summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml')
-rw-r--r--DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml17
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml
index 6f2d129b52..edaccfd9c6 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml
@@ -504,6 +504,23 @@ when an audio family is specified.
</sect3>
+<sect3 id="hwmpa-surround-passthrough">
+<title>MPEG audio Passthrough</title>
+
+<para>
+Digital TV transmissions (such as DVB and ATSC) and some DVDs usually have
+MPEG audio streams (in particular MP2).
+Some MPEG hardware decoders such as full-featured DVB cards and DXR2
+adapters can natively decode this format.
+<application>MPlayer</application> can be configured to relay the audio data
+without decoding it.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+To use this codec:
+<screen> mplayer -ac hwmpa </screen>
+</para>
+</sect3>
<sect3 id="advaudio-surround-matrix">
<title>Matrix-encoded audio</title>