[MPlayer-DOCS] Fw: [MPlayer-users] documentation correction

[Oded Shimon]

On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 11:44:28PM +0200, Attila Kinali wrote:
> Catched on -users
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 17:39:43 -0400
> From: Robert Henney <robh at rut.org>
> To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu
> Subject: [MPlayer-users] documentation correction
> 
> 
> the man page (segment below) claims that when "nowaveheader" is
> supplied, then the default file will be named "audiodump.pcm".  This is
> incorrect, as the default filename is always "audiodump.wav",
> regardless.
> 
>        pcm
>               raw PCM/wave file writer audio output
>                  (no)waveheader
>                       Include  or do not include the wave header (default: in-
>                       cluded).  When not included, raw PCM will be  generated.
>                  file=<filename>
>                       Write the sound to <filename> instead of the default au-
>                       diodump.wav.  If nowaveheader is specified, the  default
>                       is audiodump.pcm.
> 
> ps. how would one get mplayer to play a raw PCM anyhow?

mplayer -demuxer rawaudio

default settings are almost always correct. more tweaking with
-rawaudio rate=44100:...

- ods15