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moq_audio/decode/
decoder.rs

1//! Audio decoder front end.
2//!
3//! Mirror of [`encode::Encoder`](crate::encode::Encoder): dispatches over the
4//! catalog codec and produces interleaved `f32` PCM.
5
6use std::time::Duration;
7
8use unsafe_libopus::{
9	OPUS_OK, OPUS_RESET_STATE, OpusDecoder, opus_decode_float, opus_decoder_create, opus_decoder_ctl_impl,
10	opus_decoder_destroy, varargs,
11};
12
13#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
14use symphonia_core::codecs::audio::AudioDecoder;
15
16use super::Decoded;
17#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
18use crate::aac;
19use crate::opus;
20use crate::pcm;
21use crate::{Activity, Error, Format};
22
23/// Opus packets cap at 120 ms (RFC 6716 ยง2.1.4).
24const MAX_FRAME_MS: usize = 120;
25
26/// Decoder configuration: the PCM layout to emit, plus the subscription's
27/// latency budget.
28///
29/// The mirror of [`encode::Config`](crate::encode::Config): it describes the
30/// output, since the codec's own shape is read from the catalog.
31///
32/// `#[non_exhaustive]`: build via [`Config::new`] (or `default()`) and set the
33/// optional fields, so future knobs don't break callers.
34#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
35#[non_exhaustive]
36pub struct Config {
37	/// How to pack samples in each emitted frame.
38	pub format: Format,
39	/// Sample rate to emit at. `None` uses the codec's native rate from the
40	/// catalog; anything else resamples.
41	pub sample_rate: Option<u32>,
42	/// Channel count to emit. `None` uses the codec's native count; anything
43	/// else remixes mono and stereo at the decode boundary.
44	pub channels: Option<u32>,
45	/// Upper bound on buffering before skipping a stalled group.
46	///
47	/// Forwarded to [`moq_mux::container::Consumer::with_latency`]: if a group is
48	/// stuck and a newer group is more than this far ahead, the consumer skips.
49	/// `None` keeps the moq-mux default of zero, which skips aggressively. Set it
50	/// to the playout buffer you can tolerate (typically tens to a few hundred ms)
51	/// for the best congestion-vs-quality trade-off. The `_max` suffix is a
52	/// reminder that we never *add* latency here: the consumer skips only when
53	/// newer data is already this far ahead. A companion `latency_min` for
54	/// jitter-buffer padding will land in a follow-up.
55	pub latency_max: Option<Duration>,
56}
57
58impl Config {
59	/// A default config: the codec's native rate and channel count, interleaved
60	/// `f32`, and the moq-mux default latency.
61	pub fn new() -> Self {
62		Self::default()
63	}
64}
65
66/// Decodes codec packets into interleaved `f32` PCM.
67///
68/// The bring-your-own-payload layer under [`Consumer`](super::Consumer): use it
69/// when the packets don't come from a plain track subscription.
70pub struct Decoder {
71	backend: Backend,
72	sample_rate: u32,
73	channel_count: u32,
74	delay: usize,
75}
76
77enum Backend {
78	Opus(Opus),
79	Pcm {
80		bytes_per_frame: usize,
81	},
82	#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
83	Aac(Box<Aac>),
84}
85
86struct Opus {
87	inner: *mut OpusDecoder,
88	pre_skip_remaining: usize,
89	max_frame_size: usize,
90	in_dtx: bool,
91}
92
93// SAFETY: see Encoder.
94unsafe impl Send for Opus {}
95
96/// Boxed in [`Backend`]: the symphonia decoder carries its own filterbank state,
97/// which is far larger than the other backends' handles.
98#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
99struct Aac {
100	inner: symphonia_codec_aac::AacDecoder,
101}
102
103impl Decoder {
104	/// Build a decoder from a catalog [`AudioConfig`](hang::catalog::AudioConfig).
105	///
106	/// Parses the OpusHead `description` if present; falls back to the catalog's
107	/// declared sample rate / channel count. PCM uses those catalog fields
108	/// directly and requires an absent `description`.
