ntv2player.cpp

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/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */
#include "ntv2player.h"
#include "ntv2debug.h"
#include "ntv2devicescanner.h"
#include "ntv2audiodefines.h"
#include "ntv2testpatterngen.h"
#include "ajabase/common/timebase.h"
#include "ajabase/system/process.h"
#include "ajabase/system/file_io.h"
#include <fstream>  //  For ifstream

using namespace std;

//#define NTV2_BUFFER_LOCKING       //  Define this to pre-lock video/audio buffers in kernel

//  Convenience macros for EZ logging:
#define TCFAIL(_expr_)  AJA_sERROR  (AJA_DebugUnit_TimecodeGeneric, AJAFUNC << ": " << _expr_)
#define TCWARN(_expr_)  AJA_sWARNING(AJA_DebugUnit_TimecodeGeneric, AJAFUNC << ": " << _expr_)
#define TCNOTE(_expr_)  AJA_sNOTICE (AJA_DebugUnit_TimecodeGeneric, AJAFUNC << ": " << _expr_)
#define TCINFO(_expr_)  AJA_sINFO   (AJA_DebugUnit_TimecodeGeneric, AJAFUNC << ": " << _expr_)
#define TCDBG(_expr_)   AJA_sDEBUG  (AJA_DebugUnit_TimecodeGeneric, AJAFUNC << ": " << _expr_)

static ULWord   gAncMaxSizeBytes (NTV2_ANCSIZE_MAX);    //  Max per-frame anc buffer size, in bytes

static const uint32_t   gAudMaxSizeBytes (256 * 1024);  //  Max per-frame audio buffer size, in bytes

static const bool       BUFFER_PAGE_ALIGNED (true);

//  Audio tone generator data
static const double     gFrequencies [] =   {250.0, 500.0, 1000.0, 2000.0};
static const ULWord     gNumFrequencies     (sizeof(gFrequencies) / sizeof(double));
static const double     gAmplitudes []  =   {   0.10, 0.15,     0.20, 0.25,     0.30, 0.35,     0.40, 0.45,     0.50, 0.55,     0.60, 0.65,     0.70, 0.75,     0.80, 0.85,
                                                0.85, 0.80,     0.75, 0.70,     0.65, 0.60,     0.55, 0.50,     0.45, 0.40,     0.35, 0.30,     0.25, 0.20,     0.15, 0.10};


NTV2Player::NTV2Player (const PlayerConfig & inConfig)
    :   mConfig             (inConfig),
        mConsumerThread     (),
        mProducerThread     (),
        mDevice             (),
        mSavedTaskMode      (NTV2_TASK_MODE_INVALID),
        mCurrentFrame       (0),
        mCurrentSample      (0),
        mToneFrequency      (440.0),
        mAudioSystem        (NTV2_AUDIOSYSTEM_INVALID),
        mFormatDesc         (),
        mTCIndexes          (),
        mGlobalQuit         (false),
        mTCBurner           (),
        mHostBuffers        (),
        mFrameDataRing      (),
        mTestPatRasters     ()
{
}


NTV2Player::~NTV2Player (void)
{
    //  Stop my playout and producer threads, then destroy them...
    Quit();

    mDevice.UnsubscribeOutputVerticalEvent(mConfig.fOutputChannel); //  Unsubscribe from output VBI event
}   //  destructor


void NTV2Player::Quit (void)
{
    //  Set the global 'quit' flag, and wait for the threads to go inactive...
    mGlobalQuit = true;

    while (mProducerThread.Active())
        AJATime::Sleep(10);

    while (mConsumerThread.Active())
        AJATime::Sleep(10);

#if defined(NTV2_BUFFER_LOCKING)
    mDevice.DMABufferUnlockAll();
#endif  //  NTV2_BUFFER_LOCKING
    if (!mConfig.fDoMultiFormat  &&  mDevice.IsOpen())
    {
        mDevice.ReleaseStreamForApplication (kDemoAppSignature, int32_t(AJAProcess::GetPid()));
        if (NTV2_IS_VALID_TASK_MODE(mSavedTaskMode))
            mDevice.SetTaskMode(mSavedTaskMode);    //  Restore prior task mode
    }
}   //  Quit


AJAStatus NTV2Player::Init (void)
{
    AJAStatus   status  (AJA_STATUS_SUCCESS);

    //  Open the device...
    if (!CNTV2DeviceScanner::GetFirstDeviceFromArgument (mConfig.fDeviceSpec, mDevice))
        {cerr << "## ERROR:  Device '" << mConfig.fDeviceSpec << "' not found" << endl;  return AJA_STATUS_OPEN;}

    if (!mDevice.IsDeviceReady(false))
        {cerr << "## ERROR:  Device '" << mDevice.GetDisplayName() << "' not ready" << endl;  return AJA_STATUS_INITIALIZE;}
    if (!mDevice.features().CanDoPlayback())
        {cerr << "## ERROR:  '" << mDevice.GetDisplayName() << "' is capture-only" << endl;  return AJA_STATUS_FEATURE;}

    const UWord maxNumChannels (mDevice.features().GetNumFrameStores());

