Add submenu to set prebuffering amount, including none etc

Source/PluginEditor.cpp

@@ -225,6 +225,16 @@ void PaulstretchpluginAudioProcessorEditor::showSettingsMenu()
 	PopupMenu menu;
 	menu.addItem(1, "Play when host transport running", true, processor.m_play_when_host_plays);
 	menu.addItem(2, "Capture when host transport running", true, processor.m_capture_when_host_plays);
+	//menu.addItem(3, "Prebuffering", true, processor.m_use_backgroundbuffering);
+    PopupMenu bufferingmenu;
+    int curbufamount = processor.getPreBufferAmount();
+    bufferingmenu.addItem(100,"None",true,curbufamount == -1);
+    bufferingmenu.addItem(101,"Small",true,curbufamount == 1);
+    bufferingmenu.addItem(102,"Medium",true,curbufamount == 2);
+    bufferingmenu.addItem(103,"Large",true,curbufamount == 3);
+    bufferingmenu.addItem(104,"Very large",true,curbufamount == 4);
+    bufferingmenu.addItem(105,"Huge",true,curbufamount == 5);
+    menu.addSubMenu("Prebuffering", bufferingmenu);
     int r = menu.show();
 	if (r == 1)
 	{
@@ -234,6 +244,13 @@ void PaulstretchpluginAudioProcessorEditor::showSettingsMenu()
 	{
 		processor.m_capture_when_host_plays = !processor.m_capture_when_host_plays;
 	}
+    if (r >= 100 && r < 200)
+    {
+        if (r == 100)
+            processor.m_use_backgroundbuffering = false;
+        if (r > 100)
+            processor.setPreBufferAmount(r-100);
+    }
 }
 
 WaveformComponent::WaveformComponent(AudioFormatManager* afm)

Source/PluginProcessor.cpp

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ PaulstretchpluginAudioProcessor::PaulstretchpluginAudioProcessor()
 		m_afm->registerBasicFormats();
 	m_stretch_source = std::make_unique<StretchAudioSource>(2, m_afm);
 	
-	setPreBufferAmount(2);
+	
 	m_ppar.pitch_shift.enabled = true;
 	m_ppar.freq_shift.enabled = true;
 	m_ppar.filter.enabled = true;
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ PaulstretchpluginAudioProcessor::PaulstretchpluginAudioProcessor()
 	addParameter(m_outchansparam); // 27
 	addParameter(new AudioParameterBool("pause_enabled0", "Pause", false)); // 28
 	addParameter(new AudioParameterFloat("maxcapturelen_0", "Max capture length", 1.0f, 120.0f, 10.0f)); // 29
+	setPreBufferAmount(2);
     startTimer(1, 50);
 }
 
@@ -159,10 +160,19 @@ PaulstretchpluginAudioProcessor::~PaulstretchpluginAudioProcessor()
 void PaulstretchpluginAudioProcessor::setPreBufferAmount(int x)
 {
 	int temp = jlimit(0, 5, x);
-	if (temp != m_prebuffer_amount)
+	if (temp != m_prebuffer_amount || m_use_backgroundbuffering == false)
 	{
+        m_use_backgroundbuffering = true;
         m_prebuffer_amount = temp;
 		m_recreate_buffering_source = true;
+        ScopedLock locker(m_cs);
+        m_ready_to_play = false;
+        m_cur_num_out_chans = *m_outchansparam;
+        //Logger::writeToLog("Switching to use " + String(m_cur_num_out_chans) + " out channels");
+        String err;
+        startplay({ *getFloatParameter(cpi_soundstart),*getFloatParameter(cpi_soundend) },
+                  m_cur_num_out_chans, m_curmaxblocksize, err);
+        m_ready_to_play = true;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -432,7 +442,7 @@ void PaulstretchpluginAudioProcessor::processBlock (AudioSampleBuffer& buffer, M
 	m_stretch_source->setPaused(getParameter(cpi_pause_enabled));
 	m_stretch_source->setProcessParameters(&m_ppar);
 	AudioSourceChannelInfo aif(buffer);
-	if (isNonRealtime())
+	if (isNonRealtime() || m_use_backgroundbuffering == false)
 	{
 		m_stretch_source->getNextAudioBlock(aif);
 	}
@@ -485,6 +495,10 @@ void PaulstretchpluginAudioProcessor::getStateInformation (MemoryBlock& destData
 	{
 		paramtree.setProperty("specorder" + String(i), specorder[i], nullptr);
 	}
+    if (m_use_backgroundbuffering)
+        paramtree.setProperty("prebufamount", m_prebuffer_amount, nullptr);
+	else
+        paramtree.setProperty("prebufamount", -1, nullptr);
     MemoryOutputStream stream(destData,true);
 	paramtree.writeToStream(stream);
 }
@@ -519,6 +533,11 @@ void PaulstretchpluginAudioProcessor::setStateInformation (const void* data, int
 				*m_outchansparam = tree.getProperty(m_outchansparam->paramID, 2);
 
 		}
+        int prebufamt = tree.getProperty("prebufamount", 2);
+        if (prebufamt==-1)
+            m_use_backgroundbuffering = false;
+        else
+            setPreBufferAmount(prebufamt);
 		String fn = tree.getProperty("importedfile");
 		if (fn.isEmpty() == false)
 		{

Source/PluginProcessor.h

@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ public:
 	AudioPlayHead::CurrentPositionInfo m_playposinfo;
 	bool m_play_when_host_plays = false;
 	bool m_capture_when_host_plays = false;
+    bool m_use_backgroundbuffering = true;
+    void setPreBufferAmount(int x);
+    int getPreBufferAmount()
+    {
+        if (m_use_backgroundbuffering==false)
+            return -1;
+        return m_prebuffer_amount;
+    }
 private:
 	
 	
@@ -164,7 +172,7 @@ private:
 	double m_last_in_pos = 0.0;
 	std::vector<int> m_bufamounts{ 4096,8192,16384,32768,65536,262144 };
 	ProcessParameters m_ppar;
-	void setPreBufferAmount(int x);
+	
 	void setFFTSize(double size);
 	void startplay(Range<double> playrange, int numoutchans, int maxBlockSize, String& err);
 	SharedResourcePointer<MyThumbCache> m_thumbcache;