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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_AV_SYNC_SETTINGS_H
+#define ANDROID_AV_SYNC_SETTINGS_H
+
+namespace android {
+
+enum AVSyncSource : unsigned {
+    // let the system decide the best sync source
+    AVSYNC_SOURCE_DEFAULT = 0,
+    // sync to the system clock
+    AVSYNC_SOURCE_SYSTEM_CLOCK = 1,
+    // sync to the audio track
+    AVSYNC_SOURCE_AUDIO = 2,
+    // sync to the display vsync
+    AVSYNC_SOURCE_VSYNC = 3,
+    AVSYNC_SOURCE_MAX,
+};
+
+enum AVSyncAudioAdjustMode : unsigned {
+    // let the system decide the best audio adjust mode
+    AVSYNC_AUDIO_ADJUST_MODE_DEFAULT = 0,
+    // adjust audio by time stretching
+    AVSYNC_AUDIO_ADJUST_MODE_STRETCH = 1,
+    // adjust audio by resampling
+    AVSYNC_AUDIO_ADJUST_MODE_RESAMPLE = 2,
+    AVSYNC_AUDIO_ADJUST_MODE_MAX,
+};
+
+// max tolerance when adjusting playback speed to desired playback speed
+#define AVSYNC_TOLERANCE_MAX 1.0f
+
+struct AVSyncSettings {
+    AVSyncSource mSource;
+    AVSyncAudioAdjustMode mAudioAdjustMode;
+    float mTolerance;
+    AVSyncSettings()
+        : mSource(AVSYNC_SOURCE_DEFAULT),
+          mAudioAdjustMode(AVSYNC_AUDIO_ADJUST_MODE_DEFAULT),
+          mTolerance(.044f) { }
+};
+
+} // namespace android
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#endif // ANDROID_AV_SYNC_SETTINGS_H