    //  Beware -- some older devices (e.g. Corvid1) can only output from FrameStore 2...
    if ((mConfig.fOutputChannel == NTV2_CHANNEL1) && (!mDevice.features().CanDoFrameStore1Display()))
        mConfig.fOutputChannel = NTV2_CHANNEL2;
    if (UWord(mConfig.fOutputChannel) >= maxNumChannels)
    {
        cerr    << "## ERROR:  '" << mDevice.GetDisplayName() << "' can't use Ch" << DEC(mConfig.fOutputChannel+1)
                << " -- only supports Ch1" << (maxNumChannels > 1  ?  string("-Ch") + string(1, char(maxNumChannels+'0'))  :  "") << endl;
        return AJA_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED;
    }

    if (!mConfig.fAncDataFilePath.empty())
        if (!AJAFileIO::FileExists (mConfig.fAncDataFilePath))
        {
            cerr    << "## ERROR:  Anc data file '" << mConfig.fAncDataFilePath << "' not found" << endl;
            return AJA_STATUS_NOT_FOUND;
        }

    if (!mConfig.fDoMultiFormat)
    {
        mDevice.GetTaskMode(mSavedTaskMode);    //  Save the current task mode
        if (!mDevice.AcquireStreamForApplication (kDemoAppSignature, int32_t(AJAProcess::GetPid())))
            return AJA_STATUS_BUSY; //  Device is in use by another app -- fail
    }
    mDevice.SetTaskMode(NTV2_OEM_TASKS);    //  Set OEM service level

    if (mDevice.features().CanDoMultiFormat())
        mDevice.SetMultiFormatMode(mConfig.fDoMultiFormat);
    else
        mConfig.fDoMultiFormat = false;

    //  Set up the video and audio...
    status = SetUpVideo();
    if (AJA_FAILURE(status))
        return status;
    status = mConfig.WithAudio() ? SetUpAudio() : AJA_STATUS_SUCCESS;
    if (AJA_FAILURE(status))
        return status;

    //  Set up the circular buffers, and the test pattern buffers...
    status = SetUpHostBuffers();
    if (AJA_FAILURE(status))
        return status;
    status = SetUpTestPatternBuffers();
    if (AJA_FAILURE(status))
        return status;

    //  Set up the device signal routing...
    if (!RouteOutputSignal())
        return AJA_STATUS_FAIL;

    //  Lastly, prepare my AJATimeCodeBurn instance...
    if (!mTCBurner.RenderTimeCodeFont (CNTV2DemoCommon::GetAJAPixelFormat(mConfig.fPixelFormat), mFormatDesc.numPixels, mFormatDesc.numLines))
        {cerr << "## ERROR:  RenderTimeCodeFont failed for:  " << mFormatDesc << endl;  return AJA_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED;}

    //  Ready to go...
    #if defined(_DEBUG)
        cerr << mConfig;
        if (mDevice.IsRemote())
            cerr    << "Device Description:  " << mDevice.GetDescription() << endl;
        cerr << endl;
    #endif  //  defined(_DEBUG)
    return AJA_STATUS_SUCCESS;

}   //  Init


AJAStatus NTV2Player::SetUpVideo (void)
{
    //  Configure the device to output the requested video format...
    if (mConfig.fVideoFormat == NTV2_FORMAT_UNKNOWN)
        return AJA_STATUS_BAD_PARAM;
    if (!mDevice.features().CanDoVideoFormat(mConfig.fVideoFormat))
    {   cerr    << "## ERROR:  '" << mDevice.GetDisplayName() << "' doesn't support "
                << ::NTV2VideoFormatToString(mConfig.fVideoFormat) << endl;
        return AJA_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED;
    }
    if (!mDevice.features().CanDoFrameBufferFormat(mConfig.fPixelFormat))
    {   cerr    << "## ERROR: '" << mDevice.GetDisplayName() << "' doesn't support "
                << ::NTV2FrameBufferFormatString(mConfig.fPixelFormat) << endl;
        return AJA_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED;
    }

    //  This demo doesn't playout dual-link RGB over SDI -- only YCbCr.
    //  Check that this device has a CSC to convert RGB to YUV...
    if (::IsRGBFormat(mConfig.fPixelFormat))    //  If RGB FBF...
        if (UWord(mConfig.fOutputChannel) > mDevice.features().GetNumCSCs())    //  No CSC for this channel?
            {cerr << "## ERROR: No CSC for channel " << DEC(mConfig.fOutputChannel+1) << " to convert RGB pixel format" << endl;
                return AJA_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED;}

    if (!mDevice.features().CanDo3GLevelConversion() && mConfig.fDoABConversion && ::IsVideoFormatA(mConfig.fVideoFormat))
        mConfig.fDoABConversion = false;
    if (mConfig.fDoABConversion)
        mDevice.SetSDIOutLevelAtoLevelBConversion (mConfig.fOutputChannel, mConfig.fDoABConversion);

