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authordiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2005-02-01 13:07:00 +0000
committerdiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2005-02-01 13:07:00 +0000
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Updated the outdated audio section somewhat.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@14633 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
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-rw-r--r--DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml34
-rw-r--r--DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml1
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml
index c22d04c0ae..3373c8a6aa 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml
@@ -33,17 +33,14 @@ If you happen to have a bad audio driver, try the <option>-autosync</option>
option, it should sort out your problems. See the man page for detailed
information.
</para>
+</sect2>
-<itemizedlist>
-<title>Some notes:</title>
-<listitem><para>
- If you have an OSS driver, first try <option>-ao oss</option> (this is
- the default). If you experience glitches, halts or anything out of the
- ordinary, try <option>-ao sdl</option> (NOTE: you need to have SDL libraries
- and header files installed). The SDL audio driver helps in a lot of cases
- and also supports ESD (GNOME) and ARTS (KDE).
- </para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>
+<sect2 id="troubleshooting">
+<title>Troubleshooting</title>
+
+<para>Some notes:</para>
+
+<para>
If you have ALSA version 0.5, then you almost always have to use
<option>-ao alsa5</option>, since ALSA 0.5 has buggy OSS emulation code,
and will <emphasis role="bold">crash <application>MPlayer</application></emphasis>
@@ -51,18 +48,11 @@ information.
<screen>
DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!<!--
--></screen>
- </para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>
- On Solaris, use the SUN audio driver with the <option>-ao sun</option> option,
- otherwise neither video nor audio will work.
- </para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>
- If the sound clicks when playing from CD-ROM, turn on IRQ unmasking, e.g.
- <command>hdparm -u1 /dev/cdrom</command> (<command>man hdparm</command>).
- This is generally beneficial and described in more detail in the
- <link linkend="drives">CD-ROM</link> section.
- </para></listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
+</para>
+<para>
+ If the sound clicks when playing from CD-ROM, turn on IRQ unmasking as
+ described in the <link linkend="drives">CD-ROM</link> section.
+</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="experiences">
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml
index 8a4c48c209..6020cd5a20 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ See the <link linkend="macos">Mac OS</link> section.
<title>Sun Solaris</title>
<para>
<application>MPlayer</application> should work on Solaris 2.6 or newer.
+Use the SUN audio driver with the <option>-ao sun</option> option for sound.
</para>
<para>