Index: DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1,v
retrieving revision 1.1161
diff -u -r1.1161 mplayer.1
--- DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	23 Nov 2005 00:27:25 -0000	1.1161
+++ DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	30 Nov 2005 21:58:28 -0000
@@ -3966,7 +3966,10 @@
 .RSs
 .IPs <g1>:<g2>:<g3>:...:<g10>
 floating point numbers representing the gain in dB
-for each frequency band (-12\-12)
+for each frequency band.
+Useful values are usually from -12 to 12.
+High values may cause out-of-range audio; if necessary, use the volume
+audio filter to reduce overall volume or use clipping.
 .RE
 .sp 1
 .RS
Index: libaf/af_equalizer.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/libaf/af_equalizer.c,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.5 af_equalizer.c
--- libaf/af_equalizer.c	27 Dec 2004 17:30:13 -0000	1.5
+++ libaf/af_equalizer.c	30 Nov 2005 21:58:30 -0000
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@
 */
 #define CF  	{31.25,62.5,125,250,500,1000,2000,4000,8000,16000}
 
-// Maximum and minimum gain for the bands
-#define G_MAX	+12.0
-#define G_MIN	-12.0	
-
 // Data for specific instances of this filter
 typedef struct af_equalizer_s
 {
@@ -116,7 +112,7 @@
     for(i=0;i<AF_NCH;i++){
       for(j=0;j<KM;j++){
 	((af_equalizer_t*)af->setup)->g[i][j] = 
-	  pow(10.0,clamp(g[j],G_MIN,G_MAX)/20.0)-1.0;
+	  pow(10.0,g[j]/20.0)-1.0;
       }
     }
     return AF_OK;
@@ -129,7 +125,7 @@
       return AF_ERROR;
 
     for(k = 0 ; k<KM ; k++)
-      s->g[ch][k] = pow(10.0,clamp(gain[k],G_MIN,G_MAX)/20.0)-1.0;
+      s->g[ch][k] = pow(10.0,gain[k]/20.0)-1.0;
 
     return AF_OK;
   }