109	pub fn new(catalog: &hang::catalog::AudioConfig) -> Result<Self, Error> {
110		match &catalog.codec {
111			hang::catalog::AudioCodec::Opus => Self::new_opus(catalog),
112			hang::catalog::AudioCodec::Pcm => Self::new_pcm(catalog),
113			#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
114			hang::catalog::AudioCodec::AAC(aac) => Self::new_aac(catalog, aac.profile),
115			codec => Err(Error::Unsupported(format!("unsupported audio codec: {codec}"))),
116		}
117	}
118
119	fn new_opus(catalog: &hang::catalog::AudioConfig) -> Result<Self, Error> {
120		let (sample_rate, channel_count, pre_skip) = if let Some(desc) = &catalog.description {
121			let mut buf = desc.as_ref();
122			match moq_mux::codec::opus::Config::parse(&mut buf) {
123				Ok(head) => (head.sample_rate, head.channel_count, head.pre_skip),
124				Err(_) => (catalog.sample_rate, catalog.channel_count, 0),
125			}
126		} else {
127			(catalog.sample_rate, catalog.channel_count, 0)
128		};
129
130		opus::validate_rate(sample_rate)?;
131		let channels = opus::validate_channels(channel_count)?;
132
133		let mut err = 0i32;
134		// SAFETY: out-pointer is valid; inner is checked for null below.
135		let inner = unsafe { opus_decoder_create(sample_rate as i32, channels, &mut err) };
136		if err != OPUS_OK || inner.is_null() {
137			return Err(opus::error(err, "opus_decoder_create"));
138		}
139
140		let max_frame_size = (sample_rate as usize * MAX_FRAME_MS) / 1000;
141		let pre_skip_remaining = (pre_skip as usize * sample_rate as usize) / 48_000;
142
143		Ok(Self {
144			backend: Backend::Opus(Opus {
145				inner,
146				pre_skip_remaining,
147				max_frame_size,
148				in_dtx: false,
149			}),
150			sample_rate,
151			channel_count,
152			delay: pre_skip_remaining,
153		})
154	}
155
156	/// AAC-LC only, which is what every gateway that feeds this crate publishes.
157	///
158	/// HE-AAC is rejected however its config spells it: leading with SBR or PS
159	/// (mp4a.40.5 / .29), or leading with LC and declaring SBR in a sync extension
160	/// after the core. Symphonia decodes no SBR either way, so the alternative is
161	/// half-rate audio that sounds like a fault rather than an unsupported codec.
162	/// A stream that signals SBR only in band is indistinguishable from LC in the
163	/// config, and does decode as the core.
164	#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
165	fn new_aac(catalog: &hang::catalog::AudioConfig, profile: u8) -> Result<Self, Error> {
166		use symphonia_core::codecs::audio::well_known::CODEC_ID_AAC;
167		use symphonia_core::codecs::audio::{AudioCodecParameters, AudioDecoderOptions};
168
169		let description = aac::description(catalog, profile)?;
170
171		let mut params = AudioCodecParameters::new();
172		params
173			.for_codec(CODEC_ID_AAC)
174			.with_extra_data(description.to_vec().into_boxed_slice());
175
176		let inner = symphonia_codec_aac::AacDecoder::try_new(&params, &AudioDecoderOptions::default())
177			.map_err(|err| Error::Unsupported(format!("aac decoder: {err}")))?;
178
179		// Resolved by the decoder from the config, so this is what it will emit
180		// even when the catalog's own fields say otherwise.
181		let params = inner.codec_params();
182		let sample_rate = params
183			.sample_rate
184			.ok_or_else(|| Error::Unsupported("aac config declares no sample rate".into()))?;
185		let channel_count = params
186			.channels
187			.as_ref()
188			.map(|channels| channels.count())
189			.ok_or_else(|| Error::Unsupported("aac config declares no channels".into()))?;
190
191		Ok(Self {
192			backend: Backend::Aac(Box::new(Aac { inner })),
193			sample_rate,
194			channel_count: channel_count as u32,
195			delay: 0,
196		})
197	}
198
199	fn new_pcm(catalog: &hang::catalog::AudioConfig) -> Result<Self, Error> {
200		if catalog.sample_rate == 0 {
201			return Err(Error::Unsupported("pcm sample rate must be greater than zero".into()));
202		}
203		if catalog.channel_count == 0 {
204			return Err(Error::Unsupported("pcm channel count must be greater than zero".into()));
205		}
206		if catalog.description.is_some() {
207			return Err(Error::Unsupported("pcm catalog description must be absent".into()));
208		}
209		let bitrate = pcm::bitrate(catalog.sample_rate, catalog.channel_count)?;
210		if catalog.bitrate.is_some_and(|declared| declared != bitrate) {
211			return Err(Error::Unsupported(format!(
212				"pcm catalog bitrate must be {bitrate} bits per second"
213			)));
214		}
215		let bytes_per_frame = pcm::frame_bytes(1, catalog.channel_count)?;
216
217		Ok(Self {
218			backend: Backend::Pcm { bytes_per_frame },
219			sample_rate: catalog.sample_rate,
220			channel_count: catalog.channel_count,
221			delay: 0,
222		})
223	}
224
225	/// The rate the codec decodes at, read from the catalog.
