Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] [PATCH] Update PortAudio v19 from 20071207 to 20111121

[Mark Brand]

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> This patch updates PortAudio to v19 20111121 from 20071207.  It also enables
> the WinMME host API, which can be used as a fallback when DirectSound does not
> work at runtime.
>
> My goal was really to enable Kernel Streaming and WASAPI host API support.
> However, I hit issues with them:
>
> 1. Kernel Streaming (wdmks) does not compile due to missing<ks.h>  pieces.  The
>     current mingw32-cross-env<ks.h>  contains almost nothing, it comes from
>     w32api-3.17-2-mingw32-dev.tar.lzma and there is no newer upstream version.
>     I noticed that mingw64 *does* have a full<ks.h>.  Any hints how to resolve
>     this in mingw32-cross-env?

Feel free to add a patch for ks.h. There is already something similar:
    w32api-2-directx-additions-for-qt.patch.

It would be nice to make it clear where it comes from, even if you just 
borrow it from mingw-w64.

> 2. WASAPI compiles fine but testing under Wine produces an internal PortAudio
>     initialization error.  Therefore I have left out WASAPI for now until I can
>     do more investigation and testing.

Any new insights? Does it work on Windows?

Should we wait to resolve these questions before updating portaudio?

Mark