How to get non-zero Sound data from Android Visualizer class

Question

I have the following code:

mVisualizer = new Visualizer(0);
mVisualizer.setEnabled(false);
int capRate = Visualizer.getMaxCaptureRate();
int capSize = Visualizer.getCaptureSizeRange()[1];
mVisualizer.setCaptureSize(capSize);
Visualizer.OnDataCaptureListener captureListener = new Visualizer.OnDataCaptureListener() {
  public void onWaveFormDataCapture(Visualizer visualizer, byte[] bytes,
  int samplingRate) {   
    for (int i=0;i<bytes.length;i++) {
        if (bytes[i]!=-128) {
            Log.w("Morphyre", "Found Nonzero sample "+bytes[i]);
            break;
        }
    }                   
  }

  public void onFftDataCapture(Visualizer visualizer, byte[] bytes,
    int samplingRate) {
  }       
};

int status = mVisualizer.setDataCaptureListener(captureListener,
    capRate, true/*wave*/, false/*no fft needed*/);
mVisualizer.setEnabled(true);

The app has the 2 required permissions ( MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS and RECORD_AUDIO )

According to the API docs, creating Visualizer(0) will use the 'Audio Output Mix' - however my code appears to initialise just fine (status==0), and the callbacks are called, but I never get data other than 128 (in the case of the wave callback) or 0 (in the case of the FFT) whenever I play with the default media player (on an HTC Sensation XE)

Am I doing something stupid here - or is it likely that my phone doesn't implement the Audio output Mix properly? If I use another audio player then it is fine.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '12 at 14:42

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It's possible that HTC's media player is applying effects of its own, and in that case they're probably applying it on their player's audio session specifically. The AudioFlinger will suspend all effects on the OUTPUT_MIX session if any effects are being applied on another session. At least that's how it should behave on Jellybean and ICS - having both kinds might work on Gingerbread.

answered Oct 23 '12 at 14:42

Michael

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Thanks - it seems that this was the problem. It is probably the 'Beats Audio' that is causing problems. – Gordon Williams Oct 31 '12 at 10:33
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This doesn't explain it... I am getting 0's for FFT and -128's for WaveForm Data. I've tried `new Visualizer(0)` and `new Visualizer(player.getAudioSessionId());` but no change. – Someone Somewhere Nov 17 '13 at 01:53
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@SomeoneSomewhere: 0 and -128 is what you'd get if the effect hasn't been enabled. My answer was addressing Gordon Williams' problem specifically; and what he described fit the case where the music player is indirectly suspending his OUTPUT_MIX Visualizer-effect by adding its own session-specific effects. Another possibility is that HTC is using some kind of tunneled playback in their own music player. Why the OP still was getting callbacks from the effect is pretty much impossible to say without having seen HTC's code. – Michael Nov 17 '13 at 12:22
Samsung's media player seems to do this as well. – Sky Kelsey Jan 28 '14 at 02:27

How to get non-zero Sound data from Android Visualizer class

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