New queue_pad option defines how big to keep the queue (by adding

[disorder] / doc / disorder_config.5.in

diff --git a/doc/disorder_config.5.in b/doc/disorder_config.5.in
index d9bd260..3ddeb47 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/disorder_config.5.in
+++ b/doc/disorder_config.5.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"
 .\"

-.\" Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006 Richard Kettlewell
+.\" Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 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
 .\"
 .\" 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


@@ -296,6 +296,30 @@ If multiple player commands match a track then the first match is used.
 The interval at which the preferences log file will be synchronised.  Defaults
 to 3600, i.e. one hour.
 .TP
 The interval at which the preferences log file will be synchronised.  Defaults
 to 3600, i.e. one hour.
 .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 the queue is at least this big.
+.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:
+.RS
+.TP 10
+.I BITS
+The number of bits per sample.  Optionally, may be suffixed by \fBb\fR or
+\fBl\fR for big-endian and little-endian words.  If neither is used the native
+byte order is assumed.
+.TP
+.I RATE
+The number of samples per second.
+.TP
+.I CHANNELS
+The number of channels.
+.PP
+The default is
+.BR 16/44100/2 .
+.RE
+.TP

 .B signal \fINAME\fR
 Defines the signal to be sent to track player process groups when tracks are
 scratched.  The default is \fBSIGKILL\fR.
 .B signal \fINAME\fR
 Defines the signal to be sent to track player process groups when tracks are
 scratched.  The default is \fBSIGKILL\fR.


@@ -303,6 +327,24 @@ scratched.  The default is \fBSIGKILL\fR.
 Signals are specified by their full C name, i.e. \fBSIGINT\fR and not \fBINT\fR
 or \fBInterrupted\fR or whatever.
 .TP
 Signals are specified by their full C name, i.e. \fBSIGINT\fR and not \fBINT\fR
 or \fBInterrupted\fR or whatever.
 .TP

+.B sox_generation \fB0\fR|\fB1
+Determines whether calls to \fBsox\fR(1) should use \fB-b\fR, \fB-x\fR, etc (if
+the generation is 0) or \fB-\fIbits\fR, \fB-L\fR etc (if it is 1).  The default
+is 0.
+.TP
+.B speaker_command \fICOMMAND
+Causes the speaker subprocess to pipe audio data into shell command
+\fICOMMAND\fR, rather than writing to a local sound card.  The sample format is
+determine by
+.B sample_format
+above.
+.IP
+Note that if the sample format is wrong then
+.BR sox (1)
+is invoked to translate it.  If
+.B sox
+is not installed then this will not work.
+.TP

 .B restrict \fR[\fBscratch\fR] [\fBremove\fR] [\fBmove\fR]
 Determine which operations are restricted to the submitter of a
 track.  By default, no operations are restricted, i.e. anyone can
 .B restrict \fR[\fBscratch\fR] [\fBremove\fR] [\fBmove\fR]
 Determine which operations are restricted to the submitter of a
 track.  By default, no operations are restricted, i.e. anyone can


@@ -1013,10 +1055,9 @@ In addition there are two built-in parts, \fBpath\fR which is the whole path
 name and \fBext\fR which is the filename extension, including the initial dot
 (or the empty string if there is not extension).
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 name and \fBext\fR which is the filename extension, including the initial dot
 (or the empty string if there is not extension).
 .SH "SEE ALSO"

-\fBdisorder\fR(1), \fBdisorderd\fR(8), \fBdisorder-dump\fR(8),
+\fBdisorder\fR(1), \fBsox\fR(1), \fBdisorderd\fR(8), \fBdisorder-dump\fR(8),

 \fBpcrepattern\fR(3)
 .\" Local Variables:
 .\" mode:nroff
 .\" fill-column:79
 .\" End:
 \fBpcrepattern\fR(3)
 .\" Local Variables:
 .\" mode:nroff
 .\" fill-column:79
 .\" End:

-.\" arch-tag:43b51c6f7ce647119d5409797c55908e