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diff --git a/DOCS/man/ao.rst b/DOCS/man/ao.rst index 60ba6348b1..5ca960c4ea 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/ao.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/ao.rst @@ -302,19 +302,19 @@ Available audio output drivers are: ``wasapi`` Audio output to the Windows Audio Session API. + ``exclusive`` + Requests exclusive, direct hardware access. By definition prevents + sound playback of any other program until mpv exits. ``device=<id>`` Uses the requested endpoint instead of the system's default audio - endpoint. Both the number and the ID String are valid; the ID String - is guaranteed to not change unless the driver is uninstalled. + endpoint. Both an ordinal number (0,1,2,...) and the GUID + String are valid; the GUID string is guaranteed to not change + unless the driver is uninstalled. - Also supports searching active devices by name. If more than one - device matches the name, refuses loading it. + Also supports searching active devices by human readable name. If more + than one device matches the name, refuses loading it. - To get a list of the valid devices, give ``help`` as the id. The - list is the same as the ``list`` suboption, but stops the player - initialization. - ``exclusive`` - Requests exclusive, direct hardware access. By definition prevents - sound playback of any other program until mpv exits. - ``list`` - Lists all audio endpoints (output devices) present in the system. + This option is mostly deprecated in favour of the more general + ``--audio-device`` option. That said, ``--audio-device=help`` will give + a list of valid device GUIDs (prefixed with ``wasapi/``), as well as + their human readable names, which should work here. |