Separate IO

Initial separation of input and output devices. Assisted by our super friend ChatGpt.

src/AlsaDriver.cpp

@@ -1223,7 +1223,9 @@ namespace pipedal
         {
             int err;
 
-            alsa_device_name = jackServerSettings.GetAlsaInputDevice();
+            std::string inputName  = jackServerSettings.GetAlsaInputDevice();
+			std::string outputName = jackServerSettings.GetAlsaOutputDevice();
+
 
             this->numberOfBuffers = jackServerSettings.GetNumberOfBuffers();
             this->bufferSize = jackServerSettings.GetBufferSize();
@@ -1232,7 +1234,7 @@ namespace pipedal
             try
             {
 
-                err = snd_pcm_open(&playbackHandle, alsa_device_name.c_str(), SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK, SND_PCM_NONBLOCK);
+                err = snd_pcm_open(&playbackHandle, outputName.c_str(), SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK, SND_PCM_NONBLOCK);
                 if (err < 0)
                 {
                     switch (errno)
@@ -1267,7 +1269,7 @@ namespace pipedal
                     snd_pcm_nonblock(playbackHandle, 0);
                 }
 
-                err = snd_pcm_open(&captureHandle, alsa_device_name.c_str(), SND_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE, SND_PCM_NONBLOCK);
+                err = snd_pcm_open(&captureHandle, inputName.c_str(), SND_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE, SND_PCM_NONBLOCK);
 
                 if (err < 0)
                 {
@@ -1934,7 +1936,8 @@ namespace pipedal
                 }
             }};
 
-        std::string alsaDeviceName = jackServerSettings.GetAlsaInputDevice();
+        std::string inDev  = jackServerSettings.GetAlsaInputDevice();
+        std::string outDev = jackServerSettings.GetAlsaOutputDevice();
         bool result = false;
 
         try
@@ -1942,7 +1945,7 @@ namespace pipedal
             int err;
             for (int retry = 0; retry < 2; ++retry)
             {
-                err = snd_pcm_open(&playbackHandle, alsaDeviceName.c_str(), SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK, SND_PCM_NONBLOCK);
+                err = snd_pcm_open(&playbackHandle, outDev.c_str(), SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK, SND_PCM_NONBLOCK);
                 if (err < 0) // field report of a device that is present, but won't immediately open.
                 {
                     sleep(1);
@@ -1958,7 +1961,7 @@ namespace pipedal
 
             for (int retry = 0; retry < 15; ++retry)
             {
-                err = snd_pcm_open(&captureHandle, alsaDeviceName.c_str(), SND_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE, SND_PCM_NONBLOCK);
+                err = snd_pcm_open(&captureHandle, inDev.c_str(), SND_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE, SND_PCM_NONBLOCK);
                 if (err == -EBUSY)
                 {
                     sleep(1);
@@ -1981,8 +1984,8 @@ namespace pipedal
             snd_pcm_hw_params_any(playbackHandle, playbackHwParams);
             snd_pcm_hw_params_any(captureHandle, captureHwParams);
 
-            SetPreferredAlsaFormat(alsaDeviceName, "capture", captureHandle, captureHwParams);
+            SetPreferredAlsaFormat(inDev,   "capture", captureHandle, captureHwParams);
-            SetPreferredAlsaFormat(alsaDeviceName, "output", playbackHandle, playbackHwParams);
+            SetPreferredAlsaFormat(outDev,  "output", playbackHandle, playbackHwParams);
 
             unsigned int sampleRate = jackServerSettings.GetSampleRate();
             err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate_near(playbackHandle, playbackHwParams, &sampleRate, 0);

