Remove user adjustable audio buffer sizes from Settings

Fixed buffer sizes are  used. Rx use s 3456 x 1st  downsample rate x 5
audio  frames  of  buffer  space.  On Windows  this  means  that  each
chunk (periodSize())  delivered from the  audio stream is  our initial
DSP processing chunk size, thus  matching audio buffer latency exactly
with WSJT-X's  own front  end latency. This  should result  in optimal
resilience to high system loads that might starve the soundcard ADC of
buffers to fill and case dropped audio frames.

For Tx  a buffer sufficient for  1 s of  audio is used at  present, on
Windows  the period  size will  be  set to  1/40 of  that which  gives
reasonably low latency  and plenty of resilience to  high system loads
that might  starve the soundcard DAC  of audio frames to  render. Note
that a 1 s  buffer will make the "Pwr" slider slow  to respond, we may
have to reduce the Tx audio buffer size if this is seen as a problem.
This commit is contained in:
Bill Somerville
2020-08-11 13:48:01 +01:00
parent ecde374cee
commit 0cf14dfcc9
8 changed files with 79 additions and 161 deletions
+27 -13
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@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ namespace
QRegularExpression grid_regexp {"\\A(?![Rr]{2}73)[A-Ra-r]{2}[0-9]{2}([A-Xa-x]{2}){0,1}\\z"};
auto quint32_max = std::numeric_limits<quint32>::max ();
constexpr int N_WIDGETS {34};
constexpr int rx_chunk_size {3456}; // audio samples at 12000 Hz
constexpr int tx_audio_buffer_size {48000}; // audio samples at 48000 Hz
bool message_is_73 (int type, QStringList const& msg_parts)
{
@@ -474,7 +476,18 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QDir const& temp_directory, bool multiple,
connect(m_soundInput, &SoundInput::error, this, &MainWindow::showSoundInError);
// connect(m_soundInput, &SoundInput::status, this, &MainWindow::showStatusMessage);
connect (m_soundInput, &SoundInput::dropped_frames, this, [this] (qint32 dropped_frames, qint64 usec) {
showStatusMessage (tr ("%1 (%2 sec) audio frames dropped").arg (dropped_frames).arg (usec / 1.e6, 5, 'f', 3));
if (dropped_frames > 4800) // 1/10 second
{
showStatusMessage (tr ("%1 (%2 sec) audio frames dropped").arg (dropped_frames).arg (usec / 1.e6, 5, 'f', 3));
}
if (dropped_frames > 24000) // 1/2
// second
{
MessageBox::warning_message (this
, tr ("Audio Source")
, tr ("Excessive dropped samples")
, tr ("Reduce system load, or increase audio buffer size"));
}
});
connect (&m_audioThread, &QThread::finished, m_soundInput, &QObject::deleteLater);
@@ -942,14 +955,14 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QDir const& temp_directory, bool multiple,
if (!m_config.audio_input_device ().isNull ())
{
Q_EMIT startAudioInputStream (m_config.audio_input_device ()
, m_config.audio_input_buffer_size ()
, rx_chunk_size * m_downSampleFactor
, m_detector, m_downSampleFactor, m_config.audio_input_channel ());
}
if (!m_config.audio_output_device ().isNull ())
{
Q_EMIT initializeAudioOutputStream (m_config.audio_output_device ()
, AudioDevice::Mono == m_config.audio_output_channel () ? 1 : 2
, m_config.audio_output_buffer_size ());
, tx_audio_buffer_size);
}
Q_EMIT transmitFrequency (ui->TxFreqSpinBox->value () - m_XIT);
@@ -1628,14 +1641,15 @@ QString MainWindow::save_wave_file (QString const& name, short const * data, int
format.setChannelCount (1);
format.setSampleSize (16);
format.setSampleType (QAudioFormat::SignedInt);
auto source = QString {"%1, %2"}.arg (my_callsign).arg (my_grid);
auto comment = QString {"Mode=%1%2, Freq=%3%4"}
.arg (mode)
.arg (QString {(mode.contains ('J') && !mode.contains ('+')) || mode.startsWith ("FST4")
? QString {", Sub Mode="} + QChar {'A' + sub_mode}
: QString {}})
.arg (Radio::frequency_MHz_string (frequency))
.arg (QString {mode!="WSPR" ? QString {", DXCall=%1, DXGrid=%2"}
auto source = QString {"%1; %2"}.arg (my_callsign).arg (my_grid);
auto comment = QString {"Mode=%1%2; Freq=%3%4"}
.arg (mode)
.arg (QString {(mode.contains ('J') && !mode.contains ('+'))
|| mode.startsWith ("FST4") || mode.startsWith ("QRA")
? QString {"; Sub Mode="} + QString::number (int (samples / 12000)) + QChar {'A' + sub_mode}
: QString {}})
.arg (Radio::frequency_MHz_string (frequency))
.arg (QString {mode!="WSPR" ? QString {"; DXCall=%1; DXGrid=%2"}
.arg (his_call)
.arg (his_grid).toLocal8Bit () : ""});
BWFFile::InfoDictionary list_info {
@@ -1814,7 +1828,7 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionSettings_triggered() //Setup Dialog
if(m_config.restart_audio_input ()) {
Q_EMIT startAudioInputStream (m_config.audio_input_device ()
, m_config.audio_input_buffer_size ()
, rx_chunk_size * m_downSampleFactor
, m_detector, m_downSampleFactor
, m_config.audio_input_channel ());
}
@@ -1822,7 +1836,7 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionSettings_triggered() //Setup Dialog
if(m_config.restart_audio_output ()) {
Q_EMIT initializeAudioOutputStream (m_config.audio_output_device ()
, AudioDevice::Mono == m_config.audio_output_channel () ? 1 : 2
, m_config.audio_output_buffer_size ());
, tx_audio_buffer_size);
}
displayDialFrequency ();