1 files changed, 44 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/src/audio_core/sink/sink_details.cpp b/src/audio_core/sink/sink_details.cpp
index 67bdab779..b878bf23f 100644
--- a/src/audio_core/sink/sink_details.cpp
+++ b/src/audio_core/sink/sink_details.cpp
@@ -21,58 +21,80 @@ namespace {
 struct SinkDetails {
     using FactoryFn = std::unique_ptr<Sink> (*)(std::string_view);
     using ListDevicesFn = std::vector<std::string> (*)(bool);
+    using LatencyFn = u32 (*)();
 
     /// Name for this sink.
-    const char* id;
+    std::string_view id;
     /// A method to call to construct an instance of this type of sink.
     FactoryFn factory;
     /// A method to call to list available devices.
     ListDevicesFn list_devices;
+    /// Method to get the latency of this backend.
+    LatencyFn latency;
 };
 
 // sink_details is ordered in terms of desirability, with the best choice at the top.
 constexpr SinkDetails sink_details[] = {
 #ifdef HAVE_CUBEB
-    SinkDetails{"cubeb",
-                [](std::string_view device_id) -> std::unique_ptr<Sink> {
-                    return std::make_unique<CubebSink>(device_id);
-                },
-                &ListCubebSinkDevices},
+    SinkDetails{
+        "cubeb",
+        [](std::string_view device_id) -> std::unique_ptr<Sink> {
+            return std::make_unique<CubebSink>(device_id);
+        },
+        &ListCubebSinkDevices,
+        &GetCubebLatency,
+    },
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_SDL2
-    SinkDetails{"sdl2",
-                [](std::string_view device_id) -> std::unique_ptr<Sink> {
-                    return std::make_unique<SDLSink>(device_id);
-                },
-                &ListSDLSinkDevices},
+    SinkDetails{
+        "sdl",
+        [](std::string_view device_id) -> std::unique_ptr<Sink> {
+            return std::make_unique<SDLSink>(device_id);
+        },
+        &ListSDLSinkDevices,
+        &GetSDLLatency,
+    },
 #endif
     SinkDetails{"null",
                 [](std::string_view device_id) -> std::unique_ptr<Sink> {
                     return std::make_unique<NullSink>(device_id);
                 },
-                [](bool capture) { return std::vector<std::string>{"null"}; }},
+                [](bool capture) { return std::vector<std::string>{"null"}; }, []() { return 0u; }},
 };
 
 const SinkDetails& GetOutputSinkDetails(std::string_view sink_id) {
-    auto iter =
-        std::find_if(std::begin(sink_details), std::end(sink_details),
-                     [sink_id](const auto& sink_detail) { return sink_detail.id == sink_id; });
+    const auto find_backend{[](std::string_view id) {
+        return std::find_if(std::begin(sink_details), std::end(sink_details),
+                            [&id](const auto& sink_detail) { return sink_detail.id == id; });
+    }};
 
-    if (sink_id == "auto" || iter == std::end(sink_details)) {
-        if (sink_id != "auto") {
-            LOG_ERROR(Audio, "Invalid sink_id {}", sink_id);
+    auto iter = find_backend(sink_id);
+
+    if (sink_id == "auto") {
+        // Auto-select a backend. Prefer CubeB, but it may report a large minimum latency which
+        // causes audio issues, in that case go with SDL.
+#if defined(HAVE_CUBEB) && defined(HAVE_SDL2)
+        iter = find_backend("cubeb");
+        if (iter->latency() > TargetSampleCount * 3) {
+            iter = find_backend("sdl");
         }
-        // Auto-select.
-        // sink_details is ordered in terms of desirability, with the best choice at the front.
+#else
         iter = std::begin(sink_details);
+#endif
+        LOG_INFO(Service_Audio, "Auto-selecting the {} backend", iter->id);
+    }
+
+    if (iter == std::end(sink_details)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Audio, "Invalid sink_id {}", sink_id);
+        iter = find_backend("null");
     }
 
     return *iter;
 }
 } // Anonymous namespace
 
-std::vector<const char*> GetSinkIDs() {
-    std::vector<const char*> sink_ids(std::size(sink_details));
+std::vector<std::string_view> GetSinkIDs() {
+    std::vector<std::string_view> sink_ids(std::size(sink_details));
 
     std::transform(std::begin(sink_details), std::end(sink_details), std::begin(sink_ids),
                    [](const auto& sink) { return sink.id; });