src/JackServerSettings.cpp

@@ -148,7 +148,13 @@ void JackServerSettings::ReadJackDaemonConfiguration()
             this->bufferSize_ = GetJackArg(argv, "-p", "--period");
             this->numberOfBuffers_ = (uint32_t)GetJackArg(argv, "-n", "--nperiods");
             this->sampleRate_ = (uint32_t)GetJackArg(argv, "-r", "--rate");
-            this->alsaDevice_ = GetJackStringArg(argv,"-d", "--device");
+			// read new dual device flags, fallback on old -d/--device
+            std::string capDev  = GetJackStringArg(argv, "-C", "--capture");
+            std::string playDev = GetJackStringArg(argv, "-P", "--playback");
+            std::string dev     = "";
+            try { dev = GetJackStringArg(argv, "-d", "--device"); } catch(...) {}
+            this->alsaInputDevice_  = capDev.empty()  ? dev : capDev;
+            this->alsaOutputDevice_ = playDev.empty() ? dev : playDev;
             this->valid_ = true;
         }
         catch (std::exception &)
@@ -223,7 +229,9 @@ void JackServerSettings::WriteDaemonConfig()
         // Lower to -P70 in order to allow the USB soft-irq to run at higher priority than JACK (it runs at 80).
         output << "/usr/bin/jackd "
             << "-R -P70 --silent"
-            << " -dalsa -d" << this->alsaDevice_ 
+            << " -dalsa"
+            << " -C" << this->GetAlsaInputDevice()
+            << " -P" << this->GetAlsaOutputDevice()
             << " -r" << this->sampleRate_ 
             << " -p" << this->bufferSize_ 
             << " -n" << this->numberOfBuffers_ << " -Xseq" 
@@ -246,7 +254,8 @@ JSON_MAP_REFERENCE(JackServerSettings, valid)
 JSON_MAP_REFERENCE(JackServerSettings, isOnboarding)
 JSON_MAP_REFERENCE(JackServerSettings, rebootRequired)
 JSON_MAP_REFERENCE(JackServerSettings, isJackAudio)
-JSON_MAP_REFERENCE(JackServerSettings, alsaDevice)
+JSON_MAP_REFERENCE(JackServerSettings, alsaInputDevice)
+JSON_MAP_REFERENCE(JackServerSettings, alsaOutputDevice)
 JSON_MAP_REFERENCE(JackServerSettings, sampleRate)
 JSON_MAP_REFERENCE(JackServerSettings, bufferSize)
 JSON_MAP_REFERENCE(JackServerSettings, numberOfBuffers)

src/JackServerSettings.hpp

@@ -31,18 +31,24 @@ namespace pipedal
         bool isOnboarding_ = true;
         bool isJackAudio_ = JACK_HOST ? true : false;
         bool rebootRequired_ = false;
-        std::string alsaDevice_;
+		std::string alsaInputDevice_;
+        std::string alsaOutputDevice_;
         uint64_t sampleRate_ = 0;
         uint32_t bufferSize_ = 64;
         uint32_t numberOfBuffers_ = 3;
 