    //  Keep the raster description handy...
    mFormatDesc = NTV2FormatDescriptor(mConfig.fVideoFormat, mConfig.fPixelFormat);
    if (!mFormatDesc.IsValid())
        return AJA_STATUS_FAIL;

    //  If we own the whole device, make sure all FrameStores are disabled (good practice) 
    if (!mConfig.fDoMultiFormat)
    {
        NTV2ChannelSet enabledChannels;
        mDevice.GetEnabledChannels(enabledChannels);
        mDevice.DisableChannels(enabledChannels);
    }

    //  Turn on the FrameStore (to read frame buffer memory and transmit video)...
    mDevice.EnableChannel(mConfig.fOutputChannel);

    //  This demo assumes VANC is disabled...
    mDevice.SetVANCMode(NTV2_VANCMODE_OFF, mConfig.fOutputChannel);
    mDevice.SetVANCShiftMode(mConfig.fOutputChannel, NTV2_VANCDATA_NORMAL);

    //  Set the FrameStore video format...
    mDevice.SetVideoFormat (mConfig.fVideoFormat, false, false, mConfig.fOutputChannel);

    //  Set the frame buffer pixel format for the device FrameStore...
    mDevice.SetFrameBufferFormat (mConfig.fOutputChannel, mConfig.fPixelFormat);

    //  The output interrupt is Enabled by default, but on some platforms, you must subscribe to it
    //  in order to be able to wait on its event/semaphore...
    mDevice.SubscribeOutputVerticalEvent (mConfig.fOutputChannel);

    //  Get current per-field maximum Anc buffer size...
    if (!mDevice.GetAncRegionOffsetFromBottom (gAncMaxSizeBytes, NTV2_AncRgn_Field2))
        gAncMaxSizeBytes = NTV2_ANCSIZE_MAX;

    //  Set output clock reference...
    mDevice.SetReference(mDevice.features().CanDo2110() ? NTV2_REFERENCE_SFP1_PTP : NTV2_REFERENCE_FREERUN);

    //  At this point, video setup is complete (except for widget signal routing).
    return AJA_STATUS_SUCCESS;

}   //  SetUpVideo


AJAStatus NTV2Player::SetUpAudio (void)
{
    uint16_t numAudioChannels (mDevice.features().GetMaxAudioChannels());
    if (numAudioChannels > 8)                                       //  If audio system handles more than 8 channels...
        if (!mDevice.features().CanDo2110())                        //  ...and SDI (i.e. not ST 2110 IP streaming)...
            if (NTV2_IS_2K_1080_VIDEO_FORMAT(mConfig.fVideoFormat)) //  ...and 2K (narrower HANC only fits 8 audio channels)
                numAudioChannels = 8;   //  ...then reduce to 8 audio channels

    mAudioSystem = NTV2_AUDIOSYSTEM_1;                                      //  Use NTV2_AUDIOSYSTEM_1...
    if (mDevice.features().GetNumAudioSystems() > 1)                        //  ...but if the device has more than one audio system...
        mAudioSystem = ::NTV2ChannelToAudioSystem(mConfig.fOutputChannel);  //  ...base it on the channel
    //  However, there are a few older devices that have only 1 audio system,
    //  yet 2 frame stores (or must use channel 2 for playout)...
    if (!mDevice.features().CanDoFrameStore1Display())
        mAudioSystem = NTV2_AUDIOSYSTEM_1;

    mDevice.SetNumberAudioChannels (numAudioChannels, mAudioSystem);
    mDevice.SetAudioRate (NTV2_AUDIO_48K, mAudioSystem);

    //  How big should the on-device audio buffer be?   1MB? 2MB? 4MB? 8MB?
    //  For this demo, 4MB will work best across all platforms (Windows, Mac & Linux)...
    mDevice.SetAudioBufferSize (NTV2_AUDIO_BUFFER_BIG, mAudioSystem);

    //  Set the SDI output audio embedders to embed audio samples from the output of mAudioSystem...
    mDevice.SetSDIOutputAudioSystem (mConfig.fOutputChannel, mAudioSystem);
    mDevice.SetSDIOutputDS2AudioSystem (mConfig.fOutputChannel, mAudioSystem);

    //  If the last app using the device left it in E-E mode (input passthru), then loopback
    //  must be disabled --- otherwise the output audio will be pass-thru SDI input audio...
    mDevice.SetAudioLoopBack (NTV2_AUDIO_LOOPBACK_OFF, mAudioSystem);

    if (!mConfig.fDoMultiFormat  &&  mDevice.features().GetNumHDMIVideoOutputs())
    {
        mDevice.SetHDMIOutAudioRate(NTV2_AUDIO_48K);
        mDevice.SetHDMIOutAudioFormat(NTV2_AUDIO_FORMAT_LPCM);
        mDevice.SetHDMIOutAudioSource8Channel(NTV2_AudioChannel1_8, mAudioSystem);
    }

    return AJA_STATUS_SUCCESS;

}   //  SetUpAudio


AJAStatus NTV2Player::SetUpHostBuffers (void)
{
    CNTV2DemoCommon::SetDefaultPageSize();  //  Set host-specific page size

