.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 2004-2009 Richard Kettlewell
+.\" Copyright (C) 2004-2011, 2013 Richard Kettlewell
.\"
.\" This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
.B "Users And Access Control"
above.
.IP
-The default is to allow everything except \fBadmin\fR and \fBregister\fR
-(modified in legacy configurations by the obsolete \fBrestrict\fR directive).
+The default is to allow everything except \fBadmin\fR and \fBregister\fR.
.TP
.B device \fINAME\fR
Sound output device.
The default is \fBdefault\fR, which is intended to map to whatever the system's
default is.
.TP
-.B gap \fISECONDS\fR
-This option no longer does anything and will be removed in a future version.
-.TP
.B history \fIINTEGER\fR
Specifies the number of recently played tracks to remember (including
failed tracks and scratches).
.IP
Normally the server only listens on a UNIX domain socket.
.TP
-.B lock yes\fR|\fBno
-This option no longer does anything and will be removed in a future version.
-.TP
.B mixer \fIDEVICE\fR
The mixer device name, if it needs to be specified separately from
\fBdevice\fR.
The following options are supported:
.RS
.TP
-.B \-\-wait\-for\-device\fR[\fB=\fIDEVICE\fR]
-\fBThis option is deprecated\fR.
-If you want gapless play use raw-format players and the speaker process instead.
-(This the default in any case.)
-.IP
-Waits (for up to a couple of seconds) for the default, or specified, libao
-device to become openable.
-.TP
.B \-\-
Defines the end of the list of options.
Needed if the first argument to the plugin starts with a "\-".
background decoders will not be stopped and restarted using changed
configuration once they have been started.
.TP
-.B prefsync \fISECONDS\fR
-This option no longer does anything and will be removed in a future version.
-.TP
.B queue_pad \fICOUNT\fR
The target size of the queue.
If random play is enabled then randomly picked tracks will be added until
New values of this option may be picked up from the configuration file even
without a reload.
.TP
+.B rtp_mode \fIMODE\fR
+The network transmission mode for the \fBrtp\fR backend.
+Possible values are:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B unicast
+Unicast transmission to the address given by \fBbroadcast\fR.
+.TP
+.B broadcast
+Broadcast transmission to the address given by \fBbroadcast\fR.
+.TP
+.B multicast
+Multicast transmission to the address given by \fBbroadcast\fR.
+.TP
+.B request
+Unicast transmission to addresses requested by clients.
+.TP
+.B auto
+Choose one of the above based on the destination address.
+This is the default, for backwards compatibility reasons.
+.RE
+.TP
.B sample_format \fIBITS\fB/\fIRATE\fB/\fICHANNELS
Describes the sample format expected by the \fBspeaker_command\fR (below).
The components of the format specification are as follows: