common/stdafx.h"
#include "common/util.h"
#include "common/scummsys.h"


namespace Audio {

/**
 * Generic audio input stream. Subclasses of this are used to feed arbitrary
 * sampled audio data into ScummVM's audio mixer.
 */
class AudioStream {
public:
	virtual ~AudioStream() {}

	/**
	 * Fill the given buffer with up to numSamples samples.
	 * Returns the actual number of samples read, or -1 if
	 * a critical error occured (note: you *must* check if
	 * this value is less than what you requested, this can
	 * happen when the stream is fully used up).
	 *
	 * Data has to be in native endianess, 16 bit per sample, signed.
	 * For stereo stream, buffer will be filled with interleaved
	 * left and right channel samples, starting with a left sample.
	 * Furthermore, the samples in the left and right are summed up.
	 * So if you request 4 samples from a stereo stream, you will get
	 * a total of two left channel and two right channel samples.
	 */
	virtual int readBuffer(int16 *buffer, const int numSamples) = 0;

	/** Is this a stereo stream? */
	virtual bool isStereo() const = 0;

	/**
	 * End of data reached? If this returns true, it means that at this
	 * time there is no data available in the stream. However there may be
	 * more data in the future.
	 * This is used by e.g. a rate converter to decide whether to keep on
	 * converting data or stop.
	 */
	virtual bool endOfData() const = 0;

	/**
	 * End of stream reached? If this returns true, it means that all data
	 * in this stream is used up and no additional data will appear in it
	 * in the future.
	 * This is used by the mixer to decide whether a given stream shall be
	 * removed from the list of active streams (and thus be destroyed).
	 * By default this maps to endOfData()
	 */
	virtual bool endOfStream() const { return endOfData(); }

	/** Sample rate of the stream. */
	virtual int getRate() const = 0;

	/**
	 * Tries to load a file by trying all available formats.
	 * In case of an error, the file handle will be closed, but deleting
	 * it is still the responsibilty of the caller.
	 * @param basename	a filename without an extension
	 * @param startTime	the (optional) time offset in milliseconds from which to start playback 
	 * @param duration	the (optional) time in milliseconds specifying how long to play
	 * @param numLoops	how often the data shall be looped (0 = infinite)
	 * @return	an Audiostream ready to use in case of success;
	 *			NULL in case of an error (e.g. invalid/nonexisting file)
	 */
	static AudioStream* openStreamFile(const Common::String &basename, uint32 startTime = 0, uint32 duration = 0, uint numLoops = 1);
};

/**
 * Factory function for a raw linear AudioStream, which will simply treat all data
 * in the buffer described by ptr and len as raw sample data in the specified
 * format. It will then simply pass this data directly to the mixer, after converting
 * it to the sample format used by the mixer (i.e. 16 bit signed native endian).
 * Optionally supports (infinite) looping of a portion of the data.
 */
AudioStream *makeLinearInputStream(const byte *ptr, uint32 len, int rate, byte flags, uint loopStart, uint loopEnd);

/**
 * An audio stream to which additional data can be appended on-the-fly.
 * Used by SMUSH, iMuseDigital, and the Kyrandia 3 VQA player.
 */
class AppendableAudioStream : public Audio::AudioStream {
public:
	
	/**
	 * Queue another audio data buffer for playback. The stream
	 * will playback all queued buffers, in the order they were
	 * queued. After all data contained in them has been played,
	 * the buffer will be delete[]'d (so make sure to allocate them
	 * with new[], not with malloc).
	 */
	virtual void queueBuffer(byte *data, uint32 size) = 0;
	
	/**
	 * Mark the stream as finished, that is, signal that no further data
	 * will be appended to it. Only after this has been done can the
	 * AppendableAudioStream ever 'end' (
	 */
	virtual void finish() = 0;
};

/**
 * Factory function for an AppendableAudioStream. The rate and flags
 * parameters are analog to those used in makeLinearInputStream.
 */
AppendableAudioStream *makeAppendableAudioStream(int rate, byte flags);


} // End of namespace Audio

#endif