    //  Let my circular buffer know when it's time to quit...
    mFrameDataRing.SetAbortFlag (&mGlobalQuit);

    //  Allocate and add each in-host NTV2FrameData to my circular buffer member variable...
    mHostBuffers.reserve(CIRCULAR_BUFFER_SIZE);
    while (mHostBuffers.size() < CIRCULAR_BUFFER_SIZE)
    {
        mHostBuffers.push_back(NTV2FrameData());        //  Make a new NTV2FrameData...
        NTV2FrameData & frameData(mHostBuffers.back()); //  ...and get a reference to it

        //  Allocate a page-aligned video buffer
        if (mConfig.WithVideo())
            if (!frameData.fVideoBuffer.Allocate (mFormatDesc.GetTotalBytes(), BUFFER_PAGE_ALIGNED))
            {
                PLFAIL("Failed to allocate " << xHEX0N(mFormatDesc.GetTotalBytes(),8) << "-byte video buffer");
                return AJA_STATUS_MEMORY;
            }
        #ifdef NTV2_BUFFER_LOCKING
        if (frameData.fVideoBuffer)
            mDevice.DMABufferLock(frameData.fVideoBuffer, true);
        #endif

        //  Allocate a page-aligned audio buffer (if transmitting audio)
        if (mConfig.WithAudio())
            if (!frameData.fAudioBuffer.Allocate (gAudMaxSizeBytes, BUFFER_PAGE_ALIGNED))
            {
                PLFAIL("Failed to allocate " << xHEX0N(gAudMaxSizeBytes,8) << "-byte audio buffer");
                return AJA_STATUS_MEMORY;
            }
        #ifdef NTV2_BUFFER_LOCKING
        if (frameData.fAudioBuffer)
            mDevice.DMABufferLock(frameData.fAudioBuffer, /*alsoPreLockSGL*/true);
        #endif
        mFrameDataRing.Add (&frameData);
    }   //  for each NTV2FrameData

    return AJA_STATUS_SUCCESS;

}   //  SetUpHostBuffers


AJAStatus NTV2Player::SetUpTestPatternBuffers (void)
{
    vector<NTV2TestPatternSelect>   testPatIDs;
        testPatIDs.push_back(NTV2_TestPatt_ColorBars100);
        testPatIDs.push_back(NTV2_TestPatt_ColorBars75);
        testPatIDs.push_back(NTV2_TestPatt_Ramp);
        testPatIDs.push_back(NTV2_TestPatt_MultiBurst);
        testPatIDs.push_back(NTV2_TestPatt_LineSweep);
        testPatIDs.push_back(NTV2_TestPatt_CheckField);
        testPatIDs.push_back(NTV2_TestPatt_FlatField);
        testPatIDs.push_back(NTV2_TestPatt_MultiPattern);

    mTestPatRasters.clear();
    for (size_t tpNdx(0);  tpNdx < testPatIDs.size();  tpNdx++)
        mTestPatRasters.push_back(NTV2Buffer());

    if (!mFormatDesc.IsValid())
        {PLFAIL("Bad format descriptor");  return AJA_STATUS_FAIL;}
    if (mFormatDesc.IsVANC())
        {PLFAIL("VANC should have been disabled: " << mFormatDesc);  return AJA_STATUS_FAIL;}

    //  Set up one video buffer for each test pattern...
    for (size_t tpNdx(0);  tpNdx < testPatIDs.size();  tpNdx++)
    {
        //  Allocate the buffer memory...
        if (!mTestPatRasters.at(tpNdx).Allocate (mFormatDesc.GetTotalBytes(), BUFFER_PAGE_ALIGNED))
        {   PLFAIL("Test pattern buffer " << DEC(tpNdx+1) << " of " << DEC(testPatIDs.size()) << ": "
                    << xHEX0N(mFormatDesc.GetTotalBytes(),8) << "-byte page-aligned alloc failed");
            return AJA_STATUS_MEMORY;
        }

        //  Fill the buffer with test pattern...
        NTV2TestPatternGen  testPatternGen;
        if (!testPatternGen.DrawTestPattern (testPatIDs.at(tpNdx),  mFormatDesc,  mTestPatRasters.at(tpNdx)))
        {
            cerr << "## ERROR:  DrawTestPattern " << DEC(tpNdx) << " failed: " << mFormatDesc << endl;
            return AJA_STATUS_FAIL;
        }

        #ifdef NTV2_BUFFER_LOCKING
            //  Try to prelock the memory, including its scatter-gather list...
            if (!mDevice.DMABufferLock(mTestPatRasters.at(tpNdx), /*alsoLockSegmentMap=*/true))
                PLWARN("Test pattern buffer " << DEC(tpNdx+1) << " of " << DEC(testPatIDs.size()) << ": failed to pre-lock");
        #endif
    }   //  loop for each predefined pattern

    return AJA_STATUS_SUCCESS;

