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authorGravatar LAGonauta <lagonauta@gmail.com>2018-04-01 10:26:45 -0300
committerGravatar Jan Ekström <jeebjp@gmail.com>2018-04-15 00:57:01 +0300
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ao/openal: Add option to set buffering characteristics
One can now set the number of buffers and the buffer size. This can reduce the CPU usage and the total latency stays mostly the same. As there are sync mechanisms the A/V sync continue intact and working. It also modifies 6.1 channel order, as per OpenAL spec and add AOPLAY_FINAL_CHUNK support
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@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ Available audio output drivers are:
``openal``
Experimental OpenAL audio output driver
+ ``--openal-num-buffers=<2-128>``
+ Specify the number of audio buffers to use. Lower values are better for
+ lower CPU usage. Default: 4.
+
+ ``--openal-num-samples=<256-32768>``
+ Specify the number of complete samples to use for each buffer. Higher
+ values are better for lower CPU usage. Default: 8192.
+
``--openal-direct-channels=<yes|no>``
Enable OpenAL Soft's direct channel extension when available to avoid
tinting the sound with ambisonics or HRTF.