# HG changeset patch # User diego # Date 1230414273 0 # Node ID 0bb8cfb41f843b6d201976c2ef8cabc80ded5a3a # Parent a0fe9c09c84acff4c2396707e0a17679ba47a9cd Remove audio output section, it provides little to no useful information. diff -r a0fe9c09c84a -r 0bb8cfb41f84 DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml --- a/DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml Sat Dec 27 21:43:57 2008 +0000 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,63 +0,0 @@ - - - -Audio output devices - -Audio/Video synchronization - - -Linux sound card drivers have compatibility problems. This is because -MPlayer relies on an in-built feature of -properly coded sound drivers that enable them to -maintain correct audio/video sync. Regrettably, some driver authors -don't take the care to code this feature since it is not needed for -playing MP3s or sound effects. - - - -Other media players like aviplay -or xine possibly work -out-of-the-box with these drivers because they use "simple" methods -with internal timing. Measuring showed that their methods are not as -efficient as MPlayer's. - - - -Using MPlayer with a properly written audio -driver will never result in A/V desynchronisation related to the audio, except -only with very badly created files (check the man page for workarounds). - - - -If you happen to have a bad audio driver, try the -option, it should sort out your problems. See the man page for detailed -information. - - - - - - - - -Troubleshooting - -Some notes: - - -If you have ALSA version 0.5, then you almost always have to use -, since ALSA 0.5 has buggy OSS emulation code, -and will crash MPlayer -with a message like this: - -DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer! - - - - -If the sound clicks when playing from CD-ROM, turn on IRQ unmasking as -described in the CD-ROM section. - - - - diff -r a0fe9c09c84a -r 0bb8cfb41f84 DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml --- a/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml Sat Dec 27 21:43:57 2008 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml Sat Dec 27 21:44:33 2008 +0000 @@ -169,8 +169,6 @@ &tvinput.xml; &radio.xml; &video.xml; -&audio.xml; - &ports.xml; &mencoder.xml; &encoding-guide.xml; diff -r a0fe9c09c84a -r 0bb8cfb41f84 DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml --- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Sat Dec 27 21:43:57 2008 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Sat Dec 27 21:44:33 2008 +0000 @@ -812,7 +812,6 @@ Your sound driver is buggy. - See the audio section.