}   //  SetUpTestPatternBuffers


bool NTV2Player::RouteOutputSignal (void)
{
    const NTV2Standard  outputStandard  (::GetNTV2StandardFromVideoFormat(mConfig.fVideoFormat));
    const bool          isRGB           (::IsRGBFormat(mConfig.fPixelFormat));
    const bool          canVerify       (mDevice.features().HasCrosspointConnectROM());
    UWord               connectFailures (0);

    //  Since this function figures out which SDI spigots will be set up for output,
    //  it also sets the "mTCIndexes" member, which determines which timecodes will
    //  be transmitted (and on which SDI spigots)...
    mTCIndexes.clear();

    const NTV2OutputXptID   cscVidOutXpt(::GetCSCOutputXptFromChannel(mConfig.fOutputChannel,  false/*isKey*/,  !isRGB/*isRGB*/));
    const NTV2OutputXptID   fsVidOutXpt (::GetFrameStoreOutputXptFromChannel(mConfig.fOutputChannel,  isRGB/*isRGB*/,  false/*is425*/));
    const NTV2InputXptID    cscInputXpt (isRGB ? ::GetCSCInputXptFromChannel(mConfig.fOutputChannel, false/*isKeyInput*/) : NTV2_INPUT_CROSSPOINT_INVALID);

    if (!mConfig.fDoMultiFormat)  //    Not multiformat:  We own the whole device...
    {
        mDevice.ClearRouting();     //  Start with clean slate
    }

    if (isRGB)
        if (!mDevice.Connect (cscInputXpt,  fsVidOutXpt,  canVerify))
            connectFailures++;

    if (mDevice.features().HasBiDirectionalSDI())
        mDevice.SetSDITransmitEnable(mConfig.fOutputChannel, true);

    if (!mDevice.Connect (::GetSDIOutputInputXpt (mConfig.fOutputChannel, false/*isDS2*/),  isRGB ? cscVidOutXpt : fsVidOutXpt,  canVerify))
        connectFailures++;

    mDevice.SetSDIOutputStandard (mConfig.fOutputChannel, outputStandard);

    mTCIndexes.insert (::NTV2ChannelToTimecodeIndex(mConfig.fOutputChannel, /*inEmbeddedLTC=*/mConfig.fTransmitLTC));
    //  NOTE: No need to send VITC2 with VITC1 (for "i" formats) -- firmware does this automatically

    if (!mConfig.fDoMultiFormat)  //    Not multiformat:  We own the whole device...
    {
        //  Also connect analog video output, if the device has one...
        if (mDevice.features().GetNumAnalogVideoOutputs() && mConfig.fOutputChannel == NTV2_CHANNEL1)
            if (!mDevice.Connect (::GetOutputDestInputXpt(NTV2_OUTPUTDESTINATION_ANALOG1),  isRGB ? cscVidOutXpt : fsVidOutXpt,  canVerify))
                connectFailures++;

        //  Also connect HDMI video output, if the device has one...
        if (mDevice.features().GetNumHDMIVideoOutputs() && mConfig.fOutputChannel == NTV2_CHANNEL1)
        {
            if (!mDevice.Connect (::GetOutputDestInputXpt(NTV2_OUTPUTDESTINATION_HDMI1),  isRGB ? cscVidOutXpt : fsVidOutXpt,  canVerify))
                connectFailures++;
        }
    }
    TCNOTE(mTCIndexes);
    if (connectFailures)
        PLWARN(DEC(connectFailures) << " 'Connect' call(s) failed");
    return connectFailures == 0;

}   //  RouteOutputSignal


AJAStatus NTV2Player::Run (void)
{
    //  Start my consumer and producer threads...
    StartConsumerThread();
    StartProducerThread();
    return AJA_STATUS_SUCCESS;

}   //  Run



//  This is where the play thread starts

void NTV2Player::StartConsumerThread (void)
{
    //  Create and start the playout thread...
    mConsumerThread.Attach (ConsumerThreadStatic, this);
    mConsumerThread.SetPriority(AJA_ThreadPriority_High);
    mConsumerThread.Start();

}   //  StartConsumerThread


//  The playout thread function
void NTV2Player::ConsumerThreadStatic (AJAThread * pThread, void * pContext)        //  static
{   (void) pThread;
    //  Grab the NTV2Player instance pointer from the pContext parameter,
    //  then call its ConsumeFrames method...
    NTV2Player * pApp (reinterpret_cast<NTV2Player*>(pContext));
    if (pApp)
        pApp->ConsumeFrames();

}   //  ConsumerThreadStatic


static uint64_t sTotalAncFileBytes(0), sCurrentAncFileBytes(0);


void NTV2Player::ConsumeFrames (void)
{
    ULWord                  acOptions (AUTOCIRCULATE_WITH_RP188);
    AUTOCIRCULATE_TRANSFER  outputXfer;
    AUTOCIRCULATE_STATUS    outputStatus;
    ULWord                  goodXfers(0), badXfers(0), starves(0), noRoomWaits(0);
    ifstream *              pAncStrm (AJA_NULL);

