[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main/DOCS sound.html,1.57,1.58 faq.html,1.116,1.117
Diego Biurrun CVS
diego at mplayerhq.hu
Fri Jan 3 23:56:33 CET 2003
Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS
In directory mail:/var/tmp.root/cvs-serv18362/DOCS
Modified Files:
sound.html faq.html
Log Message:
We now have -ao esd.
Index: sound.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/sound.html,v
retrieving revision 1.57
retrieving revision 1.58
diff -u -r1.57 -r1.58
--- sound.html 3 Jan 2003 22:29:16 -0000 1.57
+++ sound.html 3 Jan 2003 22:56:18 -0000 1.58
@@ -17,16 +17,31 @@
<P>MPlayer's audio interface is called <I>libao2</I>. It currently
contains these drivers:</P>
-<TABLE BORDER="0">
- <TR><TD COLSPAN=4><P><B>General:</B></P></TD></TR>
- <TR><TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>oss</TD><TD> </TD><TD>OSS (ioctl) driver (supports hardware AC3 passthrough)</TD></TR>
- <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>sdl</TD><TD></TD><TD>SDL driver (supports <B>ESD</B>, <B>ARTS</B> etc)</TD></TR>
- <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>nas</TD><TD></TD><TD>NAS (Network Audio System) driver</TD></TR>
- <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>alsa5</TD><TD></TD><TD>native ALSA 0.5 driver</TD></TR>
- <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>alsa9</TD><TD></TD><TD>native ALSA 0.9 driver (supports hardware AC3 passthrough)</TD></TR>
- <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>sun</TD><TD></TD><TD>SUN audio driver (<CODE>/dev/audio</CODE>) for BSD and Solaris8 users</TD></TR>
- <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>arts</TD><TD></TD><TD>native ARTS driver (mostly for KDE users)</TD></TR>
-</TABLE>
+<DL>
+ <DT>oss</DT>
+ <DD>OSS (ioctl) driver (supports hardware AC3 passthrough)</DD>
+
+ <DT>sdl</DT>
+ <DD>SDL driver (supports <B>ESD</B>, <B>ARTS</B> etc)</DD>
+
+ <DT>nas</DT>
+ <DD>NAS (Network Audio System) driver</DD>
+
+ <DT>alsa5</DT>
+ <DD>native ALSA 0.5 driver</DD>
+
+ <DT>alsa9</DT>
+ <DD>native ALSA 0.9 driver (supports hardware AC3 passthrough)</DD>
+
+ <DT>sun</DT>
+ <DD>SUN audio driver (<CODE>/dev/audio</CODE>) for BSD and Solaris8 users</DD>
+
+ <DT>arts</DT>
+ <DD>native ARTS driver (mostly for KDE users)</DD>
+
+ <DT>esd</DT>
+ <DD>native ESD driver (mostly for GNOME users)</DD>
+</DL>
<P>Fact is, Linux sound card drivers have compatibility problems. The cause
is that MPlayer uses a feature that well coded audio drivers implement to
@@ -77,7 +92,7 @@
<TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>no driver</TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD>Driver:</TD><TD><A HREF="http://aureal.sourceforge.net">aureal.sourceforge.net</A></TD></TR>
- <TR><TD></TD><TD>Driver2:</TD><TD> from <A HREF="http://makacs.poliod.hu/~pontscho/aureal/au88xx-1.1.3.tar.bz2">Pontscho's page</A><BR>
+ <TR><TD></TD><TD>Driver2:</TD><TD> from <A HREF="http://makacs.poliod.hu/~pontscho/aureal/au88xx-1.1.3.tar.bz2">Pontscho's page</A>
(<I>buffer size increased to 32k</I>)</TD></TR>
<TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>GUS PnP</B></TD></TR>
@@ -141,12 +156,6 @@
generally beneficial and described in more detail in the
<A HREF="cd-dvd.html#drives">CD-ROM section</A>.</P>
-<P>Sharing your sound card with another application like XMMS is <B>strongly
- discouraged</B>! If the other sound application is using ESD, start
- MPlayer with the <CODE>-vo sdl:esd</CODE> option to combine both
- sound streams. In fact, the option <CODE>-vo sdl:esd</CODE> could be used
- with ESD even when playing MPlayer alone.</P>
-
<P>Feedback to this document is welcome. Please tell us how MPlayer
and your sound card(s) worked together.</P>
@@ -208,7 +217,6 @@
<DD>Use no automatic insertion of filters and no optimization. Warning: It
may be possible to crash MPlayer using this setting.</DD>
</DL>
-
</DD>
<DT><CODE>list</CODE></DT>
Index: faq.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.116
retrieving revision 1.117
diff -u -r1.116 -r1.117
--- faq.html 28 Oct 2002 00:23:39 -0000 1.116
+++ faq.html 3 Jan 2003 22:56:18 -0000 1.117
@@ -558,9 +558,9 @@
Start playing...
</PRE>
</DT>
- <DD>A: Are you running KDE or GNOME with the arts or esd sound daemon? Try
- disabling the sound daemon, or use the <CODE>-ao arts</CODE> switch to make
- MPlayer use arts.</DD>
+ <DD>A: Are you running KDE or GNOME with the ARTS or ESD sound daemon? Try
+ disabling the sound daemon or use the <CODE>-ao arts</CODE> or
+ <CODE>-ao esd</CODE> switch to make MPlayer use ARTS or ESD.</DD>
<DD> </DD>
<DT>Q: What about the DGA driver? I can't find it!</DT>
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