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authorwm4 <wm4@nowhere>2016-09-05 21:07:34 +0200
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audio/out: deprecate "exclusive" sub-options
And introduce a global option which does this. Or more precisely, this deprecates the global wasapi and coreaudio options, and adds a new one that merges their functionality. (Due to the way the sub-option deprecation mechanism works, this is simpler.)
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manually. For example ``name/foobar`` forces the AO ``name`` to use the
device ``foobar``.
+``--audio-exclusive=<yes|no>``
+ Enable exclusive output mode. In this mode, the system is usually locked
+ out, and only mpv will be able to output audio.
+
+ This only works for some audio outputs, such as ``wasapi`` and
+ ``coreaudio``. Other audio outputs silently ignore this options. They either
+ have no concept of exclusive mode, or the mpv side of the implementation is
+ missing.
+
``--audio-fallback-to-null=<yes|no>``
If no audio device can be opened, behave as if ``--ao=null`` was given. This
is useful in combination with ``--audio-device``: instead of causing an