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authorwm4 <wm4@nowhere>2016-01-20 17:14:04 +0100
committerwm4 <wm4@nowhere>2016-01-20 17:14:04 +0100
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audio: change downmix behavior, add --audio-normalize-downmix
This is probably the 3rd time the user-visible behavior changes. This time, switch back because not normalizing seems to be the more expected behavior from users.
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diff --git a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
index d460572e72..fdfd05f961 100644
--- a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
+++ b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Interface changes
--- mpv 0.16.0 ---
- change --audio-channels default to stereo (use --audio-channels=auto to
get the old default)
+ - add --audio-normalize-downmix
+ - change the default downmix behavior (--audio-normalize-downmix=yes to get
+ the old default)
--- mpv 0.15.0 ---
- change "yadif" video filter defaults
--- mpv 0.14.0 ---
diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index c76559c3c0..ddc4f82979 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -1129,6 +1129,16 @@ Audio
channel layout, random things can happen, such as dropping the
additional channels, or adding noise.
+``--audio-normalize-downmix=<yes|no>``
+ Enable/disable normalization if surround audio is downmixed to stereo
+ (default: no). If this is disabled, downmix can cause clipping. If it's
+ enabled, the output might be too silent. It depends on the source audio.
+
+ Technically, this changes the ``normalize`` suboption of the
+ ``lavrresample`` audio filter, which performs the downmixing.
+
+ If downmix happens outside of mpv for some reason, this has no effect.
+
``--audio-display=<no|attachment>``
Setting this option to ``attachment`` (default) will display image
attachments (e.g. album cover art) when playing audio files. It will