This automatically sets the gamma option depending on lighting conditions
measured from the computer's ambient light sensor.
sRGB – arguably the “sibling” to BT.709 for still images – has a reference
viewing environment defined in its specification (IEC 61966-2-1:1999, see
http://www.color.org/chardata/rgb/srgb.xalter). According to this data, the
assumed ambient illuminance is 64 lux. This is the illuminance where the gamma
that results from ICC color management is correct.
On the other hand, BT.1886 formalizes that the gamma level for dim environments
to be 2.40, and Apple resources (WWDC12: 2012 Session 523: Best practices for
color management) define the BT.1886 dim at 16 lux.
So the logic we apply is:
* >= 64lux -> 1.961 gamma
* =< 16lux -> 2.400 gamma
* 16lux < x < 64lux -> logaritmic rescale of lux to gamma. The human
perception of illuminance roughly follows a logaritmic scale of lux [1].
[1]: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd319008%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
Instead of just failing during channel map selection, try to select a close
layout that makes most sense and upmix/downmix to that instead of failing AO
initialization. The heuristic is rather simple, and uses the following steps:
1) If mono is required always prefer stereo to a multichannel upmix.
2) Search for an upmix that is an exact superset of the required channel map.
3) Search for a downmix that is the exact subset of the required channel map.
4) Search for either an upmix or downmix that is the closest (minimum difference
of channels) to the required channel map.
Stefano Pigozzi