ao_coreaudio: stop audio unit after idle timeout

Commit 39f7f83 changed ao_driver.reset to use AudioUnitReset instead of
AudioOutputUnitStop. The problem with calling AudioOutputUnitStop was
that AudioOutputUnitStart takes a significant amount of time after a
stop when a wireless audio device is being used. This resulted in
lagging that was noticeable to users during seeking and short
pause/resume cycles. Switching to AudioUnitReset eliminated this
lagging.

However with the switch to AudioUnitReset the macOS daemon coreaudiod
continued to consume CPU time and did not release a powerd assertion
that it created on behalf of mpv, preventing macOS from sleeping.

This commit will change ao_coreaudio.reset to call AudioOutputUnitStop
after a delay if playback has not resumed. This preserves the faster
restart of playback for seeking and short pause/resume cycles and avoids
preventing sleep and needless CPU consumption.

Fixes #11617

The code changes were authored by @orion1vi and @lhc70000.

Co-authored-by: Collider LI <lhc199652@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 79 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/audio/out/ao_coreaudio.c b/audio/out/ao_coreaudio.c
index 37f1313ca5..4d983faba3 100644
--- a/audio/out/ao_coreaudio.c
+++ b/audio/out/ao_coreaudio.c
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 #include "ao_coreaudio_properties.h"
 #include "ao_coreaudio_utils.h"
 
+// The timeout for stopping the audio unit after being reset. This allows the
+// device to sleep after playback paused. The duration is chosen to match the
+// behavior of AVFoundation.
+#define IDLE_TIME 7 * NSEC_PER_SEC
+
 struct priv {
     AudioDeviceID device;
     AudioUnit audio_unit;
@@ -37,6 +42,10 @@ struct priv {
     AudioStreamID original_asbd_stream;
 
     bool change_physical_format;
+
+    // Block that is executed after `IDLE_TIME` to stop audio output unit.
+    dispatch_block_t idle_work;
+    dispatch_queue_t queue;
 };
 
 static int64_t ca_get_hardware_latency(struct ao *ao) {
@@ -166,6 +175,9 @@ static int init(struct ao *ao)
     if (!init_audiounit(ao, asbd))
         goto coreaudio_error;
 
+    p->queue = dispatch_queue_create("io.mpv.coreaudio_stop_during_idle",
+                                     DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
+
     return CONTROL_OK;
 
 coreaudio_error:
@@ -320,24 +332,89 @@ coreaudio_error:
     return false;
 }
 
-static void reset(struct ao *ao)
+static void stop(struct ao *ao)
+{
+    struct priv *p = ao->priv;
+    OSStatus err = AudioOutputUnitStop(p->audio_unit);
+    CHECK_CA_WARN("can't stop audio unit");
+}
+
+static void cancel_and_release_idle_work(struct priv *p)
+{
+    if (!p->idle_work)
+        return;
+
+    dispatch_block_cancel(p->idle_work);
+    Block_release(p->idle_work);
+    p->idle_work = NULL;
+}
+
+static void stop_after_idle_time(struct ao *ao)
+{
+    struct priv *p = ao->priv;
+
+    cancel_and_release_idle_work(p);
+
+    p->idle_work = dispatch_block_create(0, ^{
+        MP_VERBOSE(ao, "Stopping audio unit due to idle timeout\n");
+        stop(ao);
+    });
+
+    dispatch_after(dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, IDLE_TIME),
+                   p->queue, p->idle_work);
+}
+
+static void _reset(void *_ao)
 {
+    struct ao *ao = (struct ao *)_ao;
     struct priv *p = ao->priv;
     OSStatus err = AudioUnitReset(p->audio_unit, kAudioUnitScope_Global, 0);
     CHECK_CA_WARN("can't reset audio unit");
+
+    // Until the audio unit is stopped the macOS daemon coreaudiod continues to
+    // consume CPU and prevent macOS from sleeping. Immediately stopping the
+    // audio unit would be disruptive for short pause/resume cycles as
+    // restarting the audio unit takes a noticeable amount of time when a
+    // wireless audio device is being used. Instead the audio unit is stopped
+    // after a delay if it remains idle.
+    stop_after_idle_time(ao);
 }
 
-static void start(struct ao *ao)
+static void reset(struct ao *ao)
+{
+    struct priv *p = ao->priv;
+    // Must dispatch to serialize reset, start and stop operations.
+    dispatch_sync_f(p->queue, ao, &_reset);
+}
+
+static void _start(void *_ao)
 {
+    struct ao *ao = (struct ao *)_ao;
     struct priv *p = ao->priv;
+
+    if (p->idle_work)
+        dispatch_block_cancel(p->idle_work);
+
     OSStatus err = AudioOutputUnitStart(p->audio_unit);
     CHECK_CA_WARN("can't start audio unit");
 }
 
+static void start(struct ao *ao)
+{
+    struct priv *p = ao->priv;
+    // Must dispatch to serialize reset, start and stop operations.
+    dispatch_sync_f(p->queue, ao, &_start);
+}
 
 static void uninit(struct ao *ao)
 {
     struct priv *p = ao->priv;
+
+    dispatch_sync(p->queue, ^{
+        cancel_and_release_idle_work(p);
+    });
+    dispatch_release(p->queue);
+
     AudioOutputUnitStop(p->audio_unit);
     AudioUnitUninitialize(p->audio_unit);
     AudioComponentInstanceDispose(p->audio_unit);