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author | Alexandre Ratchov <ratchov@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2011-05-26 07:42:22 +0000 |
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committer | Alexandre Ratchov <ratchov@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2011-05-26 07:42:22 +0000 |
commit | b725a072014653e609ba2fa74c4aee6efcca79bc (patch) | |
tree | 1d97221c846055125bc9d629fce8d99470311576 /usr.bin | |
parent | e1d269e66e0083ee5d166c48ffbdf88a1d9ae408 (diff) |
slightly clarify -v option description
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/aucat/aucat.1 | 15 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/aucat/aucat.1 b/usr.bin/aucat/aucat.1 index bdbd6be5d4f..c6795866df7 100644 --- a/usr.bin/aucat/aucat.1 +++ b/usr.bin/aucat/aucat.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: aucat.1,v 1.80 2011/05/26 07:18:40 ratchov Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: aucat.1,v 1.81 2011/05/26 07:42:21 ratchov Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2006 Alexandre Ratchov <alex@caoua.org> .\" @@ -248,14 +248,13 @@ options. .It Fl v Ar volume Software volume attenuation of the playback stream. The value must be between 1 and 127, -corresponding to \-42dB and \-0dB attenuation. +corresponding to \-42dB and \-0dB attenuation in 1\/3dB steps. In server mode, clients inherit this parameter. -Reducing the volume in advance reduces a client's dynamic range, -but allows client volume to stay independent from the number -of clients as long as their number is small enough. -A good compromise is to use \-4dB attenuation (12 volume units) -for each additional client expected -(115 if 2 clients are expected, 103 for 3 clients, and so on). +Reducing the volume in advance allows client volume to stay independent +from the number of clients as long as their number is small enough. +18 volume units (i.e., \-6dB attenuation) allows the number +of playback streams to be doubled. +The default is 127 i.e., no attenuation. .It Fl w Ar flag Control .Nm |