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documented audio codec hwmpa
author nicodvb
date Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:41:15 +0000
parents d0239352b380
children c194b3eeb812
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--- a/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml	Thu Jan 19 22:09:20 2006 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml	Thu Jan 19 22:41:15 2006 +0000
@@ -504,6 +504,23 @@
 
 </sect3>
 
+<sect3 id="hwmpa-surround-passthrough">
+<title>MPEG audio Passthrough</title>
+
+<para>
+Digital TV transmissions (such as DVB and ATSC) and some DVDs usually have 
+MPEG audio streams (in particular MP2).
+Some MPEG hardware decoders such as full-featured DVB cards and DXR2 
+adapters can natively decode this format. 
+<application>MPlayer</application> can be configured to relay the audio data 
+without decoding it.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+To use this codec:
+<screen> mplayer -ac hwmpa </screen>
+</para>
+</sect3>
 
 <sect3 id="advaudio-surround-matrix">
 <title>Matrix-encoded audio</title>