From fc9eef3b814ab0cb8134fdb8f249b48e490a9d4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Herkt Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 09:26:27 +0100 Subject: man: fix grammar issues --- DOCS/man/ao.rst | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'DOCS/man/ao.rst') diff --git a/DOCS/man/ao.rst b/DOCS/man/ao.rst index a35b9c1c4e..fafdfd81ae 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/ao.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/ao.rst @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ Available audio output drivers are: will actually work. The disadvantage is that it will change the system-wide audio settings. This is equivalent to changing the ``Format`` setting in the ``Audio Devices`` dialog in the ``Audio MIDI Setup`` - utility. Note that this does not effect the selected speaker setup. + utility. Note that this does not affect the selected speaker setup. ``exclusive`` Use exclusive mode access. This merely redirects to @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ Available audio output drivers are: (it used to be required to get good behavior on old PulseAudio versions). If you have stuttering video when using pulse, try to enable this - option. (Or alternatively, try to update PulseAudio.) + option. (Or try to update PulseAudio.) ``dsound`` (Windows only) DirectX DirectSound audio output driver @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ Available audio output drivers are: ``speed`` Simulated audio playback speed as a multiplier. Usually, a real audio device will not go exactly as fast as the system clock. It will deviate - just a little, and this option helps simulating this. + just a little, and this option helps to simulate this. ``latency`` Simulated device latency. This is additional to EOF. @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Available audio output drivers are: String are valid; the GUID string is guaranteed to not change unless the driver is uninstalled. - Also supports searching active devices by human readable name. If more + Also supports searching active devices by human-readable name. If more than one device matches the name, refuses loading it. This option is mostly deprecated in favour of the more general -- cgit v1.2.3 From 3e90a5fe81229e4c0acd8e5afa8d59efaf942fa9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wm4 Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 13:48:43 +0100 Subject: ao_dsound: remove this audio output It existed for XP-compatibility only. There was also a time where ao_wasapi caused issues, but we're relatively confident that ao_wasapi works better or at least as good as ao_dsound on Windows Vista and later. --- DOCS/man/ao.rst | 18 ++---------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) (limited to 'DOCS/man/ao.rst') diff --git a/DOCS/man/ao.rst b/DOCS/man/ao.rst index fafdfd81ae..8bddc98a42 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/ao.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/ao.rst @@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ normal driver parameters. See ``--ao=help`` for a list of compiled-in audio output drivers. The driver ``--ao=alsa`` is preferred. ``--ao=pulse`` is preferred on systems - where PulseAudio is used. On Windows, ``--ao=wasapi`` is preferred, - though it might cause trouble sometimes, in which case ``--ao=dsound`` - should be used. On BSD systems, ``--ao=oss`` or `--ao=sndio`` may work - (the latter being experimental). On OS X systems, use ``--ao=coreaudio``. + where PulseAudio is used. On BSD systems, ``--ao=oss`` or ``--ao=sndio`` + may work (the latter being experimental). .. admonition:: Examples @@ -207,18 +205,6 @@ Available audio output drivers are: If you have stuttering video when using pulse, try to enable this option. (Or try to update PulseAudio.) -``dsound`` (Windows only) - DirectX DirectSound audio output driver - - .. note:: This driver is for compatibility with old systems. - - ``device=`` - Sets the device number to use. Playing a file with ``-v`` will show a - list of available devices. - - ``buffersize=`` - DirectSound buffer size in milliseconds (default: 200). - ``sdl`` SDL 1.2+ audio output driver. Should work on any platform supported by SDL 1.2, but may require the ``SDL_AUDIODRIVER`` environment variable to be set -- cgit v1.2.3