     public:
+    void SetAlsaInputDevice(const std::string &d){ alsaInputDevice_ = d; }
+    void SetAlsaOutputDevice(const std::string &d){ alsaOutputDevice_ = d; }
         JackServerSettings();
 		JackServerSettings(
             const std::string alsaInputDevice,
-            uint64_t sampleRate, uint32_t bufferSize, uint32_t numberOfBuffers)
+            uint64_t sampleRate,
+            uint32_t bufferSize,
+            uint32_t numberOfBuffers)
             : valid_(true),
-              alsaDevice_(alsaInputDevice),
+              alsaInputDevice_(alsaInputDevice),
+              alsaOutputDevice_(alsaInputDevice), // default same
               sampleRate_(sampleRate),
               bufferSize_(bufferSize),
               numberOfBuffers_(numberOfBuffers),
@@ -53,16 +59,17 @@ namespace pipedal
         uint64_t GetSampleRate() const { return sampleRate_; }
         uint32_t GetBufferSize() const { return bufferSize_; }
         uint32_t GetNumberOfBuffers() const { return numberOfBuffers_; }
-        const std::string &GetAlsaInputDevice() const { return alsaDevice_; }
+		const std::string &GetAlsaInputDevice()  const { return alsaInputDevice_; }
+		const std::string &GetAlsaOutputDevice() const { return alsaOutputDevice_; }
         void UseDummyAudioDevice() {
             this->valid_ = true;
             if (sampleRate_ == 0) sampleRate_ = 48000;
-            this->alsaDevice_  = "dummy:channels_2";
+            this->alsaInputDevice_  = "__DUMMY_AUDIO__dummy:channels_2";
+            this->alsaOutputDevice_ = "__DUMMY_AUDIO__dummy:channels_2";
         }
         bool IsDummyAudioDevice() const {
-            return 
+            return this->alsaInputDevice_.starts_with("__DUMMY_AUDIO__")
-                this->alsaDevice_.starts_with("__DUMMY_AUDIO__")
+                || this->alsaOutputDevice_.starts_with("__DUMMY_AUDIO__");
-                || this->alsaDevice_.starts_with("dummy:");
         }
 
         void ReadJackDaemonConfiguration();
@@ -89,7 +96,7 @@ namespace pipedal
 
         bool Equals(const JackServerSettings &other)
         {
-            return this->alsaDevice_ == other.alsaDevice_ && this->sampleRate_ == other.sampleRate_ && this->bufferSize_ == other.bufferSize_ && this->numberOfBuffers_ == other.numberOfBuffers_;
+            return this->alsaInputDevice_  == other.alsaInputDevice_ && this->alsaOutputDevice_ == other.alsaOutputDevice_ && this->sampleRate_        == other.sampleRate_ && this->bufferSize_        == other.bufferSize_ && this->numberOfBuffers_   == other.numberOfBuffers_;
         }
 
         DECLARE_JSON_MAP(JackServerSettings);

vite/src/pipedal/JackServerSettings.tsx

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ export default class JackServerSettings {
         this.isOnboarding = input.isOnboarding;
         this.isJackAudio = input.isJackAudio;
         this.rebootRequired = input.rebootRequired;
-        this.alsaDevice = input.alsaDevice?? "";
+        this.alsaInputDevice  = input.alsaInputDevice  ?? "";
+        this.alsaOutputDevice = input.alsaOutputDevice ?? "";
         this.sampleRate = input.sampleRate;
         this.bufferSize = input.bufferSize;
         this.numberOfBuffers = input.numberOfBuffers;
@@ -48,16 +49,18 @@ export default class JackServerSettings {
     isOnboarding: boolean = true;
     rebootRequired = false;
     isJackAudio = false;
-    alsaDevice: string = "";
+	alsaInputDevice:  string = "";
+	alsaOutputDevice: string = "";
     sampleRate = 48000;
     bufferSize = 64;
     numberOfBuffers = 3;
 
     getSummaryText() {
         if (this.valid) {
-            let device = this.alsaDevice;
+              let inDev  = this.alsaInputDevice.startsWith("hw:")  ? this.alsaInputDevice .substring(3) : this.alsaInputDevice;
-            if (device.startsWith("hw:")) device = device.substring(3);
+              let outDev = this.alsaOutputDevice.startsWith("hw:") ? this.alsaOutputDevice.substring(3) : this.alsaOutputDevice;
-            return device + " - Rate: " + this.sampleRate + " BufferSize: " + this.bufferSize + " Buffers: " + this.numberOfBuffers;
+			return "In: "+inDev+"  Out: "+outDev+" — Rate "+this.sampleRate+", "+this.bufferSize+"×"+this.numberOfBuffers;
+        			  
         } else {
             return "Not configured";
         }

vite/src/pipedal/JackServerSettingsDialog.tsx

@@ -282,7 +282,9 @@ const JackServerSettingsDialog = withStyles(
             }
             if (!selectedDevice) {
                 selectedDevice = alsaDevices[0];
-                result.alsaDevice = selectedDevice.id;
+			 // if nothing selected yet, pick first for both:
+			if (!result.alsaInputDevice ) result.alsaInputDevice  = selectedDevice.id;
+			if (!result.alsaOutputDevice) result.alsaOutputDevice = selectedDevice.id;
 