    //  Stop AutoCirculate, just in case someone else left it running...
    mDevice.AutoCirculateStop(mConfig.fOutputChannel);
    mDevice.WaitForOutputVerticalInterrupt(mConfig.fOutputChannel, 4);  //  Let it stop
    PLNOTE("Thread started");

    if (!mConfig.fAncDataFilePath.empty())
    {   //  Open raw anc file for reading...
        pAncStrm = new ifstream(mConfig.fAncDataFilePath.c_str(), ios::binary);
        do
        {
            if (!pAncStrm->good())
            {   PLFAIL("Cannot open anc file '" << mConfig.fAncDataFilePath << "' -- anc insertion disabled");
                delete pAncStrm;  pAncStrm = AJA_NULL;
                break;
            }
            pAncStrm->seekg(0, std::ios_base::end);
            if (pAncStrm->tellg() == -1)
            {   PLFAIL("Cannot determine anc file size -- anc insertion disabled");
                delete pAncStrm;  pAncStrm = AJA_NULL;
                break;
            }
            sTotalAncFileBytes = uint64_t(pAncStrm->tellg());
            pAncStrm->seekg(0); //  Rewind to start
            if (sTotalAncFileBytes < gAncMaxSizeBytes*2)
            {   PLFAIL("anc buffer size " << DEC(gAncMaxSizeBytes*2) << " exceeds anc file size " << DEC(sTotalAncFileBytes)
                        << " -- anc insertion disabled");
                delete pAncStrm;  pAncStrm = AJA_NULL;
                break;
            }
            //  Allocate anc buffers...
            bool ancOK = outputXfer.acANCBuffer.Allocate(gAncMaxSizeBytes, BUFFER_PAGE_ALIGNED);
            if (NTV2_VIDEO_FORMAT_HAS_PROGRESSIVE_PICTURE(mConfig.fVideoFormat)  &&  ancOK)
                ancOK = outputXfer.acANCField2Buffer.Allocate(gAncMaxSizeBytes, BUFFER_PAGE_ALIGNED);
            if (!ancOK)
            {
                PLFAIL("Anc buffer " << xHEX0N(gAncMaxSizeBytes,8) << "(" << DEC(gAncMaxSizeBytes) << ")-byte"
                        " allocation failed -- anc insertion disabled");
                outputXfer.acANCBuffer.Deallocate();
                outputXfer.acANCField2Buffer.Deallocate();
                delete pAncStrm;
                pAncStrm = AJA_NULL;
                break;
            }
            acOptions |= AUTOCIRCULATE_WITH_ANC;
            break;  //  Good to go!
        } while (false);    //  Once thru
    }
#ifdef NTV2_BUFFER_LOCKING
    if (outputXferInfo.acANCBuffer)
        mDevice.DMABufferLock(outputXfer.acANCBuffer, /*alsoLockSGL*/true);
    if (outputXferInfo.acANCField2Buffer)
        mDevice.DMABufferLock(outputXfer.acANCField2Buffer, /*alsoLockSGL*/true);
#endif

    //  Initialize & start AutoCirculate...
    bool initOK = mDevice.AutoCirculateInitForOutput (mConfig.fOutputChannel,  mConfig.fFrames,  mAudioSystem,  acOptions);
    if (!initOK)
        {PLFAIL("AutoCirculateInitForOutput failed");  mGlobalQuit = true;}
    else if (!mConfig.WithVideo())
    {   //  Video suppressed --
        //  Clear device frame buffers being AutoCirculated (prevent garbage output frames)
        NTV2Buffer tmpFrame (mFormatDesc.GetVideoWriteSize());
        NTV2TestPatternGen blackPatternGen;
        blackPatternGen.DrawTestPattern (NTV2_TestPatt_Black, mFormatDesc, tmpFrame);
        mDevice.AutoCirculateGetStatus (mConfig.fOutputChannel, outputStatus);
        for (uint16_t frmNum(outputStatus.GetStartFrame());  frmNum <= outputStatus.GetEndFrame();  frmNum++)
            mDevice.DMAWriteFrame(ULWord(frmNum), tmpFrame, mFormatDesc.GetTotalBytes());
    }   //  else if --novideo

    while (!mGlobalQuit)
    {
        mDevice.AutoCirculateGetStatus (mConfig.fOutputChannel, outputStatus);

        //  Check if there's room for another frame on the card...
        if (outputStatus.CanAcceptMoreOutputFrames())
        {
            //  Device has at least one free frame buffer that can be filled.
            //  Wait for the next frame in our ring to become ready to "consume"...
            NTV2FrameData * pFrameData (mFrameDataRing.StartConsumeNextBuffer());
            if (!pFrameData)
                {starves++;  continue;}

            outputXfer.SetOutputTimeCodes(pFrameData->fTimecodes);

            if (pFrameData->VideoBuffer())  //  Transfer the timecode-burned frame to the device for playout...
                outputXfer.SetVideoBuffer (pFrameData->VideoBuffer(), pFrameData->VideoBufferSize());
            if (pFrameData->AudioBuffer())  //  If also playing audio...
                outputXfer.SetAudioBuffer (pFrameData->AudioBuffer(), pFrameData->fNumAudioBytes);

