Support sound category and playback speed

[ameer-taghavi]

please add

1. AudioSession category(to support play in silence mode, background and ...)
2. playback speed

[itsramiel]

Hi,

One seems easily doable, but still can you provide use cases where you would like to change it.
Two is more involved and not sure if I can do it with current architecture of library, but still just a question. Is your use case to increase or decrease the playback speed?

[ameer-taghavi]

I am using react-native-sound which has the features I need but this package has not good performance. I have a messaging app that has audio messages and I need to play the audio at a faster speed (1.5x, 2x) and play the audio in silence mode.

[itsramiel]

Hey @ameer-taghavi

Following up on support sound category:

Can you tell me which category would you need to set to make it work for your use case? You mentioned

play the audio in silence mode.

Do you mean to play the audio when the phone is silenced because by default now the sound would play even if the phone is in silent mode. The audio is similar to a music app, not a notification which is silenced.

If I am misunderstanding your point, please clarify it by providing a reproducible where it doesnt work like you want and how you would like to to behave instead.

[ameer-taghavi]

Do you mean to play the audio when the phone is silenced because by default now the sound would play even if the phone is in silent mode. The audio is similar to a music app, not a notification which is silenced.

Yes. Exactly

[ameer-taghavi]

Can you tell me which category would you need to set to make it work for your use case? You mentioned

For iOS I used Playback category
And for Android I used Alarm category

[itsramiel]

Hi @ameer-taghavi

Please try 1.1.0-alpha.0 which allows you to pass in the audio session category for iOS and Usage for Android:

react-native-audio-playback/src/models/AudioManager.ts

Lines 26 to 35 in 49dc42d

	public setupAudioStream(options?: {
	sampleRate?: number;
	channelCount?: number;
	ios?: {
	audioSessionCategory?: IosAudioSessionCategory;
	};
	android?: {
	usage?: AndroidAudioStreamUsage;
	};
	}) {

Supported categories for iOS:

react-native-audio-playback/src/types.ts

Lines 1 to 8 in 49dc42d

	export enum IosAudioSessionCategory {
	Ambient,
	MultiRoute,
	PlayAndRecord,
	Playback,
	Record,
	SoloAmbient,
	}

Supported Usages on Android:

react-native-audio-playback/src/types.ts

Lines 10 to 23 in 49dc42d

	export enum AndroidAudioStreamUsage {
	Media,
	VoiceCommunication,
	VoiceCommunicationSignalling,
	Alarm,
	Notification,
	NotificationRingtone,
	NotificationEvent,
	AssistanceAccessibility,
	AssistanceNavigationGuidance,
	AssistanceSonification,
	Game,
	Assistant,
	}

Let me know if this resolves your request for sound category

[ameer-taghavi]

thanks @itsramiel
it's working 🙏🏻

[ameer-taghavi]

thank you for add audio sessions and categories 🙏🏻
when will we have playback speed feature? 😁

[itsramiel]

Hi, playback speed feature requires lots of research and changes which I dont have the motivation for now, sorry.