Is this the final solution to the audio crackling problem? increase pts by number of samples and add dummy audio frames between

src/main.cpp

@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static AVCodecContext* create_audio_codec_context(AVFormatContext *av_format_con
 #endif
 
     codec_context->time_base.num = 1;
-    codec_context->time_base.den = AV_TIME_BASE;
+    codec_context->time_base.den = codec_context->sample_rate;
     codec_context->framerate.num = fps;
     codec_context->framerate.den = 1;
 
@@ -1462,11 +1462,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
             av_opt_set_sample_fmt(swr, "out_sample_fmt", AV_SAMPLE_FMT_FLTP, 0);
             swr_init(swr);
 
+            int64_t pts = 0;
+            const double target_audio_hz = 1.0 / (double)audio_track.codec_context->sample_rate;
+
             while(running) {
                 void *sound_buffer;
                 int sound_buffer_size = sound_device_read_next_chunk(&audio_track.sound_device, &sound_buffer);
-                if(sound_buffer_size < 0)
-                    sound_buffer = empty_audio;
 
                 int ret = av_frame_make_writable(audio_track.frame);
                 if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1474,9 +1475,35 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                     break;
                 }
 
+                const double this_audio_frame_time = clock_get_monotonic_seconds();
+                const int64_t expected_frames = std::round((this_audio_frame_time - start_time_pts) / target_audio_hz);
+                const int64_t num_missing_frames = std::max(0L, (expected_frames - pts) / audio_track.frame->nb_samples);
+                // Jesus is there a better way to do this? I JUST WANT TO KEEP VIDEO AND AUDIO SYNCED HOLY FUCK I WANT TO KILL MYSELF NOW.
+                // THIS PIECE OF SHIT WANTS EMPTY FRAMES OTHERWISE VIDEO PLAYS TOO FAST TO KEEP UP WITH AUDIO OR THE AUDIO PLAYS TOO EARLY.
+                // BUT WE CANT USE DELAYS TO GIVE DUMMY DATA BECAUSE PULSEAUDIO MIGHT GIVE AUDIO A BIG DELAYED!!!
+                if(num_missing_frames >= 5) {
+                    // TODO:
+                    //audio_track.frame->data[0] = empty_audio;
+                    swr_convert(swr, &audio_track.frame->data[0], audio_track.frame->nb_samples, (const uint8_t**)&empty_audio, audio_track.sound_device.frames);
+                    // TODO: Check if duplicate frame can be saved just by writing it with a different pts instead of sending it again
+                    for(int i = 0; i < num_missing_frames; ++i) {
+                        audio_track.frame->pts = pts;
+                        pts += audio_track.frame->nb_samples;
+                        ret = avcodec_send_frame(audio_track.codec_context, audio_track.frame);
+                        if(ret >= 0){
+                            receive_frames(audio_track.codec_context, audio_track.stream_index, audio_track.stream, audio_track.frame, av_format_context, record_start_time, frame_data_queue, replay_buffer_size_secs, frames_erased, *write_output_mutex);
+                        } else {
+                            fprintf(stderr, "Failed to encode audio!\n");
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if(sound_buffer_size >= 0) {
                     // TODO: Instead of converting audio, get float audio from alsa. Or does alsa do conversion internally to get this format?
                     swr_convert(swr, &audio_track.frame->data[0], audio_track.frame->nb_samples, (const uint8_t**)&sound_buffer, audio_track.sound_device.frames);
-                audio_track.frame->pts = (clock_get_monotonic_seconds() - start_time_pts) * AV_TIME_BASE;
+
+                    audio_track.frame->pts = pts;
+                    pts += audio_track.frame->nb_samples;
 
                     ret = avcodec_send_frame(audio_track.codec_context, audio_track.frame);
                     if(ret >= 0){
@@ -1485,6 +1512,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                         fprintf(stderr, "Failed to encode audio!\n");
                     }
                 }
+            }
 
             sound_device_close(&audio_track.sound_device);
             swr_free(&swr);

src/sound.cpp

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <time.h>
 #include <cmath>
 
 #include <pulse/pulseaudio.h>
@@ -28,29 +27,6 @@
 #include <pulse/xmalloc.h>
 #include <pulse/error.h>
 
