wasapisrc: can't negotiate with microphone array

Describe your issue

On certain PC configurations, specifically a laptop that uses a "Realtek Microphone Array", wasapisrc fails to negotiate/start streaming even with the simplest pipeline (wasapisrc ! fakesink).

Expected Behavior

Audio/microphone streaming should work with wasapisrc for microphone arrays.

Observed Behavior

Error output with debug:

>set GST_DEBUG=*:2,wasapisrc:6
>gst-launch-1.0.exe wasapisrc ! audio/x-raw ! fakesink
0:00:00.052790700  3968 0000000003261360 DEBUG              wasapisrc gstwasapisrc.c:357:gst_wasapi_src_get_caps:<wasapisrc0> entering get caps
0:00:00.058956500  3968 0000000003261360 DEBUG              wasapisrc gstwasapisrc.c:409:gst_wasapi_src_get_caps:<wasapisrc0> returning caps audio/x-raw, format=(string){ F64LE, F64BE, F32LE, F32BE, S32LE, S32BE, U32LE, U32BE, S24_32LE, S24_32BE, U24_32LE, U24_32BE, S24LE, S24BE, U24LE, U24BE, S20LE, S20BE, U20LE, U20BE, S18LE, S18BE, U18LE, U18BE, S16LE, S16BE, U16LE, U16BE, S8, U8 }, layout=(string)interleaved, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ]
0:00:00.075215400  3968 0000000003261360 DEBUG              wasapisrc gstwasapisrc.c:357:gst_wasapi_src_get_caps:<wasapisrc0> entering get caps
0:00:00.081403400  3968 0000000003261360 DEBUG              wasapisrc gstwasapisrc.c:409:gst_wasapi_src_get_caps:<wasapisrc0> returning caps audio/x-raw, format=(string){ F64LE, F64BE, F32LE, F32BE, S32LE, S32BE, U32LE, U32BE, S24_32LE, S24_32BE, U24_32LE, U24_32BE, S24LE, S24BE, U24LE, U24BE, S20LE, S20BE, U20LE, U20BE, S18LE, S18BE, U18LE, U18BE, S16LE, S16BE, U16LE, U16BE, S8, U8 }, layout=(string)interleaved, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ]
0:00:00.093858400  3968 0000000003261360 DEBUG              wasapisrc gstwasapisrc.c:357:gst_wasapi_src_get_caps:<wasapisrc0> entering get caps
0:00:00.102311700  3968 0000000003261360 DEBUG              wasapisrc gstwasapisrc.c:409:gst_wasapi_src_get_caps:<wasapisrc0> returning caps audio/x-raw, format=(string){ F64LE, F64BE, F32LE, F32BE, S32LE, S32BE, U32LE, U32BE, S24_32LE, S24_32BE, U24_32LE, U24_32BE, S24LE, S24BE, U24LE, U24BE, S20LE, S20BE, U20LE, U20BE, S18LE, S18BE, U18LE, U18BE, S16LE, S16BE, U16LE, U16BE, S8, U8 }, layout=(string)interleaved, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ]
Use Windows high-resolution clock, precision: 1 ms
Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
Pipeline is live and does not need PREROLL ...
0:00:00.128832000  3968 0000000003269500 DEBUG              wasapisrc gstwasapisrc.c:357:gst_wasapi_src_get_caps:<wasapisrc0> entering get caps
Got message #9 from element "fakesink0" (state-changed): 0:00:00.136763200  3968 0000000003269500 INFO               wasapisrc gstwasapisrc.c:392:gst_wasapi_src_get_caps:<wasapisrc0> positions are: [ NONE NONE NONE NONE ]
GstMessageStateChanged, old-state=(GstState)null, new-state=(GstState)ready, pending-state=(GstState)void-pending;
0:00:00.142016900  3968 0000000003269500 DEBUG              wasapisrc gstwasapisrc.c:409:gst_wasapi_src_get_caps:<wasapisrc0> returning caps audio/x-raw, format=(string)F32LE, layout=(string)interleaved, rate=(int)48000, channels=(int)4
Got message #10 from element "capsfilter0" (state-changed): ERROR: from element /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstWasapiSrc:wasapisrc0: Internal data stream error.
Additional debug info:
../libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c(3127): gst_base_src_loop (): /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstWasapiSrc:wasapisrc0:
streaming stopped, reason not-negotiated (-4)
GstMessageStateChanged, old-state=(GstState)null, new-state=(GstState)ready, pending-state=(GstState)void-pending;
ERROR: pipeline doesn't want to preroll.
Got message #11 from element "wasapisrc0" (state-changed): GstMessageStateChanged, old-state=(GstState)null, new-state=(GstState)ready, pending-state=(GstState)void-pending;
Setting pipeline to NULL ...
Freeing pipeline ...

Setup

Operating System: Windows 10
Device: Computer: Laptop (Panasonic Toughbook FZ-55)
GStreamer Version: v1.20.2
Command line: wasapisrc ! fakesink

Steps to reproduce the bug

Acquire PC with a microphone array.
Run the launchline wasapisrc ! fakesink.
Observe error log; pipeline fails to start.

How reproducible is the bug?

Always

Solutions you have tried

These pipelines also fail:

autoaudiosrc ! fakesink
wasapisrc ! audioresample ! audioconvert ! autoaudiosink
directsoundsrc device="\{0D7BE1C4-C337-4A7D-8720-FE31408BA7AA\}" ! fakesink

Additional Information

device-monitor output

Device found:

        name  : Microphone Array (Realtek(R) Audio)
        class : Audio/Source
        caps  : audio/x-raw, format={ (string)S16LE, (string)S8 }, layout=interleaved, rate=[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=[ 1, 2 ]
        properties:
                device.api = directsound
                device.guid = "\{0D7BE1C4-C337-4A7D-8720-FE31408BA7AA\}"
                directsound.device.driver = "\{0.0.1.00000000\}.\{0d7be1c4-c337-4a7d-8720-fe31408ba7aa\}"
                directsound.device.description = "Microphone\ Array\ \(Realtek\(R\)\ Audio\)"
        gst-launch-1.0 directsoundsrc device="\{0D7BE1C4-C337-4A7D-8720-FE31408BA7AA\}" ! ...


Device found:

        name  : Microphone Array (Realtek(R) Audio)
        class : Audio/Source
        caps  : audio/x-raw, format=F32LE, layout=interleaved, rate=48000, channels=4
        properties:
                device.api = wasapi
                device.strid = "\{0.0.1.00000000\}.\{0d7be1c4-c337-4a7d-8720-fe31408ba7aa\}"
                wasapi.device.description = "Microphone\ Array\ \(Realtek\(R\)\ Audio\)"
        gst-launch-1.0 wasapisrc device="\{0.0.1.00000000\}.\{0d7be1c4-c337-4a7d-8720-fe31408ba7aa\}" ! ...

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