# HG changeset patch # User diego # Date 1037150278 0 # Node ID 15fa4667cddf1df93651546498f7b58fc6ad6501 # Parent bf5d1da56ecddf1f3ae84f4dec7db751db3e349b -channels description expanded, patch by gabor . diff -r bf5d1da56ecd -r 15fa4667cddf DOCS/mplayer.1 --- a/DOCS/mplayer.1 Tue Nov 12 23:41:32 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/mplayer.1 Wed Nov 13 01:17:58 2002 +0000 @@ -394,17 +394,23 @@ . .TP .B \-channels -Change the number of playback channels. +Change the number of playback channels, defaults to '2' if not specified. If the number of output channels is bigger than the number of input channels -empty channels are inserted (except mixing from mono to stereo, then the mono -channel is repeated in both of the output channels). -If the number of output channels is smaller than the number of input channels -the exceeding channels are truncated. +empty channels are inserted (unless mixing from mono to stereo, then the mono +channel is repeated in both output channels). +If the number of output channels is smaller than the number of input channels, +results depend on the audio decoder (\-afm). +Mplayer asks the decoder to decode the audio into as many channels as +specified. Now it's up to the decoder to fulfill the requirement. If the +decoder outputs more channels than requested, the exceeding channels are +truncated. This is usually only important when playing videos with AC3 audio +(like DVDs). In that case liba52 does the decoding by default and correctly +downmixes the audio into the requested number of channels. .I NOTE: .br -This option is honored by codecs (ac3 only) filters (surround) and ao drivers -(oss at least). +This option is honored by codecs (AC3 only) filters (surround) and ao drivers +(OSS at least). .br Available options are: