Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 9082:792417cde97a
Some updates and rewordings as well as a much better table design by
Nilmoni Deb, Daniel Carter and Philip J¸«£genstedt.
| author | diego |
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| date | Sat, 25 Jan 2003 01:22:26 +0000 |
| parents | 0a38216dcf12 |
| children | 0704ccc47abf |
| files | DOCS/sound.html |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 172 insertions(+), 100 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/sound.html Fri Jan 24 23:50:58 2003 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/sound.html Sat Jan 25 01:22:26 2003 +0000 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ <DD>OSS (ioctl) driver (supports hardware AC3 passthrough)</DD> <DT>sdl</DT> - <DD>SDL driver (supports <B>ESD</B>, <B>ARTS</B> etc)</DD> + <DD>SDL driver (supports sound daemons like <B>ESD</B> and <B>ARTS</B>)</DD> <DT>nas</DT> <DD>NAS (Network Audio System) driver</DD> @@ -43,18 +43,21 @@ <DD>native ESD driver (mostly for GNOME users)</DD> </DL> -<P>Fact is, Linux sound card drivers have compatibility problems. The cause - is that MPlayer uses a feature that well coded audio drivers implement to - maintain audio/video sync. Regrettably, some driver authors do not care about - this function, it is not needed for playing MP3s or for sound effects.</P> +<P>Linux sound card drivers have compatibility problems. This is because MPlayer + relies on an in-built feature of <EM>properly</EM> 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. </P> -<P>Other media players like aviplay or xine possibly work out-of-the-box with - these drivers because they use "simple" methods with internal timing. A note: - time showed their methods aren't AS efficient as MPlayer's.</P> - -<P>With a correctly written audio driver MPlayer will never create audio related - A/V desynchronisation, unless your file is badly broken. Some options to work - around these problems are described in the man page).</P> +<P>Other media players like <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net">aviplay</A> + or <A HREF="http://xine.sourceforge.net">xine</A> 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. </P> + +<P>Using MPlayer with a properly written audio driver will never result + in A/V desyncs related to the audio, except only with very badly created + files (check the man page for workarounds).</P> <P>If you happen to have a bad audio driver, try the <CODE>-autosync</CODE> option, it should sort out your problems. See the man page for detailed @@ -67,94 +70,160 @@ default). If you experience glitches, halts or anything out of the ordinary, try <CODE>-ao sdl</CODE> (NOTE: You need to have SDL libraries and header files installed). The SDL audio driver helps in a lot of cases - and also supports ESD and ARTS. (ESD is the sound daemon - from GNOME, ARTS is from KDE.)</LI> + and also supports ESD (GNOME) and ARTS (KDE).</LI> <LI>If you have ALSA version 0.5, then you almost always have to use <CODE>-ao alsa5</CODE> , since ALSA 0.5 has buggy OSS emulation code, and will <B>crash MPlayer</B> with a message like this:<BR> <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE></LI> -</UL> - -<P>On <B>Solaris</B>, use the SUN audio driver with the - <CODE>-ao sun</CODE> option, otherwise neither video nor audio will work.</P> + <LI>On Solaris, use the SUN audio driver with the <CODE>-ao sun</CODE> option, + otherwise neither video nor audio will work.</LI> + <LI>If the sound clicks when playing from CD-ROM, turn on IRQ unmasking, e.g. + <CODE>hdparm -u1 /dev/cdrom</CODE> (<CODE>man hdparm</CODE>). This is + generally beneficial and described in more detail in the + <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#drives">CD-ROM section</A>.</LI> + </UL> <H4><A NAME="experiences">2.3.2.2 Sound Card experiences, recommendations</A></H4> -<TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%"> - <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>VIA onboard chipset (via82cxxx) 48kHz only</B></TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>Driver:</TD><TD> from the - <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3242&release_id=59602">gkernel project</A></TD></TR> - - <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>Aureal Vortex 2</B></TD></TR> - <TR><TD> </TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>no driver</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS/Pro:</TD><TD>OK</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>no driver</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>Driver:</TD><TD><A HREF="http://aureal.sourceforge.net">aureal.sourceforge.net</A></TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>Driver2:</TD><TD> from <A HREF="http://makacs.poliod.hu/~pontscho/aureal/au88xx-1.1.3.tar.bz2">Pontscho's page</A> - (<I>buffer size increased to 32k</I>)</TD></TR> - - <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>GUS PnP</B></TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>no driver</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS/Pro:</TD><TD>OK</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>OK</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD></TR> - - <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>SB Live!