From 5fe59d350c085fb42dc4ab15cbd7d6e4326a7f69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seb3thehacker <xnrcams3@anonaddy.me>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:31:03 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] wireless: send about a third of the cable bitrate at 30fps,
 so the video keeps up and the music stops cutting out

---
 .../seb3thehacker/gearslip/GearslipActivity.kt   |  1 +
 .../app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/GearslipRunner.kt |  6 +++++-
 .../app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/VideoSource.kt    | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/GearslipActivity.kt b/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/GearslipActivity.kt
index 0cb49cb..2f8ee50 100644
--- a/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/GearslipActivity.kt
+++ b/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/GearslipActivity.kt
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ class GearslipActivity : ComponentActivity(), Projection {
             identityProvider = { CertProvider.load(this) },
             projection = this,
             vehicleProfileFor = { info -> VehicleProfiles.find(VehicleProfiles.load(this), info) },
+            wireless = true,
         )
         this.runner = runner
         worker = Thread { runner.run() }.apply { name = "gearslip"; start() }
diff --git a/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/GearslipRunner.kt b/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/GearslipRunner.kt
index c48df78..f9ca071 100644
--- a/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/GearslipRunner.kt
+++ b/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/GearslipRunner.kt
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ class GearslipRunner(
     private val identityProvider: () -> CertProvider.Identity,
     private val projection: Projection? = null,
     private val vehicleProfileFor: (ServiceDiscovery.HeadUnitInfo) -> VehicleProfile? = { null },
+    /** Over Wi-Fi rather than USB: the video is sent smaller so the link keeps up. */
+    private val wireless: Boolean = false,
 ) {
     private val log = GearslipLog.tagged("PROTO")
 
@@ -943,8 +945,10 @@ class GearslipRunner(
         videoSource = VideoSource(
             width = width,
             height = height,
-            frameRate = if (config.frameRate == 1) 60 else 30,
+            // 60fps only over a cable: over Wi-Fi it doubles the data for little the driver sees.
+            frameRate = if (config.frameRate == 1 && !wireless) 60 else 30,
             mode = if (useProjection) VideoSource.Mode.SURFACE else VideoSource.Mode.TEST_CARD,
+            wireless = wireless,
             onCodecConfig = { csd ->
                 lastCodecConfig = csd
                 send(MSG_MEDIA_CODEC_CONFIG, csd, encrypted = true, channel = videoChannelId)
diff --git a/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/VideoSource.kt b/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/VideoSource.kt
index 02b74f4..685ab75 100644
--- a/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/VideoSource.kt
+++ b/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/VideoSource.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ class VideoSource(
     private val height: Int,
     private val frameRate: Int,
     private val mode: Mode = Mode.TEST_CARD,
+    /** Over Wi-Fi: a fraction of the cable bitrate, so the link keeps up and sound isn't starved. */
+    private val wireless: Boolean = false,
     private val onCodecConfig: (ByteArray) -> Unit,
     private val onFrame: (data: ByteArray, presentationTimeUs: Long, keyFrame: Boolean) -> Unit,
 ) {
@@ -46,7 +48,9 @@ class VideoSource(
 
     fun start() {
         val level = levelFor(width, height, frameRate)
-        val bitRate = defaultBitRate(width, height, frameRate, level)
+        val bitRate = defaultBitRate(width, height, frameRate, level).let {
+            if (wireless) (it * WIRELESS_SHARE).toInt().coerceAtMost(WIRELESS_MAX_BIT_RATE) else it
+        }
         fun format(tuned: Boolean) = MediaFormat.createVideoFormat(MIME, width, height).apply {
             setInteger(
                 MediaFormat.KEY_COLOR_FORMAT,
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ class VideoSource(
         codec = encoder
         running = true
 
-        log.i("encoder started: ${width}x$height @ ${frameRate}fps, ${bitRate / 1000} kbps, H.264 Baseline level ${level.label}, mode=$mode")
+        log.i("encoder started: ${width}x$height @ ${frameRate}fps, ${bitRate / 1000} kbps${if (wireless) " (wireless)" else ""}, H.264 Baseline level ${level.label}, mode=$mode")
 
         worker = Thread {
             runCatching { pump(encoder) }
@@ -258,6 +262,14 @@ class VideoSource(
             val rate = if (frameRate > 30) 1.5 else 1.0
             return (BASE_BIT_RATE * size * rate).toInt().coerceAtMost(minOf(level.maxBitRate, MAX_BIT_RATE))
         }
+        /**
+         * A car's Wi-Fi is shared, noisy and far slower than its nominal rate, and the sound rides
+         * the same link behind the video. Real Android Auto sends a few Mbps wirelessly; at the
+         * cable rate (15-20 Mbps for 720p) a laptop hotspot fell seconds behind and the music
+         * cut in and out. 720p30 comes out near 5.4 Mbps.
+         */
+        const val WIRELESS_SHARE = 0.35
+        const val WIRELESS_MAX_BIT_RATE = 8_000_000
         const val I_FRAME_INTERVAL_S = 5
         private const val REPEAT_AFTER_US = 100_000L