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AUDIO OUTPUT DRIVERS
====================
Audio output drivers are interfaces to different audio output facilities. The
syntax is:
``--ao=<driver1[:suboption1[=value]:...],driver2,...[,]>``
Specify a priority list of audio output drivers to be used.
If the list has a trailing ',', mpv will fall back on drivers not contained
in the list. Suboptions are optional and can mostly be omitted.
.. note::
See ``--ao=help`` for a list of compiled-in audio output drivers.
.. admonition:: Examples
- ``--ao=alsa,oss,`` Try the ALSA driver, then the OSS driver, then others.
- ``--ao=alsa:noblock:device=hw=0.3`` Sets noblock-mode and the device-name
as first card, fourth device.
Available audio output drivers are:
``alsa`` (Linux only)
ALSA 0.9/1.x audio output driver
``no-block``
Sets noblock-mode.
``device=<device>``
Sets the device name. For ac3 output via S/PDIF, use an "iec958" or
"spdif" device, unless you really know how to set it correctly.
``mixer-device=<device>``
Set the mixer device used with ``--no-softvol`` (default: ``default``).
``mixer-name=<name>``
Set the name of the mixer element (default: ``Master``). This is for
example ``PCM`` or ``Master``.
``mixer-index=<number>``
Set the index of the mixer channel (default: 0). Consider the output
"``amixer scontrols``", then the index is the number that follows the
name of the element.
.. note::
MPlayer and mplayer2 required you to replace any ',' with '.' and
any ':' with '=' in the ALSA device name. mpv does not do this anymore.
Instead, quote the device name:
``--ao=alsa:device=[plug:surround50]``
``oss``
OSS audio output driver
``<dsp-device>``
Sets the audio output device (default: ``/dev/dsp``).
``<mixer-device>``
Sets the audio mixer device (default: ``/dev/mixer``).
``<mixer-channel>``
Sets the audio mixer channel (default: ``pcm``). Other valid values
include **vol, pcm, line**. For a complete list of options look for
``SOUND_DEVICE_NAMES`` in ``/usr/include/linux/soundcard.h``.
``jack``
JACK (Jack Audio Connection Kit) audio output driver
``port=<name>``
Connects to the ports with the given name (default: physical ports).
``name=<client>``
Client name that is passed to JACK (default: ``mpv``). Useful
if you want to have certain connections established automatically.
``(no-)estimate``
Estimate the audio delay, supposed to make the video playback smoother
(default: enabled).
``(no-)autostart``
Automatically start jackd if necessary (default: disabled). Note that
this tends to be unreliable and will flood stdout with server messages.
``(no-)connect``
Automatically create connections to output ports (default: enabled).
When enabled, the maximum number of output channels will be limited to
the number of available output ports.
``std-channel-layout=alsa|waveext|any``
Select the standard channel layout (default: alsa). JACK itself has no
notion of channel layouts (i.e. assigning which speaker a given
channel is supposed to map to) - it just takes whatever the application
outputs, and reroutes it to whatever the user defines. This means the
user and the application are in charge of dealing with the channel
layout. ``alsa`` uses the old MPlayer layout, which is inspired by
ALSA's standard layouts. In this mode, ao_jack will refuse to play 3
or 7 channels (because these do not really have a defined meaning in
MPlayer). ``waveext`` uses WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE order, which, even
though it was defined by Microsoft, is the standard on many systems.
The value ``any`` makes JACK accept whatever comes from the audio
filter chain, regardless of channel layout and without reordering. This
mode is probably not very useful, other than for debugging or when used
with fixed setups.
``coreaudio`` (Mac OS X only)
Native Mac OS X audio output driver
``device_id=<id>``
ID of output device to use (0 = default device)
``help``
List all available output devices with their IDs.
``openal``
Experimental OpenAL audio output driver
``pulse``
PulseAudio audio output driver
``[<host>][:<output sink>]``
Specify the host and optionally output sink to use. An empty <host>
string uses a local connection, "localhost" uses network transfer
(most likely not what you want).
``portaudio``
PortAudio audio output driver. This works on all platforms, and has
extensive MS Windows support.
``device``
Specify the subdevice to use. Giving ``help`` as device name lists all
devices found by PortAudio. Devices can be given as numeric values,
starting from ``1``.
``dsound`` (Windows only)
DirectX DirectSound audio output driver
``device=<devicenum>``
Sets the device number to use. Playing a file with ``-v`` will show a
list of available devices.
``sdl``
SDL 1.2+ audio output driver. Should work on any platform supported by SDL
1.2, but may require the ``SDL_AUDIODRIVER`` environment variable to be set
appropriately for your system.
``buflen=<length>``
Sets the audio buffer length in seconds. Is used only as a hint by the
sound system. Playing a file with ``-v`` will show the requested and
obtained exact buffer size. A value of 0 selects the sound system
default.
``bufcnt=<count>``
Sets the number of extra audio buffers in mpv. Usually needs not be
changed.
``null``
Produces no audio output but maintains video playback speed. Use
``--no-audio`` for benchmarking.
``pcm``
Raw PCM/WAVE file writer audio output
``(no-)waveheader``
Include or do not include the WAVE header (default: included). When
not included, raw PCM will be generated.
``file=<filename>``
Write the sound to ``<filename>`` instead of the default
``audiodump.wav``. If ``no-waveheader`` is specified, the default is
``audiodump.pcm``.
``rsound``
Audio output to an RSound daemon
``host=<name/path>``
Set the address of the server (default: localhost). Can be either a
network hostname for TCP connections or a Unix domain socket path
starting with '/'.
``port=<number>``
Set the TCP port used for connecting to the server (default: 12345).
Not used if connecting to a Unix domain socket.
``wasapi``
Audio output to the Windows Audio Session API.
``device=<id>``
Uses the requested endpoint instead of the system's default audio
endpoint. Both the number and the ID String are valid; the ID String
is guaranteed to not change unless the driver is uninstalled.
Also supports searching active devices by name. If more than one
device matches the name, refuses loading it.
To get a list of the valid devices, give ``help`` as the id. The
list is the same as the ``list`` suboption, but stops the player
initialization.
``exclusive``
Requests exclusive, direct hardware access. By definition prevents
sound playback of any other program until mpv exits.
``list``
Lists all audio endpoints (output devices) present in the system.