Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] doc/media-api: Enable MediaEndpoint to expose remote SEP

["Pali Rohár" <pali.rohar@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday 22 January 2019 14:54:30 Luiz Augusto von Dentz wrote:
> Hi Pali,
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 2:38 PM Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tuesday 22 January 2019 14:35:42 Luiz Augusto von Dentz wrote:
> > > I will send a v3 which does the reverse discovery, that should make it
> > > work with existing paired devices that reconnect and configure since
> > > otherwise there would not be any endpoints to associate with.
> >
> > Ok.
> >
> > > Note
> > > though that in case of PA the endpoint object should be considered
> > > optional no matter what since otherwise it won't be backward
> > > compatible.
> >
> > Yes, patches are already backward compatible. When endpoints do not
> > exist, pulseaudio just refuse to switch codec.
> 
> It refuses or there just no other profile/port to switch to?

It refuses just to switch from one A2DP profile to another A2DP profile
of same type (sink --> sink OR source --> source) with different codecs.
Switching between HFP and A2DP or between A2DP sink and A2DP source works.

> Btw, are
> there anything special I need to do in order to test your patches? I
> guess for apt-x I will need your lib right?

Yes, for aptX you need that libopenaptx library and remote device with
aptX codec support. See also profile switch limitation in patch
description (tl;dr you need to issue profile switch command two times).

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Pali Rohár
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