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1 <HTML>
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6 {font-family : Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
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15 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.2>2.3.2. Audio output devices</A></P></B>
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17 <P><B>MPlayer</B>'s audio interface is called <I>libao2</I>. It currently
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18 contains these drivers :</P>
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22 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT CLASS="text">General:</B></P></TD>
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24 <TR><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">oss</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">OSS (ioctl) driver</TD></TR>
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25 <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">sdl</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">SDL driver (supports up/downsampling, <B>ESD</B>, <B>ARTS</B> etc)</TD></TR>
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26 <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">nas</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">NAS (Network Audio System) driver</TD></TR>
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27 <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">alsa5</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">native ALSA 0.5 driver</TD></TR>
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28 <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">alsa9</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">native ALSA 0.9 driver (works, but has problems -> use OSS)</TD></TR>
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29 <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">sun</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">SUN audio driver (/dev/audio) for BSD and Solaris8 users</TD></TR>
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33 <P>The fact is, Linux soundcard drivers are usually bad, and always as
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34 incompatible as they can be. It MAY take a while to find your optimal settings.</P>
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35 <P><UL>
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36 <LI>if you have OSS as driver, first try with <I>-ao oss</I> (this is the default).
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37 If you experience glitches, halts or anything out of the ordinary, have a
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38 look at <I>-ao sdl</I> (NOTE: of course you'll have to have a new SDL library and its
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39 devel pair installed). It helps in a lot of cases (it also supports ESD, ARTS, and
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40 up/downsampling. /esd is GNOME's, arts is KDE's sound daemon/).</LI>
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41 <LI>if you have ALSA version 0.5, then you ALMOST always have to use <I>-ao alsa5</I> ,
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42 since 0.5 has buggy OSS emulation code, and will <B>crash MPlayer</B> with
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43 a message like this:<BR>
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44 <UL>
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45 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE></UL>
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46 </LI>
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47 <LI>if you have ALSA version 0.9, use <I>-ao oss</I> or <I>-ao sdl</I> as you
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48 wish. You can also use <I>-ao alsa9</I> as it works now, however it has many
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49 problems (losing sync, disappearing audio, etc).</LI>
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50 </UL></P>
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52 <P>On <B>Solaris/FreeBSD</B> systems, use the SUN audio driver with the
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53 <I>-ao sun</I> option, otherwise you'll have no video, nor audio playing.</P>
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55 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.2.1>2.3.2.1. Soundcard experiences, recommendations</A></B></P>
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57 <P><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH=100%>
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58 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><FONT CLASS="text">VIA onboard chipset (via82cxxx) 48Khz only</B></TD><TR>
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59 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">Driver:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> from <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3242&release_id=59602">here</A></TD><TR>
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61 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><FONT CLASS="text">Aureal Vortex 2</B></TD><TR>
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62 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">OSS:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">no driver</TD><TR>
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63 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">OSS/Pro:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">OK</TD><TR>
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65 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD><TR>
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66 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">Driver:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"><A HREF="http://aureal.sourceforge.net">aureal.sourceforge.net</A></TD><TR>
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67 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">Driver2:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> from <A HREF="http://makacs.poliod.hu/~pontscho/aureal/au88xx-1.1.3.tar.bz2">here</A><BR>
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68 (<I>buffer size increased to 32k</I>)</TD><TR>
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70 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><FONT CLASS="text">GUS PnP</B></TD><TR>
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71 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">OSS:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">no driver</TD><TR>
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74 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">Max kHz:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">48</TD><TR>
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76 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><FONT CLASS="text">SB Live!</B></TD><TR>
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77 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">OSS:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">HW AC3 won't work</TD><TR>
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78 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">ALSA:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">OK</TD><TR>
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79 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">Max kHz:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">48</TD><TR>
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81 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><FONT CLASS="text">SB AWE 64</B></TD><TR>
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82 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">OSS:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">max 44kHz</TD><TR>
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83 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">ALSA:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">48kHz sounds shit</TD><TR>
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84 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">Max kHz:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">48</TD><TR>
