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diff --git a/DOCS/man/ao.rst b/DOCS/man/ao.rst index 8c1966dcc4..8b8bfd6c52 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/ao.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/ao.rst @@ -91,13 +91,17 @@ Available audio output drivers are: provides no good way to play multichannel audio in a non-exclusive way (without blocking other applications from using audio), the player is restricted to the capabilities of the ``default`` device by default, - which means it supports only stereo and mono. But if a hardware device - is selected, then multichannel audio will typically work. + which means it supports only stereo and mono (at least with current + typical ALSA configurations). But if a hardware device is selected, + then multichannel audio will typically work. The short story is: if you want multichannel audio with ALSA, use ``--audio-device`` to select the device (use ``--audio-device=help`` to get a list of all devices and their mpv name). + You can also try + `Using the upmix plugin <https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/ALSA:-Surround-Sound-and-Upmixing>`_. + ``oss`` OSS audio output driver |