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diff --git a/share/man/man4/audio.4 b/share/man/man4/audio.4 index 5862446b7fa..0a3fbeb4b7a 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/audio.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/audio.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: audio.4,v 1.57 2008/10/27 07:53:24 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: audio.4,v 1.58 2009/01/16 23:07:33 jakemsr Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: audio.4,v 1.20 1998/05/28 17:27:15 augustss Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: October 27 2008 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 16 2009 $ .Dt AUDIO 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -441,6 +441,17 @@ unsigned linear encoding with big endian byte order .El .Pp The +.Va precision +parameter describes the number of bits of audio data per sample. +For ample formats such as 8, 16 and 32-bit, where the number of audio data +bits is a power of 2, +.Va precision +is also exactly the size of each sample. +For other sample formats the sample size is the smallest power of +2 bits that the data can fit into. +For example the sample size of 20 and 24-bit formats is 32 bits. +.Pp +The .Va gain , .Va port , and |