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86 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><FONT CLASS="text">Gravis UltraSound ACE</B></TD><TR>
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91 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><FONT CLASS="text">Gravis UltraSound MAX</B></TD><TR>
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92 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">OSS:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">OK</TD><TR>
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96 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><FONT CLASS="text">ESS 688</B></TD><TR>
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101 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><FONT CLASS="text">C-Media cards (which ones?)</B></TD><TR>
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104 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">Max kHz:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">?</TD><TR>
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106 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><FONT CLASS="text">Yamaha cards (*ymf*)</B></TD><TR>
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107 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">OSS:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">not OK (?) (maybe -ao sdl)</TD><TR>
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108 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">ALSA:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">OK only with ALSA 0.5 with OSS emulation <B>AND</B> <I>-ao sdl</I> (!) (?)</TD><TR>
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109 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">Max kHz:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">?</TD><TR>
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111 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><FONT CLASS="text">Cards with envy24 chips (like Terratec EWS88MT)</B></TD><TR>
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112 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">OSS:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">?</TD><TR>
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113 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">OSS/Pro:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">OK</TD><TR>
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114 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">ALSA:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">?</TD><TR>
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115 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">Max kHz:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">?</TD><TR>
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117 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><FONT CLASS="text">PC Speaker or DAC</B></TD><TR>
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118 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">OSS:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">OK (<I>use the SDL driver : -ao sdl</I>)</TD><TR>
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119 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">ALSA:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">no driver</TD><TR>
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120 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">Max kHz:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">the driver emulates 44.1 maybe more</TD><TR>
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121 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">Driver:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"><A HREF="ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/pcsp">ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/pcsp</A></TD><TR>
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126 <LI>if sound clicks when playing from CD-ROM, turn on IRQ unmasking !
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128 This is recommended anyways... (for XMMS, etc...)
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129 Read section <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.1">4.1</A>.
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130 <LI>don't use your soundcard by other application ( for ex. XMMS ) !
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131 if you use ESD, start MPlayer with the '-vo sdl:esd' option !
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132 <LI>Please tell us how MPlayer and your soundcard(s) worked together!
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133 </UL></P>
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136 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.2.2>2.3.2.2. Audio plugins</A></B></P>
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137
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138 <P><B>MPlayer</B> has support for audio plugins. Audio plugins can be used for
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139 changing the properties of the audio data before the sound reaches the sound
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140 card. They are enabled using the <CODE>-aop</CODE> switch followed by the
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141 <CODE>list=plugin1,plugin2,...</CODE> switch. The <CODE>list</CODE> switch is
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142 required and determines which plugins that should be used and in which order
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143 they should be executed, example:
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144 </P>
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145
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146 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop list=resample,format</CODE></P>
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147
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148 <P>would run the sound through the resampling plugin followed by the format
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149 plugin.
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150 </P>
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151
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152 <P>The plugins can also have switches that changes their behaviour. These
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153 switches are explained in detail in the sections below. A plugin will execute
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154 using default settings if it's switches are omitted. Example of how to use
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155 plugins in combination with plugin specific switches:
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156 </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=48000:format=0x8</CODE>
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160 </P>
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161
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162 <P>would set the output frequency of the resample plugin to 44100Hz and the
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163 output format of the format plugin to AFMT_U8.
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164 </P>
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165
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166 <P>Currently audio plugins can not be used in <B>MEncoder</B>.</P>
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167
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168
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169 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.2.2.1>2.3.2.2.1. Up/Downsampling</A></B></P>
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170
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171 <P><B>MPlayer</B> fully supports up/down sampling of the sound. This plugin can
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172 for example be used if you have a fixed frequency sound card or if you are
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173 stuck with an olqd sound card that is only capable of max 44.1kHz.