</B></TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>Analog OK, SP/DIF not working</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>Both OK</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>192</TD></TR> - - <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>SB AWE 64</B></TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>max 44kHz</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>48kHz sounds bad</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD></TR> - - <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>Gravis UltraSound ACE</B></TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>not OK</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>OK</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>44</TD></TR> - - <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>Gravis UltraSound MAX</B></TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>OK</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>OK (?)</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD></TR> - - <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>ESS 688</B></TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>OK</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>OK (?)</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD></TR> - - <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>C-Media cards (which ones?)</B></TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>not OK (hissing) (?)</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>OK (?)</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>?</TD></TR> - - <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>Yamaha cards (*ymf*)</B></TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>not OK (?) (maybe <CODE>-ao sdl</CODE>)</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>OK only with ALSA 0.5 with OSS emulation <B>AND</B> <CODE>-ao sdl</CODE> (!) (?)</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>?</TD></TR> - - <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>Cards with envy24 chips (like Terratec EWS88MT)</B></TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>?</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS/Pro:</TD><TD>OK</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>?</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>?</TD></TR> - - <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><B>PC Speaker or DAC</B></TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>OK (Use the SDL driver: <CODE>-ao sdl</CODE>)</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>no driver</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>The driver emulates 44.1, maybe more.</TD></TR> - <TR><TD></TD><TD>Driver:</TD><TD><A HREF="ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/pcsp">ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/pcsp</A></TD></TR> -</TABLE> - <P>On Linux, a 2.4.x kernel is highly recommended. Kernel 2.2 is not tested.</P> -<P>If the sound clicks when playing from CD-ROM, turn on IRQ unmasking, e.g. - <CODE>hdparm -u1 /dev/cdrom</CODE> (<CODE>man hdparm</CODE>). This is - generally beneficial and described in more detail in the - <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#drives">CD-ROM section</A>.</P> +<P>Linux sound drivers are primarily provided by the free version of OSS. These + drivers have been superceded by <A HREF="http://www.alsa-project.org">ALSA</A> + (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) in the 2.5 development series. If your + distribution does not already use ALSA you may wish to try their drivers if + you experience sound problems. ALSA drivers are generally superior to OSS in + compatibility, performance and features. But some sound cards are only + supported by the commercial OSS drivers from + <A HREF="http://www.opensound.com/">4Front Technologies</A>. They also support + several non-Linux systems.</P> + +<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%"> + + <TR> + <TD ROWSPAN="2"><B>SOUND CARD</B></TD> + <TD COLSPAN="4"><B>DRIVER</B></TD> + <TD ROWSPAN="2"><B>Max kHz</B></TD> + </TR> + + <TR> + <TD><B>OSS/Free</B></TD> + <TD><B>ALSA</B></TD> + <TD><B>OSS/Pro</B></TD> + <TD><B>other</B></TD> + </TR> + + <TR> + <TD><B>VIA onboard (686/A/B, 8233, 8235)</B></TD> + <TD><A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3242&release_id=59602">via82cxxx_audio</A></TD> + <TD>snd-via82xx</TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD>4-48 kHz or 48 kHz only, depending on the chipset</TD> + </TR> + + <TR> + <TD><B>Aureal Vortex 2</B></TD> + <TD>none</TD> + <TD>none</TD> + <TD>OK</TD> + <TD><A HREF="http://aureal.sourceforge.net">Linux Aureal Drivers</A><BR> + <A HREF="http://makacs.poliod.hu/~pontscho/aureal/au88xx-1.1.3.tar.bz2">buffer size increased to 32k</A></TD> + <TD>48</TD> + </TR> + + <TR> + <TD><B>GUS PnP</B></TD> + <TD>none</TD> + <TD>OK</TD> + <TD>OK</TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD>48</TD> + </TR> + + <TR> + <TD><B>SB Live!