226	pub fn sample_rate(&self) -> u32 {
227		self.sample_rate
228	}
229
230	/// The channel count the codec decodes at, read from the catalog.
231	pub fn channel_count(&self) -> u32 {
232		self.channel_count
233	}
234
235	/// Reset codec history and reapply startup delay for a new discontinuous epoch.
236	pub fn reset(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
237		self.reset_prediction()?;
238		if let Backend::Opus(opus) = &mut self.backend {
239			opus.pre_skip_remaining = self.delay;
240		}
241		Ok(())
242	}
243
244	/// Reset codec prediction after packet loss without reapplying stream startup delay.
245	pub(super) fn reset_prediction(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
246		match &mut self.backend {
247			Backend::Opus(opus) => {
248				// SAFETY: `inner` owns a live decoder and OPUS_RESET_STATE takes no arguments.
249				let rc = unsafe { opus_decoder_ctl_impl(opus.inner, OPUS_RESET_STATE, varargs![]) };
250				if rc != OPUS_OK {
251					return Err(crate::opus::error(rc, "OPUS_RESET_STATE"));
252				}
253				opus.in_dtx = false;
254			}
255			Backend::Pcm { .. } => {}
256			#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
257			Backend::Aac(aac) => aac.inner.reset(),
258		}
259		Ok(())
260	}
261
262	/// How much startup delay is still to be trimmed, in native-rate frames.
263	///
264	/// Trimmed samples are media the packet covered even though nothing came out of
265	/// it, so a caller tracking where a packet ends has to add back whatever this
266	/// dropped across the call.
267	pub(super) fn delay_remaining(&self) -> usize {
268		match &self.backend {
269			Backend::Opus(opus) => opus.pre_skip_remaining,
270			Backend::Pcm { .. } => 0,
271			#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
272			Backend::Aac(_) => 0,
273		}
274	}
275
276	/// Decode one packet into interleaved `f32` PCM and report its codec activity.
277	///
278	/// Empty Opus packets invoke packet-loss concealment. Loss during DTX remains
279	/// classified as DTX, while loss during active audio remains active.
280	pub fn decode(&mut self, packet: &[u8]) -> Result<Decoded, Error> {
281		match &mut self.backend {
282			Backend::Opus(opus) => {
283				let mut out = vec![0.0f32; opus.max_frame_size * self.channel_count as usize];
284				// SAFETY: `inner` owns a live OpusDecoder; packet/out slices are
285				// bounded by the lengths we pass.
286				let samples = unsafe {
287					opus_decode_float(
288						&mut *opus.inner,
289						packet.as_ptr(),
290						packet.len() as i32,
291						out.as_mut_ptr(),
292						opus.max_frame_size as i32,
293						0,
294					)
295				};
296				if samples < 0 {
297					return Err(crate::opus::decode_error(samples));
298				}
299				out.truncate(samples as usize * self.channel_count as usize);
300				let trim_frames = opus.pre_skip_remaining.min(samples as usize);
301				if trim_frames > 0 {
302					let trim_samples = trim_frames * self.channel_count as usize;
303					out.copy_within(trim_samples.., 0);
304					out.truncate(out.len() - trim_samples);
305					opus.pre_skip_remaining -= trim_frames;
306				}
307				let activity = crate::opus::activity(packet, opus.in_dtx);
308				opus.in_dtx = activity.is_dtx();
309				Ok(Decoded { samples: out, activity })
310			}
311			Backend::Pcm { bytes_per_frame } => {
312				if packet.is_empty() || !packet.len().is_multiple_of(*bytes_per_frame) {
313					return Err(Error::Misaligned {
314						got: packet.len(),
315						expected: packet.len().max(1).next_multiple_of(*bytes_per_frame),
316					});
317				}
318
319				let out = packet
320					.chunks_exact(pcm::BYTES_PER_SAMPLE)
321					.map(|sample| f32::from_le_bytes([sample[0], sample[1], sample[2], sample[3]]))
322					.collect();
323				Ok(Decoded {
324					samples: out,
325					activity: Activity::Active,
326				})
327			}
328			#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
329			Backend::Aac(aac) => {
330				// The packet is a raw AAC frame, not ADTS, so there is nothing to
331				// timestamp it with here: the container carries the timestamp and the
332				// decoder only reads the payload.
