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authorAlexandre Ratchov <ratchov@cvs.openbsd.org>2011-06-03 16:20:11 +0000
committerAlexandre Ratchov <ratchov@cvs.openbsd.org>2011-06-03 16:20:11 +0000
commit33aa3b42fe067873a4d66eafddf0196d2039cc0c (patch)
treea2719d7ad95289987c2f106daae460b2157bf7c1 /usr.bin/aucat
parent0c37d1b0ed78fb98f91e9e3e44bbefaf9795c052 (diff)
Clarify that the ratio between sample rate and block size
is the MTC clock rate. Suggested by Alexey Suslikov
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/aucat')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/aucat/aucat.114
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/aucat/aucat.1 b/usr.bin/aucat/aucat.1
index 7d89ddba038..bae846a6688 100644
--- a/usr.bin/aucat/aucat.1
+++ b/usr.bin/aucat/aucat.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: aucat.1,v 1.83 2011/06/03 09:01:14 ratchov Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: aucat.1,v 1.84 2011/06/03 16:20:10 ratchov Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Alexandre Ratchov <alex@caoua.org>
.\"
@@ -517,21 +517,23 @@ Streams created with the
.Fl t
option export the server clock using MTC, allowing non-audio
software or hardware to be synchronized to the audio stream.
+Maximum accuracy is achieved when the number of blocks per
+second is equal to one of the standard MTC clock rates (96, 100 and 120Hz).
The following sample rates
.Pq Fl r
and block sizes
.Pq Fl z
-are recommended for maximum accuracy:
+are recommended:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact
.It
-44100Hz, 441 frames
+44100Hz, 441 frames (MTC rate is 100Hz)
.It
-48000Hz, 400 frames
+48000Hz, 400 frames (MTC rate is 120Hz)
.It
-48000Hz, 480 frames
+48000Hz, 480 frames (MTC rate is 100Hz)
.It
-48000Hz, 500 frames
+48000Hz, 500 frames (MTC rate is 96Hz)
.El
.Pp
For instance, the following command will create two devices: