"LOG_H" is a macro which is also used by ffmpeg/log.h. This is
ffmpeg's fault, because short macros should be reserved for
applications, but since it's always a good idea to choose prefixed
macro names, even for applications, we are going to do that in MPD.
pause() puts the audio output into pause mode: if supported, it may
perform a special action, which keeps the device open, but does not
play anything. Output plugins like "shout" might want to play silence
during pause, so their clients won't be disconnected. Plugins which
do not support pausing will simply be closed, and have to be reopened
when unpaused.
This pach includes an implementation for the shout plugin, which
sends silence chunks.
During debugging, I found a deadlock between flushAudioBuffer() and
the audio_output_task(): audio_output_task() didn't notice that there
is a command, and flushAudioBuffer() waited forever in notify_wait().
I am not sure yet what is the real cause; work around this for now by
waking up non-finished audio outputs in every iteration.
Send an output buffer to all output plugins at the same time, instead
of waiting for each of them separately. Make several functions
non-blocking, and introduce the new function audio_output_wait_all()
to synchronize with all audio output threads.