-#define CHECK_DEAD_GOTO(p, rerror, label)                               \
-    do {                                                                \
-        if (!(p)->context || !PA_CONTEXT_IS_GOOD(pa_context_get_state((p)->context)) || \
-            !(p)->stream || !PA_STREAM_IS_GOOD(pa_stream_get_state((p)->stream))) { \
-            if (((p)->context && pa_context_get_state((p)->context) == PA_CONTEXT_FAILED) || \
-                ((p)->stream && pa_stream_get_state((p)->stream) == PA_STREAM_FAILED)) { \
-                if (rerror)                                             \
-                    *(rerror) = pa_context_errno((p)->context);         \
-            } else                                                      \
-                if (rerror)                                             \
-                    *(rerror) = PA_ERR_BADSTATE;                        \
-            goto label;                                                 \
-        }                                                               \
-    } while(false);
-
-static double clock_get_monotonic_seconds() {
-    struct timespec ts;
-    ts.tv_sec = 0;
-    ts.tv_nsec = 0;
-    clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
-    return (double)ts.tv_sec + (double)ts.tv_nsec * 0.000000001;
-}
-
 static int sound_device_index = 0;
 
 struct pa_handle {
@@ -154,49 +130,24 @@ fail:
     return NULL;
 }
 
-static void pa_sound_device_mainloop_timed(pa_handle *p, int64_t timeout_ms) {
+// Returns a negative value on failure or if no data is available at the moment
-    const double start_time = clock_get_monotonic_seconds();
-    while((clock_get_monotonic_seconds() - start_time) * 1000.0 < timeout_ms) {
-        pa_mainloop_prepare(p->mainloop, 1 * 1000);
-        pa_mainloop_poll(p->mainloop);
-        pa_mainloop_dispatch(p->mainloop);
-    }
-}
-
-// Returns a negative value on failure. Always blocks a time specified matching the sampling rate of the audio.
 static int pa_sound_device_read(pa_handle *p, void *data, size_t length) {
     assert(p);
 
-    int r = 0;
-    int *rerror = &r;
-    bool retry = true;
-
-    pa_mainloop_iterate(p->mainloop, 0, NULL);
     const int64_t timeout_ms = std::round((1000.0 / (double)pa_stream_get_sample_spec(p->stream)->rate) * 1000.0);
+    pa_mainloop_prepare(p->mainloop, timeout_ms * 1000);
+    pa_mainloop_poll(p->mainloop);
+    pa_mainloop_dispatch(p->mainloop);
 
-    CHECK_DEAD_GOTO(p, rerror, fail);
+    if(pa_stream_readable_size(p->stream) < length)
-
+        return -1;
-    while(true) {
+
-        if(pa_stream_readable_size(p->stream) < length) {
+    int r = pa_stream_peek(p->stream, &p->read_data, &p->read_length);
-            if(!retry)
+    if(r != 0)
-                break;
-
-            retry = false;
-            pa_sound_device_mainloop_timed(p, timeout_ms);
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        r = pa_stream_peek(p->stream, &p->read_data, &p->read_length);
-        if(r != 0) {
-            if(retry)
-                pa_sound_device_mainloop_timed(p, timeout_ms);
         return -1;
-        }
 
     if(p->read_length < length || !p->read_data) {
         pa_stream_drop(p->stream);
-            if(retry)
-                pa_sound_device_mainloop_timed(p, timeout_ms);
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -205,10 +156,6 @@ static int pa_sound_device_read(pa_handle *p, void *data, size_t length) {
     return 0;
 }
 
-    fail:
-    return -1;
-}
-
 int sound_device_get_by_name(SoundDevice *device, const char *name, unsigned int num_channels, unsigned int period_frame_size) {
     pa_sample_spec ss;
     ss.format = PA_SAMPLE_S16LE;