- use software volume when hardware doesn't support all channels (alsa done)
- silence generation should be moved into the core to avoid races and code
duplication in the backends
+- don't read/write audio data from/to ALSA devices if noone is listening
+
+Test:
+- autoload
Auth/Crypto:
- ssl
Features:
- alsa mmap driver
- alsa driver with hw mixing
-- allow passing data with shared memory between local clients and the server
- "window manager for sound"
-- hooks for pa_source_output_new, pa_source_disconnect()
- chroot()
- use scatter/gather io for sockets
- CODECs to reduce bandwidth usage (plug-in based)
- examine if it is possible to mimic esd's handling of half duplex cards
(switch to capture when a recording client connects and drop playback during
that time)
+- Support for device selection in waveout driver
+- add an API to libpulse for allocating memory from the pa_context memory pool
+- allow buffer metric changes during runtime
+- "include" command in configuration files. should have glob support.
Long term:
- pass meta info for hearing impaired