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diff DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml @ 24036:698aa9b7a44c
AC3 --> AC-3
author | diego |
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date | Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:50:44 +0000 |
parents | b99c2feda3eb |
children | 0c129372fd59 |
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--- a/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml Mon Aug 13 22:42:42 2007 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml Mon Aug 13 22:50:44 2007 +0000 @@ -541,10 +541,10 @@ <sect3 id="advaudio-surround-passthrough"> -<title>AC3/DTS Passthrough</title> +<title>AC-3/DTS Passthrough</title> <para> -DVDs usually have surround audio encoded in AC3 (Dolby Digital) or DTS +DVDs usually have surround audio encoded in AC-3 (Dolby Digital) or DTS (Digital Theater System) format. Some modern audio equipment is capable of decoding these formats internally. <application>MPlayer</application> can be configured to relay the audio data without decoding it. This will only work if @@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ </para> <para> -If your audio equipment can decode both AC3 and DTS, you can safely enable +If your audio equipment can decode both AC-3 and DTS, you can safely enable passthrough for both formats. Otherwise, enable passthrough for only the format your equipment supports. </para> @@ -560,13 +560,13 @@ <itemizedlist> <title>To enable passthrough on the command line:</title> <listitem><para> - For AC3 only, use <option>-ac hwac3</option> + For AC-3 only, use <option>-ac hwac3</option> </para></listitem> <listitem><para> For DTS only, use <option>-ac hwdts</option> </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - For both AC3 and DTS, use <option>-afm hwac3</option> + For both AC-3 and DTS, use <option>-afm hwac3</option> </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -574,13 +574,13 @@ <title>To enable passthrough in the <application>MPlayer</application> configuration file: </title> <listitem><para> - For AC3 only, use <option>ac=hwac3,</option> + For AC-3 only, use <option>ac=hwac3,</option> </para></listitem> <listitem><para> For DTS only, use <option>ac=hwdts,</option> </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - For both AC3 and DTS, use <option>afm=hwac3</option> + For both AC-3 and DTS, use <option>afm=hwac3</option> </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ Note that there is a comma (",") at the end of <option>ac=hwac3,</option> and <option>ac=hwdts,</option>. This will make <application>MPlayer</application> fall back on the codecs it normally uses when -playing a file that does not have AC3 or DTS audio. +playing a file that does not have AC-3 or DTS audio. <option>afm=hwac3</option> does not need a comma; <application>MPlayer</application> will fall back anyway when an audio family is specified. @@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ <para> Unfortunately, there is no standard for how channels are ordered. The orders -listed below are those of AC3 and are fairly typical; try them and see if your +listed below are those of AC-3 and are fairly typical; try them and see if your source matches. Channels are numbered starting with 0. <orderedlist spacing="compact"> @@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ since we only care about the output of the first two channels, we only need to make two sets; the remaining four sets can be omitted. Beware that not all multichannel audio files have the same channel order! This example - demonstrates downmixing a file with the same channels as AC3 5.1: + demonstrates downmixing a file with the same channels as AC-3 5.1: <programlisting> 0 - front left 1 - front right