</B></TD> + <TD>Analog OK, SP/DIF not working</TD> + <TD>Both OK</TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD>192</TD> + </TR> + + <TR> + <TD><B>SB AWE 64</B></TD> + <TD>max 44kHz</TD> + <TD>48kHz sounds bad</TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD>48</TD> + </TR> + + <TR> + <TD><B>Gravis UltraSound ACE</B></TD> + <TD>not OK</TD> + <TD>OK</TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD>44</TD> + </TR> + + <TR> + <TD><B>Gravis UltraSound MAX</B></TD> + <TD>OK</TD> + <TD>OK (?)</TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD>48</TD> + </TR> + + <TR> + <TD><B>ESS 688</B></TD> + <TD>OK</TD> + <TD>OK (?)</TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD>48</TD> + </TR> + + <TR> + <TD><B>C-Media cards (which ones?)</B></TD> + <TD>not OK (hissing) (?)</TD> + <TD>OK (?)</TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD>?</TD> + </TR> + + <TR> + <TD><B>Yamaha cards (*ymf*)</B></TD> + <TD>not OK (?) (maybe <CODE>-ao sdl</CODE>)</TD> + <TD>OK only with ALSA 0.5 with OSS emulation <B>AND</B> + <CODE>-ao sdl</CODE> (!) (?)</TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD>?</TD> + </TR> + + <TR> + <TD><B>Cards with envy24 chips (like Terratec EWS88MT)</B></TD> + <TD>?</TD> + <TD>?</TD> + <TD>OK</TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD>?</TD> + </TR> + + <TR> + <TD><B>PC Speaker or DAC</B></TD> + <TD>OK (Use the SDL driver: <CODE>-ao sdl</CODE>)</TD> + <TD>none</TD> + <TD> </TD> + <TD><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/stssppnn/pcsp.html">Linux PC speaker OSS driver</a></TD> + <TD>The driver emulates 44.1, maybe more.</TD> + </TR> + +</TABLE> <P>Feedback to this document is welcome. Please tell us how MPlayer and your sound card(s) worked together.</P> @@ -474,7 +543,7 @@ <DL> <DT><CODE>g1:g2:g3...g10</CODE></DT> - <DD>are floating point numbers between <CODE>-12<CODE> and <CODE>+12</CODE> + <DD>are floating point numbers between <CODE>-12</CODE> and <CODE>+12</CODE> representing the gain in dB for each frequency band.</DD> </DL> @@ -591,8 +660,8 @@ <H4><A NAME="plugins">2.3.2.4 Audio plugins (deprecated)</A></H4> -<P>MPlayer has support for audio plugins. Audio plugins can be used for - changing the properties of the audio data before the sound reaches the sound +<P>MPlayer has support for audio plugins. Audio plugins can be used to + change the properties of the audio data before it reaches the sound card. They are enabled using the <CODE>-aop</CODE> switch which takes a <CODE>list=plugin1,plugin2,...</CODE> argument. The <CODE>list</CODE> argument is required and determines which plugins should be used and in which order they @@ -614,7 +683,7 @@ <P>would set the output frequency of the resample plugin to 44100Hz and the output format of the format plugin to AFMT_U8.</P> -<P>Currently audio plugins can not be used in MEncoder.</P> +<P>Currently audio plugins cannot be used in MEncoder.</P> <H5><A NAME="resample">2.3.2.4.1 Up/Downsampling</A></H5> @@ -622,11 +691,10 @@ <P>MPlayer fully supports up/downsampling of the sound. This plugin can be used if you have a fixed frequency sound card or if you are stuck with an old sound card that is only capable of max 44.1kHz. - Whether is usage of this plugin is necessary or not, is <B>autodetected</B>. - This plugin has one switch: - <CODE>fout</CODE> which is used for setting the desired output sample - frequency. It defaults to 48kHz, and is given in - <Hz>.</P> + MPlayer <EM>autodetects</EM> whether or not usage of this plugin is necessary. + This plugin has one switch, <CODE>fout</CODE>, which is used for setting the + desired output sample frequency. The value is given in Hz, and defaults to + 48kHz.</P> <P>Usage:<BR> <CODE>mplayer media.avi -aop list=resample:fout=<required @@ -634,7 +702,7 @@ <P>Note that the output frequency should not be scaled up from the default value. Scaling up will cause the audio and video streams to be played in slow motion - in addition to audio distortion.</P> + and cause audio distortion.</P> <H5><A NAME="surround_decoding">2.3.2.4.2 Surround Sound decoding</A></H5> @@ -670,6 +738,10 @@ and is mentioned here for the sake of completeness only. Do not use this plugin unless you are a developer.</P> +<P>If you have a file with a consistent A/V sync fault, use the <CODE>+/-</CODE> + keys to adjust timings on-the-fly instead. Usage of the OSD is recommended + to make this easier.</P> + <H5><A NAME="volume">2.3.2.4.5 Software volume control</A></H5>