            if (pAncStrm  &&  pAncStrm->good()  &&  outputXfer.acANCBuffer)
            {   //  Read pre-recorded anc from binary data file, and inject it into this frame...
                pAncStrm->read(outputXfer.acANCBuffer, streamsize(outputXfer.acANCBuffer.GetByteCount()));
                sCurrentAncFileBytes += pAncStrm->good() ? outputXfer.acANCBuffer.GetByteCount() : 0;
                if (pAncStrm->good()  &&  outputXfer.acANCField2Buffer)
                {
                    pAncStrm->read(outputXfer.acANCField2Buffer, streamsize(outputXfer.acANCField2Buffer.GetByteCount()));
                    sCurrentAncFileBytes += pAncStrm->good() ? outputXfer.acANCField2Buffer.GetByteCount() : 0;
                }
                if (pAncStrm->eof())
                {   pAncStrm->clear();
                    pAncStrm->seekg(0); //  Rewind upon EOF
                    sCurrentAncFileBytes = 0;
                    PLDBG("Anc file rewound: " << DEC(goodXfers) << " goodXfers, " << DEC(badXfers) << " badXfers");
                }
            }   //  if playing anc from binary data file

            //  Perform the DMA transfer to the device...
            if (mDevice.AutoCirculateTransfer (mConfig.fOutputChannel, outputXfer))
                goodXfers++;
            else
                badXfers++;

            if (goodXfers == 3)
                mDevice.AutoCirculateStart(mConfig.fOutputChannel);

            //  Signal that the frame has been "consumed"...
            mFrameDataRing.EndConsumeNextBuffer();
            continue;   //  Back to top of while loop
        }   //  if CanAcceptMoreOutputFrames

        //  Wait for one or more buffers to become available on the device, which should occur at next VBI...
        noRoomWaits++;
        mDevice.WaitForOutputVerticalInterrupt(mConfig.fOutputChannel);
    }   //  loop til quit signaled

    //  Stop AutoCirculate...
    mDevice.AutoCirculateStop(mConfig.fOutputChannel);
    PLNOTE("Thread completed: " << DEC(goodXfers) << " xfers, " << DEC(badXfers) << " failed, "
            << DEC(starves) << " starves, " << DEC(noRoomWaits) << " VBI waits");
    if (pAncStrm)
        delete pAncStrm;

}   //  ConsumeFrames



//  This is where the producer thread starts

void NTV2Player::StartProducerThread (void)
{
    //  Create and start the producer thread...
    mProducerThread.Attach(ProducerThreadStatic, this);
    mProducerThread.SetPriority(AJA_ThreadPriority_High);
    mProducerThread.Start();

}   //  StartProducerThread


void NTV2Player::ProducerThreadStatic (AJAThread * pThread, void * pContext)    //  static
{   (void) pThread;
    NTV2Player * pApp (reinterpret_cast<NTV2Player*>(pContext));
    if (pApp)
        pApp->ProduceFrames();

}   //  ProducerThreadStatic


void NTV2Player::ProduceFrames (void)
{
    ULWord  freqNdx(0), testPatNdx(0), badTally(0);
    double  timeOfLastSwitch    (0.0);

    const AJATimeBase       timeBase        (CNTV2DemoCommon::GetAJAFrameRate(::GetNTV2FrameRateFromVideoFormat(mConfig.fVideoFormat)));
    const NTV2StringList    tpNames         (NTV2TestPatternGen::getTestPatternNames());
    const bool              isInterlace     (!NTV2_VIDEO_FORMAT_HAS_PROGRESSIVE_PICTURE(mConfig.fVideoFormat));
    const bool              isPAL           (NTV2_IS_PAL_VIDEO_FORMAT(mConfig.fVideoFormat));
    const NTV2FrameRate     ntv2FrameRate   (::GetNTV2FrameRateFromVideoFormat(mConfig.fVideoFormat));
    const TimecodeFormat    tcFormat        (CNTV2DemoCommon::NTV2FrameRate2TimecodeFormat(ntv2FrameRate));

    PLNOTE("Thread started");
    while (!mGlobalQuit)
    {
        NTV2FrameData * pFrameData (mFrameDataRing.StartProduceNextBuffer());
        if (!pFrameData)
        {   badTally++;         //  No frame available!
            AJATime::Sleep(10); //  Wait a bit for the consumer thread to free one up for me...
            continue;           //  ...then try again
        }

        if (pFrameData->VideoBuffer())  //  Copy fresh, unmodified, pre-rendered test pattern into this frame's video buffer...
            pFrameData->fVideoBuffer.CopyFrom (mTestPatRasters.at(testPatNdx),
                                                /*srcOffset*/ 0,
                                                /*dstOffset*/ 0,
                                                /*byteCount*/ pFrameData->fVideoBuffer.GetByteCount());

        const   CRP188  rp188Info (mCurrentFrame++, 0, 0, 10, tcFormat);
        NTV2_RP188      tcF1, tcF2;
        string          tcString;

        rp188Info.GetRP188Reg(tcF1);
        rp188Info.GetRP188Str(tcString);

