From: Richard Kettlewell Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:47:59 +0000 (+0100) Subject: docs X-Git-Tag: debian-1_5_99dev8~235 X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~mdw/git/disorder/commitdiff_plain/f2a6202f26569f46150ec7952e63534806290dd1 docs --- diff --git a/doc/disorder-playrtp.1.in b/doc/disorder-playrtp.1.in index 7ff59b9..cc2f1ac 100644 --- a/doc/disorder-playrtp.1.in +++ b/doc/disorder-playrtp.1.in @@ -28,12 +28,29 @@ disorder-playrtp \- play DisOrder network broadcasts .SH DESCRIPTION \fBdisorder-playrtp\fR plays a network broadcast sent from the specified address. +.PP +Normally the \fIADDRESS\fR would be 0.0.0.0. The \fIPORT\fR will depend on the +server configuration. You may need to specify the \fB--multicast\fR option +(see below) and if you have more than one soundcard perhaps the \fB--device\fR +option. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B --device \fIDEVICE\fR, \fB-D \fIDEVICE\fR Specifies the audio device to use. The exact meaning of this is platform-dependent; on Linux it is the ALSA device name. .TP +.B --multicast \fIGROUP\fR, \fB-M \fIGROUP\fR +Specifies a multicast group to join. This is necessary if the network +broadcast is being multicasted rather than broadcast. +.TP +.B --help\fR, \fB-h +Display a usage message. +.TP +.B --version\fR, \fB-V +Display version number. +.SS "Buffer Control Options" +You shouldn't need to use these options. +.TP .B --min \fIFRAMES\fR, \fB-m \fIFRAMES\fR Specifies the buffer low watermark in frames. If the number of frames falls below this value then playing will be stopped until the buffer fills up. @@ -48,16 +65,8 @@ the buffer then reading from the network socket will be suspended. The default is four times the \fB--buffer\fR value. .TP .B --rcvbuf \fIBYTES\fR, \fB-R \fIBYTES\fR -Specifies socket receive buffer size. -.TP -.B --multicast \fIGROUP\fR, \fB-M \fIGROUP\fR -Specifies a multicast group to join. -.TP -.B --help\fR, \fB-h -Display a usage message. -.TP -.B --version\fR, \fB-V -Display version number. +Specifies socket receive buffer size. The default is 131072 (128Kbytes). The +buffer size will not be reduced below the operating system's default. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR disorder_config (5), .BR disorderd (8)