Commit 82a89c6b authored by Max Kellermann's avatar Max Kellermann

doc/user: document the "ao" output

Move from doc/mpd.conf.5.
parent 166c70ca
......@@ -398,28 +398,6 @@ channels, respectively. The default is to let JACK choose a pair of ports.
.TP
.B ringbuffer_size <size in bytes>
This specifies the size of the ringbuffer in bytes. The default is 32768.
.SH OPTIONAL AO OUTPUT PARAMETERS
.TP
.B driver <driver>
This specifies the libao driver to use for audio output. Possible values
depend on what libao drivers are available. See
<\fBhttp://www.xiph.org/ao/doc/drivers.html\fP> for information on some
commonly used drivers. Typical values for Linux include "oss" and "alsa09".
The default is "default", which causes libao to select an appropriate plugin.
.TP
.B options <opts>
This specifies the options to use for the selected libao driver. For oss, the
only option available is "dsp". For alsa09, the available options are: "dev",
"buf_size", and "periods". See <\fBhttp://www.xiph.org/ao/doc/drivers.html\fP>
for available options for some commonly used drivers. Options are assigned
using "=", and ";" is used to separate options. An example for oss:
"dsp=/dev/dsp". An example for alsa09: "dev=hw:0,0;buf_size=4096". The
default is "".
.TP
.B write_size <size in bytes>
This specifies how many bytes to write to the audio device at once. This
parameter is to work around a bug in older versions of libao on sound cards
with very small buffers. The default is 1024.
.SH REQUIRED SHOUT OUTPUT PARAMETERS
.TP
.B name <name>
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......@@ -1398,6 +1398,59 @@ systemctl start mpd.socket</programlisting>
The <varname>ao</varname> plugin uses the portable
<filename>libao</filename> library.
</para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Setting</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
<varname>driver</varname>
<parameter>D</parameter>
</entry>
<entry>
The <filename>libao</filename> driver to use for
audio output. Possible values depend on what libao
drivers are available. See <ulink
url="http://www.xiph.org/ao/doc/drivers.html">http://www.xiph.org/ao/doc/drivers.html</ulink>
for information on some commonly used drivers.
Typical values for Linux include "oss" and "alsa09".
The default is "default", which causes libao to
select an appropriate plugin.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<varname>options</varname>
<parameter>O</parameter>
</entry>
<entry>
Options to pass to the selected
<filename>libao</filename> driver.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<varname>write_size</varname>
<parameter>O</parameter>
</entry>
<entry>
This specifies how many bytes to write to the audio
device at once. This parameter is to work around a
bug in older versions of libao on sound cards with
very small buffers. The default is 1024.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</section>
<section>
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