[MPlayer-DOCS] [PATCH] update -channels to match observed behavior

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hi,
On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 10:17:24AM +0200, Guillaume POIRIER wrote:
> Thanks Corey for taking the time to investigate on this. I don't quite
> know what to do here. Should MPlayer behave as stated on the docs
> (because maybe there has been a regression lately, but MPlayer used to
> behave like the doc says), or should the doc be changed to reflect
> MPlayer's behaviour?
> 
> I truely don't know what do do about it.

Me neither (I was the one who "broke" it).
The problem with the stated (old) behaviour is that if you use filters like
surround, hrtf, channels etc. you never have a chance to get it to
behave correctly, since you set the number of channels at the beginning
and at the end of the filter chain at the same time - but they should be
different.
On the other hand, a lot of aos still react wrong when they are asked to
play 6 channel audio - and this is what MPlayer will currently do when
you pass it e.g. uncompressed 6 channel pcm.
I just can't think of a sane solution - except maybe adding yet another
options.

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger