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<B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
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1 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
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4 <HEAD>
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5 <TITLE>Sound - MPlayer - The Movie Player for Linux</TITLE>
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6 <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="default.css">
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13 <H3><A NAME="audio">2.3.2 Audio output devices</A></H3>
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15 <P>MPlayer's audio interface is called <I>libao2</I>. It currently
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16 contains these drivers:</P>
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18 <TABLE BORDER=0>
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19 <TR><TD COLSPAN=4><P><B>General:</B></P></TD></TR>
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20 <TR><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN=top>oss</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>OSS (ioctl) driver (supports hardware AC3 passthrough)</TD></TR>
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21 <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>sdl</TD><TD></TD><TD>SDL driver (supports up/downsampling, <B>ESD</B>, <B>ARTS</B> etc)</TD></TR>
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22 <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>nas</TD><TD></TD><TD>NAS (Network Audio System) driver</TD></TR>
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23 <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>alsa5</TD><TD></TD><TD>native ALSA 0.5 driver</TD></TR>
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24 <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>alsa9</TD><TD></TD><TD>native ALSA 0.9 driver (supports hardware AC3 passthrough)</TD></TR>
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25 <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>sun</TD><TD></TD><TD>SUN audio driver (<CODE>/dev/audio</CODE>) for BSD and Solaris8 users</TD></TR>
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26 <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>arts</TD><TD></TD><TD>native ARTS driver (mostly for KDE users)</TD></TR>
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27 </TABLE>
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29 <P>Fact is, Linux sound card drivers have compatibility problems.
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30 It <B>may</B> take a while to find your optimal settings.</P>
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32 <UL>
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33 <LI>If you have an OSS driver, first try <CODE>-ao oss</CODE> (this is the
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34 default). If you experience glitches, halts or anything out of the
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35 ordinary, try <CODE>-ao sdl</CODE> (NOTE: you need to have SDL libraries
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36 and header files installed). The SDL audio driver helps in a lot of cases
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37 and also supports ESD, ARTS, and up/downsampling. (ESD is the sound daemon
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38 from GNOME, ARTS is from KDE.)</LI>
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39 <LI>If you have ALSA version 0.5, then you almost always have to use
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40 <CODE>-ao alsa5</CODE> , since ALSA 0.5 has buggy OSS emulation code, and
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41 will <B>crash MPlayer</B> with a message like this:<BR>
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42 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE></LI>
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43 <LI>If you have ALSA version 0.9 you may choose between <CODE>-ao oss</CODE>
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44 and <CODE>-ao sdl</CODE>. You can also use <CODE>-ao alsa9</CODE>. It
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45 works, but there may be problems like lost sync and disappearing
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46 audio.</LI>
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47 </UL>
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49 <P>On <B>Solaris/FreeBSD</B> systems, use the SUN audio driver with the
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50 <CODE>-ao sun</CODE> option, otherwise neither video nor audio will work.</P>
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53 <H4><A NAME="experiences">2.3.2.1 Sound Card experiences, recommendations</A></H4>
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55 <TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="100%">
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56 <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>VIA onboard chipset (via82cxxx) 48kHz only</B></TD></TR>
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57 <TR><TD></TD><TD>Driver:</TD><TD> from <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3242&amp;release_id=59602">sourceforge.net</A></TD></TR>
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59 <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>Aureal Vortex 2</B></TD></TR>
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60 <TR><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>no driver</TD></TR>
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61 <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS/Pro:</TD><TD>OK</TD></TR>
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62 <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>no driver</TD></TR>
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63 <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD></TR>
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64 <TR><TD></TD><TD>Driver:</TD><TD><A HREF="http://aureal.sourceforge.net">aureal.sourceforge.net</A></TD></TR>
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65 <TR><TD></TD><TD>Driver2:</TD><TD> from <A HREF="http://makacs.poliod.hu/~pontscho/aureal/au88xx-1.1.3.tar.bz2">Pontscho's page</A><BR>
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66 (<I>buffer size increased to 32k</I>)</TD></TR>
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68 <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>GUS PnP</B></TD></TR>
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69 <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>no driver</TD></TR>
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70 <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS/Pro:</TD><TD>OK</TD></TR>
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71 <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>OK</TD></TR>
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72 <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD></TR>
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74 <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>SB Live!</B></TD></TR>
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75 <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>Analog OK, SP/DIF not working</TD></TR>
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76 <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>Both OK</TD></TR>
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77 <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>192</TD></TR>
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79 <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>SB AWE 64</B></TD></TR>
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80 <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>max 44kHz</TD></TR>
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81 <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>48kHz sounds bad</TD></TR>
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82 <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD></TR>
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84 <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>Gravis UltraSound ACE</B></TD></TR>
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85 <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>not OK</TD></TR>
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86 <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>OK</TD></TR>
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87 <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>44</TD></TR>
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89 <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>Gravis UltraSound MAX</B></TD></TR>
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90 <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>OK</TD></TR>
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91 <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>OK (?)</TD></TR>
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92 <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD></TR>
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94 <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>ESS 688</B></TD></TR>
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95 <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>OK</TD></TR>
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96 <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>OK (?)</TD></TR>
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97 <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD></TR>
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99 <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>C-Media cards (which ones?)</B></TD></TR>
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100 <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>not OK (hissing) (?)</TD></TR>
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101 <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>OK (?)</TD></TR>
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102 <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>?</TD></TR>
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104 <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>Yamaha cards (*ymf*)</B></TD></TR>
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105 <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>not OK (?) (maybe <CODE>-ao sdl</CODE>)</TD></TR>
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106 <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>OK only with ALSA 0.5 with OSS emulation <B>AND</B> <CODE>-ao sdl</CODE> (!) (?)</TD></TR>
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107 <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>?</TD></TR>
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109 <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>Cards with envy24 chips (like Terratec EWS88MT)</B></TD></TR>
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110 <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>?</TD></TR>
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111 <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS/Pro:</TD><TD>OK</TD></TR>
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112 <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>?</TD></TR>
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113 <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>?</TD></TR>
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115 <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>PC Speaker or DAC</B></TD></TR>
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116 <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>OK (Use the SDL driver: <CODE>-ao sdl</CODE>)</TD></TR>
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117 <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>no driver</TD></TR>
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118 <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>The driver emulates 44.1, maybe more.</TD></TR>
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119 <TR><TD></TD><TD>Driver:</TD><TD><A HREF="ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/pcsp">ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/pcsp</A></TD></TR>
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122 <P>On Linux, a 2.4.x kernel is highly recommended. Kernel 2.2 is not tested.</P>
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124 <P>If sound clicks when playing from CD-ROM, turn on IRQ unmasking, e.g.
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125 <CODE>hdparm -u1 /dev/cdrom</CODE> (<CODE>man hdparm</CODE>). This is
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126 generally beneficial and described more detailed in the <A
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127 HREF="cd-dvd.html#drives">CD-ROM section</A>.</P>
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129 <P>Sharing your sound card with another application like XMMS is <B>strongly
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130 discouraged</B>! If the other sound application is using ESD, start
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131 MPlayer with the <CODE>-vo sdl:esd</CODE> option to combine both
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132 sound streams. In fact, the option <CODE>-vo sdl:esd</CODE> could be used
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133 with ESD even when playing MPlayer alone.</P>
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134
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135 <P>Feedback to this document is welcome. Please tell us how MPlayer
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136 and your sound card(s) worked together.</P>
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137
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138
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139 <H4><A NAME="plugins">2.3.2.2 Audio plugins</A></H4>
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140
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141 <P>MPlayer has support for audio plugins. Audio plugins can be used for
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142 changing the properties of the audio data before the sound reaches the sound
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143 card. They are enabled using the <CODE>-aop</CODE> switch which takes a
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144 <CODE>list=plugin1,plugin2,...</CODE> argument. The <CODE>list</CODE> argument
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145 is required and determines which plugins should be used and in which order they
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146 should be executed. Example:</P>
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147
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148 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop list=resample,format</CODE></P>
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149
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150 <P>would run the sound through the resampling plugin followed by the format
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151 plugin.</P>
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152
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153 <P>The plugins can also have switches that change their behavior. These
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154 switches are explained in detail in the sections below. A plugin will execute
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155 using default settings if its switches are omitted. Here is an example of how
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156 to use plugins in combination with plugin specific switches:</P>
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157
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158 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop
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159 list=resample,format:fout=44100:format=0x8</CODE></P>
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160
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161 <P>would set the output frequency of the resample plugin to 44100Hz and the
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162 output format of the format plugin to AFMT_U8.</P>
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163
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164 <P>Currently audio plugins can not be used in MEncoder.</P>
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165
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166
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167 <H5><A NAME="resample">2.3.2.2.1 Up/Downsampling</A></H5>
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168
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169 <P>MPlayer fully supports up/downsampling of the sound. This plugin can
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170 be used if you have a fixed frequency sound card or if you are
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171 stuck with an old sound card that is only capable of max 44.1kHz.
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172 Limitations in your hardware are not auto detected, so you have to specify
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173 the sample frequency explicitly. This plugin has one switch:
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174 <CODE>fout</CODE> which is used for setting the desired output sample
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175 frequency. It defaults to 48kHz, and is given in
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176 &lt;Hz&gt;.</P>
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177
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178 <P>Usage:<BR>
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179 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop list=resample:fout=&lt;required
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180 frequency in Hz, like 44100&gt;</CODE></P>
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181
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182 <P>Note that the output frequency should not be scaled up from the default value.
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183 Scaling up will cause the audio and video streams to be played in slow motion
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184 in addition to audio distortion.</P>
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185
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186
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187 <H5><A NAME="surround_decoding">2.3.2.2.2 Surround Sound decoding</A></H5>
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188
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189 <P>MPlayer has an audio plugin that can decode matrix encoded
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190 surround sound. Dolby Surround is an example of a matrix encoded format.
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191 Many files with 2 channel audio actually contain matrixed surround sound.
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192 To use this feature you need a sound card supporting at least 4 channels.</P>
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193
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194 <P>Usage:<BR>
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195 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop list=surround</CODE></P>
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196
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197
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198 <H5><A NAME="format">2.3.2.2.3 Sample format converter</A></H5>
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199
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200 <P>If your sound card driver does not support signed 16bit <CODE>int</CODE> data type,
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201 this plugin can
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202 be used to change the format to one which your sound card can understand. It
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203 has one switch, <CODE>format</CODE>, which can be set to one of the numbers
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204 found in <CODE>libao2/afmt.h</CODE>. This plugin is hardly ever needed and is
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205 intended for advanced users. Keep in mind that this plugin only changes the
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206 sample format and not the sample frequency or the number of channels.</P>
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207
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208 <P>Usage:<BR>
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209 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop
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210 list=format:format=&lt;required output format&gt;</CODE></P>
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211
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212
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213 <H5><A NAME="delay">2.3.2.2.4 Delay</A></H5>
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214
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215 <P>This plugin delays the sound and is intended as an example of how to develop
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216 new plugins. It can not be used for anything useful from a users perspective
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217 and is mentioned here for the sake of completeness only. Do not use this
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218 plugin unless you are a developer.</P>
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219
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220
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221 <H5><A NAME="volume">2.3.2.2.5 Software volume control</A></H5>
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222
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223 <P>This plugin is a software replacement for the volume control, and
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224 can be used on machines with a broken mixer device. It can also be
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225 used if one wants to change the output volume of MPlayer
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226 without changing the PCM volume setting in the mixer. It has one
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227 switch <CODE>volume</CODE> that is used for setting the initial
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228 sound level. The initial sound level can be set to values between 0
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229 and 255 and defaults to 101 which equals 0dB amplification. Use this
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230 plugin with caution since it can reduce the signal to noise ratio of
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231 the sound. In most cases it is best to set the level for the PCM
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232 sound to max, leave this plugin out and control the output level to
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233 your speakers with the master volume control of the mixer. If there is an
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234 external amplifier connected to the computer (this is almost always
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235 the case), the noise level can be minimized by adjusting the master
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236 level and the volume knob on the amplifier until the hissing noise
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237 in the background is gone.</P>
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238
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239 <P>Usage:<BR>
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240 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop
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241 list=volume:volume=&lt;0-255&gt;</CODE></P>
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242
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243 <P>This plugin also has compressor or "soft-clipping" capabilities.
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244 Compression can be used if the dynamic range of the sound is very
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245 high or if the dynamic range of the loudspeakers is very
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246 low. Be aware that this feature creates distortion and should be
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247 considered a last resort.</P>
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248
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249 <P>Usage:<BR>
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250 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop
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251 list=volume:softclip</CODE></P>
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252
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253
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254 <H5><A NAME="extrastereo">2.3.2.2.6 Extrastereo</A></H5>
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255
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256 <P>This plugin (linearly) increases the difference between left and right
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257 channels (like the XMMS extrastereo plugin) which gives some sort of "live"
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258 effect to playback.</P>
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259
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260 <P>Usage:<BR>
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261 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop list=extrastereo</CODE><BR>
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262 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop list=extrastereo:mul=3.45</CODE></P>
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263
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264 <P>The default coefficient (<CODE>mul</CODE>) is a float number that defaults
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265 to 2.5. If you set it to 0.0, you will have mono sound (average of both
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266 channels). If you set it to 1.0, sound will be unchanged, if you set it to
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267 -1.0, left and right channels will be swapped.</P>
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268
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269
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270 <H5><A NAME="normalizer">2.3.2.2.7 Volume normalizer</A></H5>
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271
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272 <P>This plugin maximizes the volume without distorting the sound.</P>
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273
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274 <P>Usage:<BR>
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275 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop list=volnorm</CODE><BR>
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276
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