333				let packet = symphonia_core::packet::PacketRef::new(
334					0,
335					symphonia_core::units::Timestamp::ZERO,
336					symphonia_core::units::Duration::ZERO,
337					packet,
338				);
339
340				let decoded = aac
341					.inner
342					.decode_ref(&packet)
343					.map_err(|err| Error::Decode(format!("aac: {err}")))?;
344
345				let mut out = Vec::new();
346				decoded.copy_to_vec_interleaved(&mut out);
347				Ok(Decoded {
348					samples: out,
349					activity: Activity::Active,
350				})
351			}
352		}
353	}
354}
355
356impl Drop for Opus {
357	fn drop(&mut self) {
358		// SAFETY: `inner` is a live OpusDecoder that nothing else aliases.
359		unsafe { opus_decoder_destroy(self.inner) };
360	}
361}
362
363#[cfg(test)]
364mod tests {
365	use super::*;
366
367	/// Three consecutive AAC-LC frames of a 440 Hz full-scale sine, mono at
368	/// 44.1 kHz, and the AudioSpecificConfig that opens them. Generated with:
369	///
370	/// ```text
371	/// ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:sample_rate=44100:duration=0.2" -af volume=8 -ac 1 -c:a aac -b:a 32k -f adts sine.aac
372	/// ```
373	///
374	/// then stripping the ADTS header off each frame, since the wire carries raw
375	/// AAC. These are frames 2 to 4, past the encoder's priming. lavfi's sine is
376	/// an eighth of full scale, which is what the volume filter is undoing.
377	#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
378	const AAC_DESCRIPTION: &[u8] = b"\x12\x08";
379
380	#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
381	const AAC_FRAMES: [&[u8]; 3] = [
382		b"\x01\x52\xf2\x8b\x1a\xd7\x8e\x7b\xfd\xa7\xef\xe7\xe3\x55\xd3\x4d\x2f\x55\x2e\x47\x1c\x92\x49\x11\x20\x77\x3f\xbe\x74\xdd\x99\xb3\x7b\xfb\x90\xc9\xf0\x61\x9f\xdc\x0c\x9f\x06\x19\xfd\xe1\x1f\x1f\x00\x67\xf7\x03\x87\xc0\x19\xfd\xc0\xc9\xf0\x07",
383		b"\x01\x1e\x32\x89\xe2\x9d\x6b\x33\xe7\xff\xe2\xfe\xbf\xfa\xff\xe7\x2f\x8b\xd5\xd5\xe7\x5f\x3f\x59\xeb\xf1\xcb\xba\xa5\x5e\x52\x4a\xbd\x8d\x74\x50\x8c\x08\xa8\xa0\xd4\x51\x40\xa1\x86\x5d\x06\xb4\x6c\x32\xe6\x25\x9a\x66\x75\xcd\xf9\xbf\x6f\x83\xb7\x53\x80",
384		b"\x01\x1e\x32\x8a\x22\x7d\x40\x87\x48\xdb\xdf\xff\xf9\x4f\xff\x87\xde\xef\x8b\xeb\x1e\x77\x5d\xfc\x67\x8f\x8c\x77\x8a\xd6\x29\x96\x1f\x29\xe7\x39\xd4\x53\xcf\x3c\xf3\xce\x79\xd4\x27\x9c\xf5\x65\x2a\x9b\xe9\x80\xb7\xba\xa9\xf9\x58\xc7\x3c\x58\x27\x8a\x60\xa1\x57",
385	];
386
387	#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
388	fn aac_catalog() -> hang::catalog::AudioConfig {
389		let mut catalog = hang::catalog::AudioConfig::new(hang::catalog::AAC { profile: 2 }, 44_100, 1);
390		catalog.description = Some(bytes::Bytes::from_static(AAC_DESCRIPTION));
391		catalog
392	}
393
394	#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
395	#[test]
396	fn aac_decodes_a_sine() {
397		let mut decoder = Decoder::new(&aac_catalog()).unwrap();
398		assert_eq!(decoder.sample_rate(), 44_100);
399		assert_eq!(decoder.channel_count(), 1);
400
401		let decoded: Vec<Vec<f32>> = AAC_FRAMES
402			.iter()
403			.map(|frame| decoder.decode(frame).unwrap().samples)
404			.collect();
405
406		// AAC-LC frames are 1024 samples each, whatever the packet size.
