Make wav the default for speaker test

Make wav the default for speaker test

[Lee Revell]

I think it's nicer to have the sampled voice be the default for
speaker-test.  Any objections?

Signed-Off-By: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>

--- speaker-test/speaker-test.c~	2006-06-09 16:53:29.000000000 -0400
+++ speaker-test/speaker-test.c	2006-06-28 13:19:57.000000000 -0400
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 static unsigned int       period_time = 0;	            /* period time in us */
 static unsigned int       nperiods    = 4;                  /* number of periods */
 static double             freq        = 440;                /* sinusoidal wave frequency in Hz */
-static int                test_type   = TEST_PINK_NOISE;    /* Test type. 1 = noise, 2 = sine wave */
+static int                test_type   = TEST_WAV;    /* Test type. 1 = noise, 2 = sine wave, 3 = voice */
 static pink_noise_t pink;
 static snd_pcm_uframes_t  buffer_size;
 static snd_pcm_uframes_t  period_size;



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Re: Make wav the default for speaker test

[James Courtier-Dutton]

Lee Revell wrote:
> I think it's nicer to have the sampled voice be the default for
> speaker-test.  Any objections?
> 
> Signed-Off-By: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
> 
> --- speaker-test/speaker-test.c~	2006-06-09 16:53:29.000000000 -0400
> +++ speaker-test/speaker-test.c	2006-06-28 13:19:57.000000000 -0400
> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
>  static unsigned int       period_time = 0;	            /* period time in us */
>  static unsigned int       nperiods    = 4;                  /* number of periods */
>  static double             freq        = 440;                /* sinusoidal wave frequency in Hz */
> -static int                test_type   = TEST_PINK_NOISE;    /* Test type. 1 = noise, 2 = sine wave */
> +static int                test_type   = TEST_WAV;    /* Test type. 1 = noise, 2 = sine wave, 3 = voice */
>  static pink_noise_t pink;
>  static snd_pcm_uframes_t  buffer_size;
>  static snd_pcm_uframes_t  period_size;
> 

What about people who don't speak English?
"Pink" is the international language. ;-)


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Re: Make wav the default for speaker test

[Lee Revell]

On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 20:26 +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> What about people who don't speak English?
> "Pink" is the international language. ;-)
> 

Hah, good point.  Didn't even think of that.  Can you tell I'm
American?  ;-)

Lee


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Re: Make wav the default for speaker test

[Tom Watson]

James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> 
> Lee Revell wrote:
> > I think it's nicer to have the sampled voice be the default for
> > speaker-test.  Any objections?
> >  
> <<<Deletia (patch)>>>
> 
>
> What about people who don't speak English?
> "Pink" is the international language. ;-)

While having spoken words for channel assignments IS laudable, sometimes the
correspondence can be off.  Sometimes INTENTIONALLY one plugs the speakers in a
different way.  It also can be changed by various mapping schemes.  The
correspondence for channels over 8 is WAY up in the air, and some sound cards
DO have more than 8.

When this was put in, various people suggested many identification schemes.  I
remember a debate or some such.  I don't believe much was decided by the group,
only the author of the updates.

As for the various languages, I will note that the printout of the speaker test
is currently in English (has anyone internationalized it?), so having the
spoken words probably won't hurt anyone.

I built up my own "speaker identification" 'wav' file, that repeated
simultaneously the speaker name for each channel.  It was a bit easier when
fiddling around with mixer controls because you didn't need to wait for the
sequence to roll around to the speaker you were testing.  You could also go to
the speaker and listen to find out the proper thing.  In that case, having the
identifier 'spoken' was a great helper.

As for me, I can always use the switch.  Have the default any way you want :-)




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