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174 Limitations in your hardware are not auto detected, so you have to specify
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175 the sample frequency explicitly. This plugin has one switch:
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176 <CODE>fout</CODE> which is used for setting the desired output sample
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177 frequency, it defaults to 48kHz, and is given in
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178 &lt;Hz&gt;.
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179 </P>
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180
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181 <P>Usage :<BR>
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182 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop list=resample:fout=&lt;required
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183 frequency in Hz, like 44100&gt;</CODE></P>
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184
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185
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186 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.2.2.2>2.3.2.2.2. Surround Sound decoding</A></B></P>
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187
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188 <P><B>MPlayer</b> has an audio plugin that can decode matrix encoded
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189 surround sound. Dolby Surround is an example of a matrix encoded format.</p>
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190
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191 <P>Many files with 2 channel audio actually contain matrixed surround
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192 sound.</p>
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193
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194 <P>To use this feature, you will need a sound-card supporting at least 4 channels.</P>
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195
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196 <P>Usage :<BR>
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197 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop list=surround</CODE></P>
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198
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199
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200 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.2.2.3>2.3.2.2.3. Sample format converter</A></B></P>
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201
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202 <P>If your sound card driver doesn't support signed 16bit int, this plugin can
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203 be used to change the format to one which your sound card can understand. It
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204 has one switch <CODE>format</CODE> which can be set to one of the numbers
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205 found in libao2/afmt.h. This plugin is hardly ever needed and is intended for
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206 advanced users. Observe that this plugin only changes the sample format and
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207 not the sample frequency or the number of channels.
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208 </P>
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209
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210 <P>Usage :<BR>
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211 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop
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212 list=format:format=&lt;required output format&gt;</CODE>
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213 </P>
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214
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215
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216 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.2.2.4>2.3.2.2.4. Delay</A></B></P>
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217
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218 <P>This plugin delays the sound and is intended as an example of how to develop
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219 new plugins. It can not be used for anything useful from users perspective
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220 and is mentioned here for the sake of completeness only. Do not use this
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221 plugin unless you are a developer.</P>
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222
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223 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.2.2.5>2.3.2.2.5. Software volume control</A></B></P>
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224
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225 <P>This plugin is a software replacement for the volume control, and
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226 can be used in machines with broken mixer device. It can also be
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227 used if one wants to change the output volume from <B>MPlayer</B>
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228 without changing the PCM volume setting in the mixer. It has one
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229 switch <CODE>volume</CODE> that is used for setting the initial
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230 sound level. The initial sound level can be set to values between 0
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231 and 255 and defaults to 255. Use this plugin with caution since it
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232 can reduce the signal to noise ratio of the sound. In most cases it
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233 is best to set the level for the PCM sound to max, leave this plugin
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234 out and control the output level to your speakers with the mixers
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235 master volume control. If there is an external amplifier connected
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236 to the computer (this is almost always the case), the noise level
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237 can be minimized by adjusting the master level and the volume knob
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238 on the amplifier until the hissing noise in the background is gone.
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239 </P>
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240
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241 <P>Usage :<BR>
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242 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop
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243 list=volume:volume=&lt;0-255&gt;</CODE>
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244 </P>
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245
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246
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247 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.2.2.6>2.3.2.2.6. Extrastereo</A></B></P>
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248
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249 <P>This plugin increases (linearly) the difference between left and right
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250 channels (as the XMMS extrastereo plugin) which has some of "live" effect
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251 on playback.
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252 </P>
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253
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254 <P>Usage :<BR>
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255 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop list=extrastereo</CODE><BR>
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256 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop list=extrastereo:mul=3.45</CODE></P>
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257
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258 <P>The default coefficient (<CODE>mul</CODE>) is a float number that defaults
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259 to 2.5. If you set it to 0.0, you will have a mono sound (average of both
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260 channels), if you set it to 1.0, sound will be unchanged.</P>
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263 </HTML>