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diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst index ac235d4fc4..c76559c3c0 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/options.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst @@ -1093,8 +1093,8 @@ Audio This and enabling passthrough via ``--ad`` are deprecated in favor of using ``--audio-spdif=dts-hd``. -``--audio-channels=<number|layout>`` - Request a channel layout for audio output (default: auto). This will ask +``--audio-channels=<auto|number|layout>`` + Request a channel layout for audio output (default: stereo). This will ask the AO to open a device with the given channel layout. It's up to the AO to accept this layout, or to pick a fallback or to error out if the requested layout is not supported. @@ -1107,9 +1107,10 @@ Audio lists speaker names, which can be used to express arbitrary channel layouts (e.g. ``fl-fr-lfe`` is 2.1). - The default is ``--audio-channels=auto``, which tries to play audio using - the input file's channel layout. (Or more precisely, the output of the - audio filter chain.) (``empty`` is an accepted obsolete alias for ``auto``.) + ``--audio-channels=auto`` tries to play audio using the input file's + channel layout. There is no guarantee that the audio API handles this + correctly. See the HDMI warning below. + (``empty`` is an accepted obsolete alias for ``auto``.) This will also request the channel layout from the decoder. If the decoder does not support the layout, it will fall back to its native channel layout. |