Re: [alsa-devel] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: Toward a modularizationofaudio component

[Abramo Bagnara]

Paul Davis wrote:
> 
> >An audio component may treat only *one* format, nothing force it to
> >handle all.
> 
> In your model Abramo, what will happen if someone writes a 16bit,
> interleaved stereo component and tries to use it with an engine that
> uses 32bit non-interleaved float?  Will there be an error, or just
> silent data format conversion?

Error, of course (on params negotiation).

Obviously, nothing inhibits to have:

[16 bit component] -> [16 bit -> float 32 converter] -> engine

if this is needed.

Also you might have

[multi format component] -> engine

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