407		for pcm in &decoded {
408			assert_eq!(pcm.len(), 1024);
409		}
410
411		// The first frame is missing the previous frame's overlap, so measure the
412		// last one. ffmpeg decodes this same frame to 0.744 RMS, near the 0.707 of
413		// an ideal full-scale sine.
414		let last = decoded.last().unwrap();
415		let rms = (last.iter().map(|s| s * s).sum::<f32>() / last.len() as f32).sqrt();
416		assert!((0.65..0.8).contains(&rms), "expected a full-scale sine, got {rms} RMS");
417	}
418
419	#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
420	#[test]
421	fn aac_reports_a_truncated_packet_as_decode() {
422		let mut decoder = Decoder::new(&aac_catalog()).unwrap();
423
424		let truncated = &AAC_FRAMES[0][..16];
425		assert!(matches!(decoder.decode(truncated), Err(Error::Decode(_))));
426	}
427
428	#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
429	#[test]
430	fn aac_synthesizes_a_missing_description() {
431		// An MSF catalog carries the shape in its own fields instead.
432		let mut catalog = aac_catalog();
433		catalog.description = None;
434
435		let mut decoder = Decoder::new(&catalog).unwrap();
436		assert_eq!(decoder.sample_rate(), 44_100);
437		assert_eq!(decoder.decode(AAC_FRAMES[0]).unwrap().samples.len(), 1024);
438	}
439
440	/// A packet libopus rejects is that packet's problem, not the
441	/// configuration's. The distinction is what lets a consumer drop the frame and
442	/// keep the subscription instead of ending the stream over one bad packet.
443	#[test]
444	fn opus_reports_a_rejected_packet_as_decode() {
445		let head = moq_mux::codec::opus::Config::new(48_000, 2).encode().unwrap();
446		let mut catalog = hang::catalog::AudioConfig::new(hang::catalog::AudioCodec::Opus, 48_000, 2);
447		catalog.description = Some(head);
448
449		let mut decoder = Decoder::new(&catalog).unwrap();
450
451		// Not a valid TOC byte sequence: libopus reports OPUS_INVALID_PACKET.
452		assert!(matches!(decoder.decode(&[0xFF; 3]), Err(Error::Decode(_))));
453	}
454
455	#[test]
456	fn pcm_rejects_incomplete_channel_frame() {
457		let catalog = hang::catalog::AudioConfig::new(hang::catalog::AudioCodec::Pcm, 48_000, 2);
458		let mut decoder = Decoder::new(&catalog).unwrap();
459
460		assert!(matches!(
461			decoder.decode(&[]),
462			Err(Error::Misaligned { got: 0, expected: 8 })
463		));
464		assert!(matches!(
465			decoder.decode(&[0; 4]),
466			Err(Error::Misaligned { got: 4, expected: 8 })
467		));
468	}
469
470	#[test]
471	fn decoder_rejects_unknown_codec() {
472		let catalog = hang::catalog::AudioConfig::new(hang::catalog::AudioCodec::Unknown("future".into()), 48_000, 2);
473
474		assert!(matches!(Decoder::new(&catalog), Err(Error::Unsupported(_))));
475	}
476
477	#[test]
478	fn pcm_rejects_incorrect_catalog_bitrate() {
479		let mut catalog = hang::catalog::AudioConfig::new(hang::catalog::AudioCodec::Pcm, 48_000, 2);
480		catalog.bitrate = Some(1);
481
482		assert!(matches!(Decoder::new(&catalog), Err(Error::Unsupported(_))));
483	}
484}