        //  Include timecode in output signal...
        tcF2 = tcF1;
        if (isInterlace)
        {   //  Set bit 27 of Hi word (PAL) or Lo word (NTSC)
            if (isPAL) tcF2.fHi |=  BIT(27);    else tcF2.fLo |=  BIT(27);
        }

        //  Add timecodes for each SDI output...
        for (NTV2TCIndexesConstIter it(mTCIndexes.begin());  it != mTCIndexes.end();  ++it)
            pFrameData->fTimecodes[*it] = NTV2_IS_ATC_VITC2_TIMECODE_INDEX(*it) ? tcF2 : tcF1;

        if (pFrameData->VideoBuffer())  //  Burn current timecode into the video buffer...
            mTCBurner.BurnTimeCode (pFrameData->VideoBuffer(), tcString.c_str(), 80);
        TCDBG("F" << DEC0N(mCurrentFrame-1,6) << ": " << tcF1 << ": " << tcString);

        //  If also playing audio...
        if (pFrameData->AudioBuffer())  //  ...then generate audio tone data for this frame...
            pFrameData->fNumAudioBytes = AddTone(*pFrameData);  //  ...and remember number of audio bytes to xfer

        //  Every few seconds, change the test pattern and tone frequency...
        const double currentTime (timeBase.FramesToSeconds(mCurrentFrame));
        if (currentTime > timeOfLastSwitch + 4.0)
        {
            freqNdx = (freqNdx + 1) % gNumFrequencies;
            testPatNdx = (testPatNdx + 1) % ULWord(mTestPatRasters.size());
            mToneFrequency = gFrequencies[freqNdx];
            timeOfLastSwitch = currentTime;
            if (sTotalAncFileBytes)
                PLDBG("F" << DEC0N(mCurrentFrame,6) << ": " << tcString << ": tone=" << mToneFrequency << "Hz, pattern='"
                        << tpNames.at(testPatNdx) << "', anc file " << DEC(sCurrentAncFileBytes * 100ULL / sTotalAncFileBytes) << "%");
            else
                PLDBG("F" << DEC0N(mCurrentFrame,6) << ": " << tcString << ": tone=" << mToneFrequency << "Hz, pattern='"
                        << tpNames.at(testPatNdx) << "'");
        }   //  if time to switch test pattern & tone frequency

        //  Signal that I'm done producing this FrameData, making it immediately available for transfer/playout...
        mFrameDataRing.EndProduceNextBuffer();

    }   //  loop til mGlobalQuit goes true
    PLNOTE("Thread completed: " << DEC(mCurrentFrame) << " frame(s) produced, " << DEC(badTally) << " failed");

}   //  ProduceFrames


uint32_t NTV2Player::AddTone (NTV2FrameData & inFrameData)
{
    NTV2FrameRate   frameRate   (NTV2_FRAMERATE_INVALID);
    NTV2AudioRate   audioRate   (NTV2_AUDIO_RATE_INVALID);
    ULWord          numChannels (0);

    mDevice.GetFrameRate (frameRate, mConfig.fOutputChannel);
    mDevice.GetAudioRate (audioRate, mAudioSystem);
    mDevice.GetNumberAudioChannels (numChannels, mAudioSystem);

    //  Set per-channel tone frequencies...
    double  pFrequencies [kNumAudioChannelsMax];
    pFrequencies[0] = (mToneFrequency / 2.0);
    for (ULWord chan(1);  chan < numChannels;  chan++)
        //  The 1.154782 value is the 16th root of 10, to ensure that if mToneFrequency is 2000,
        //  that the calculated frequency of audio channel 16 will be 20kHz...
        pFrequencies[chan] = pFrequencies[chan-1] * 1.154782;

    //  Since audio on AJA devices use fixed sample rates (typically 48KHz), certain video frame rates will
    //  necessarily result in some frames having more audio samples than others. GetAudioSamplesPerFrame is
    //  called to calculate the correct sample count for the current frame...
    const ULWord    numSamples      (::GetAudioSamplesPerFrame (frameRate, audioRate, mCurrentFrame));
    const double    sampleRateHertz (::GetAudioSamplesPerSecond(audioRate));

    return ::AddAudioTone ( inFrameData.AudioBuffer(),  //  audio buffer to fill
                            mCurrentSample,             //  which sample for continuing the waveform
                            numSamples,                 //  number of samples to generate
                            sampleRateHertz,            //  sample rate [Hz]
                            gAmplitudes,                //  per-channel amplitudes
                            pFrequencies,               //  per-channel tone frequencies [Hz]
                            31,                         //  bits per sample
                            false,                      //  don't byte-swap
                            numChannels);               //  number of audio channels to generate
}   //  AddTone


void NTV2Player::GetACStatus (AUTOCIRCULATE_STATUS & outStatus)
{
    mDevice.AutoCirculateGetStatus (mConfig.fOutputChannel, outStatus);
}