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:mod:`sunaudiodev` --- Access to Sun audio hardware
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.. module:: sunaudiodev
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:synopsis: Access to Sun audio hardware.
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The :mod:`sunaudiodev` module has been deprecated for removal in Python 3.0.
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.. index:: single: u-LAW
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This module allows you to access the Sun audio interface. The Sun audio hardware
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is capable of recording and playing back audio data in u-LAW format with a
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sample rate of 8K per second. A full description can be found in the
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:manpage:`audio(7I)` manual page.
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.. index:: module: SUNAUDIODEV
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The module :mod:`SUNAUDIODEV` defines constants which may be used with this
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This module defines the following variables and functions:
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This exception is raised on all errors. The argument is a string describing what
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.. function:: open(mode)
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This function opens the audio device and returns a Sun audio device object. This
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object can then be used to do I/O on. The *mode* parameter is one of ``'r'`` for
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record-only access, ``'w'`` for play-only access, ``'rw'`` for both and
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``'control'`` for access to the control device. Since only one process is
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allowed to have the recorder or player open at the same time it is a good idea
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to open the device only for the activity needed. See :manpage:`audio(7I)` for
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As per the manpage, this module first looks in the environment variable
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``AUDIODEV`` for the base audio device filename. If not found, it falls back to
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:file:`/dev/audio`. The control device is calculated by appending "ctl" to the
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.. _audio-device-objects:
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The audio device objects are returned by :func:`open` define the following
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methods (except ``control`` objects which only provide :meth:`getinfo`,
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:meth:`setinfo`, :meth:`fileno`, and :meth:`drain`):
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.. method:: audio device.close()
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This method explicitly closes the device. It is useful in situations where
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deleting the object does not immediately close it since there are other
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references to it. A closed device should not be used again.
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.. method:: audio device.fileno()
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Returns the file descriptor associated with the device. This can be used to set
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up ``SIGPOLL`` notification, as described below.
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.. method:: audio device.drain()
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This method waits until all pending output is processed and then returns.
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Calling this method is often not necessary: destroying the object will
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automatically close the audio device and this will do an implicit drain.
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.. method:: audio device.flush()
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This method discards all pending output. It can be used avoid the slow response
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to a user's stop request (due to buffering of up to one second of sound).
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.. method:: audio device.getinfo()
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This method retrieves status information like input and output volume, etc. and
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returns it in the form of an audio status object. This object has no methods but
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it contains a number of attributes describing the current device status. The
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names and meanings of the attributes are described in ``<sun/audioio.h>`` and in
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the :manpage:`audio(7I)` manual page. Member names are slightly different from
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their C counterparts: a status object is only a single structure. Members of the
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:cdata:`play` substructure have ``o_`` prepended to their name and members of
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the :cdata:`record` structure have ``i_``. So, the C member
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:cdata:`play.sample_rate` is accessed as :attr:`o_sample_rate`,
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:cdata:`record.gain` as :attr:`i_gain` and :cdata:`monitor_gain` plainly as
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:attr:`monitor_gain`.
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.. method:: audio device.ibufcount()
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This method returns the number of samples that are buffered on the recording
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side, i.e. the program will not block on a :func:`read` call of so many samples.
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.. method:: audio device.obufcount()
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This method returns the number of samples buffered on the playback side.
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Unfortunately, this number cannot be used to determine a number of samples that
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can be written without blocking since the kernel output queue length seems to be
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.. method:: audio device.read(size)
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This method reads *size* samples from the audio input and returns them as a
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Python string. The function blocks until enough data is available.
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.. method:: audio device.setinfo(status)
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This method sets the audio device status parameters. The *status* parameter is
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an device status object as returned by :func:`getinfo` and possibly modified by
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.. method:: audio device.write(samples)
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Write is passed a Python string containing audio samples to be played. If there
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is enough buffer space free it will immediately return, otherwise it will block.
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The audio device supports asynchronous notification of various events, through
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the SIGPOLL signal. Here's an example of how you might enable this in Python::
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def handle_sigpoll(signum, frame):
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print 'I got a SIGPOLL update'
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import fcntl, signal, STROPTS
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signal.signal(signal.SIGPOLL, handle_sigpoll)
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fcntl.ioctl(audio_obj.fileno(), STROPTS.I_SETSIG, STROPTS.S_MSG)
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:mod:`SUNAUDIODEV` --- Constants used with :mod:`sunaudiodev`
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=============================================================
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.. module:: SUNAUDIODEV
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:synopsis: Constants for use with sunaudiodev.
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The :mod:`SUNAUDIODEV` module has been deprecated for removal in Python 3.0.
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.. index:: module: sunaudiodev
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This is a companion module to :mod:`sunaudiodev` which defines useful symbolic
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constants like :const:`MIN_GAIN`, :const:`MAX_GAIN`, :const:`SPEAKER`, etc. The
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names of the constants are the same names as used in the C include file
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``<sun/audioio.h>``, with the leading string ``AUDIO_`` stripped.