             }
             if (result.sampleRate === 0) result.sampleRate = 48000;
@@ -292,7 +294,7 @@ const JackServerSettingsDialog = withStyles(
             result.bufferSize = bestBuffers.bufferSize;
             result.numberOfBuffers = bestBuffers.numberOfBuffers;
 
-            result.valid = true;
+            result.valid = !!result.alsaInputDevice && !!result.alsaOutputDevice;
             return result;
         }
 
@@ -399,7 +401,25 @@ const JackServerSettingsDialog = withStyles(
                 this.props.onApply(this.state.jackServerSettings.clone());
             }
         };
+		handleInputDeviceChanged(e: any) {
+			const d = e.target.value as string;
+			let s = this.state.jackServerSettings.clone();
+			s.alsaInputDevice = d;
+			this.setState({
+			jackServerSettings: s,
+			okEnabled: isOkEnabled(s, this.state.alsaDevices)
+			});
+		}
 		
+		handleOutputDeviceChanged(e: any) {
+			const d = e.target.value as string;
+			let s = this.state.jackServerSettings.clone();
+			s.alsaOutputDevice = d;
+			this.setState({
+			jackServerSettings: s,
+			okEnabled: isOkEnabled(s, this.state.alsaDevices)
+			});
+		}
         render() {
             const classes = withStyles.getClasses(this.props);
 
@@ -433,29 +453,33 @@ const JackServerSettingsDialog = withStyles(
                 >
                     <DialogContent>
                         <div>
+						 {/* Audio Input Device */}
                             <FormControl className={classes.formControl}>
-                                <InputLabel htmlFor="jsd_device">Device</InputLabel>
+							<InputLabel htmlFor="jsd_inputDevice">Input Device</InputLabel>
-                                <Select variant="standard" onChange={(e) => this.handleDeviceChanged(e)}
+							<Select
-                                    value={this.state.jackServerSettings.alsaDevice}
+							id="jsd_inputDevice"
+							value={this.state.jackServerSettings.alsaInputDevice}
+							onChange={e => this.handleInputDeviceChanged(e)}
 							style={{ width: 220 }}
-                                    inputProps={{
-                                        name: "Device",
-                                        id: "jsd_device",
-                                    }}
 							>
-                                    {(noDevices && !waitingForDevices) &&
+							{this.state.alsaDevices!.map(d => (
-                                        (
+								<MenuItem key={d.id} value={d.id}>{d.name}</MenuItem>
-                                            <MenuItem value={INVALID_DEVICE_ID}>No suitable devices.</MenuItem>
+							))}
-                                        )
+							</Select>
-                                    }
+						</FormControl>
-                                    {((!noDevices) && !waitingForDevices) && (
-                                        this.state.alsaDevices!.map((device) =>
-                                        (
-                                            <MenuItem key={device.id} value={device.id}>{device.name}</MenuItem>
-                                        )
 						
-                                        )
+						{/* Audio Output Device */}
-                                    )}
+						<FormControl className={classes.formControl}>
+							<InputLabel htmlFor="jsd_outputDevice">Output Device</InputLabel>
+							<Select
+							id="jsd_outputDevice"
+							value={this.state.jackServerSettings.alsaOutputDevice}
+							onChange={e => this.handleOutputDeviceChanged(e)}
+							style={{ width: 220 }}
+							>
+							{this.state.alsaDevices!.map(d => (
+								<MenuItem key={d.id} value={d.id}>{d.name}</MenuItem>
+							))}
 							</Select>
 						</FormControl>
                         </div><div>