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diff --git a/DOCS/faq.html b/DOCS/faq.html index c3fd3b32a6..1bfa70e1d1 100644 --- a/DOCS/faq.html +++ b/DOCS/faq.html @@ -558,9 +558,9 @@ Start playing... </PRE> </DT> - <DD>A: Are you running KDE or GNOME with the arts or esd sound daemon? Try - disabling the sound daemon, or use the <CODE>-ao arts</CODE> switch to make - MPlayer use arts.</DD> + <DD>A: Are you running KDE or GNOME with the ARTS or ESD sound daemon? Try + disabling the sound daemon or use the <CODE>-ao arts</CODE> or + <CODE>-ao esd</CODE> switch to make MPlayer use ARTS or ESD.</DD> <DD> </DD> <DT>Q: What about the DGA driver? I can't find it!</DT> diff --git a/DOCS/sound.html b/DOCS/sound.html index ac439cd070..72de89f227 100644 --- a/DOCS/sound.html +++ b/DOCS/sound.html @@ -17,16 +17,31 @@ <P>MPlayer's audio interface is called <I>libao2</I>. It currently contains these drivers:</P> -<TABLE BORDER="0"> - <TR><TD COLSPAN=4><P><B>General:</B></P></TD></TR> - <TR><TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>oss</TD><TD> </TD><TD>OSS (ioctl) driver (supports hardware AC3 passthrough)</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>sdl</TD><TD></TD><TD>SDL driver (supports <B>ESD</B>, <B>ARTS</B> etc)</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>nas</TD><TD></TD><TD>NAS (Network Audio System) driver</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>alsa5</TD><TD></TD><TD>native ALSA 0.5 driver</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>alsa9</TD><TD></TD><TD>native ALSA 0.9 driver (supports hardware AC3 passthrough)</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>sun</TD><TD></TD><TD>SUN audio driver (<CODE>/dev/audio</CODE>) for BSD and Solaris8 users</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>arts</TD><TD></TD><TD>native ARTS driver (mostly for KDE users)</TD></TR> -</TABLE> +<DL> + <DT>oss</DT> + <DD>OSS (ioctl) driver (supports hardware AC3 passthrough)</DD> + + <DT>sdl</DT> + <DD>SDL driver (supports <B>ESD</B>, <B>ARTS</B> etc)</DD> + + <DT>nas</DT> + <DD>NAS (Network Audio System) driver</DD> + + <DT>alsa5</DT> + <DD>native ALSA 0.5 driver</DD> + + <DT>alsa9</DT> + <DD>native ALSA 0.9 driver (supports hardware AC3 passthrough)</DD> + + <DT>sun</DT> + <DD>SUN audio driver (<CODE>/dev/audio</CODE>) for BSD and Solaris8 users</DD> + + <DT>arts</DT> + <DD>native ARTS driver (mostly for KDE users)</DD> + + <DT>esd</DT> + <DD>native ESD driver (mostly for GNOME users)</DD> +</DL> <P>Fact is, Linux sound card drivers have compatibility problems. The cause is that MPlayer uses a feature that well coded audio drivers implement to @@ -77,7 +92,7 @@ <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>no driver</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD>Driver:</TD><TD><A HREF="http://aureal.sourceforge.net">aureal.sourceforge.net</A></TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>Driver2:</TD><TD> from <A HREF="http://makacs.poliod.hu/~pontscho/aureal/au88xx-1.1.3.tar.bz2">Pontscho's page</A><BR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>Driver2:</TD><TD> from <A HREF="http://makacs.poliod.hu/~pontscho/aureal/au88xx-1.1.3.tar.bz2">Pontscho's page</A> (<I>buffer size increased to 32k</I>)</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>GUS PnP</B></TD></TR> @@ -141,12 +156,6 @@ generally beneficial and described in more detail in the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#drives">CD-ROM section</A>.</P> -<P>Sharing your sound card with another application like XMMS is <B>strongly - discouraged</B>! If the other sound application is using ESD, start - MPlayer with the <CODE>-vo sdl:esd</CODE> option to combine both - sound streams. In fact, the option <CODE>-vo sdl:esd</CODE> could be used - with ESD even when playing MPlayer alone.</P> - <P>Feedback to this document is welcome. Please tell us how MPlayer and your sound card(s) worked together.</P> @@ -208,7 +217,6 @@ <DD>Use no automatic insertion of filters and no optimization. Warning: It may be possible to crash MPlayer using this setting.</DD> </DL> - </DD> <DT><CODE>list</CODE></DT> |