[haiku-development] Re: Explain the Audio Mixer Setup options of Media preferences

  • From: "Alexander G. M. Smith" <agmsmith@xxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 14:46:09 -0500

On 2022-02-01 09:58, Humdinger (humdingerb) wrote:
> FYI, I've finished the chapter on the Media prefs [1].
> Let me know if there's anything to correct or to add.
>
> [1] https://i18n.haiku-os.org/userguide/export/docs/userguide/en/preferences/media.html

Maybe add a comma between "volume" and "to", unless you like the ambiguity humour of:

> Those range from everyday tasks like adjusting the volume to quite low level tweaking that most users won't ever need.

So, what does remapping audio channels do?  You could add a line saying that nobody knows what that setting does :-)

I understand the refuse format changes option, but do end users?  It means the audio hardware has to match the sample rate (and size too?) when playing back, so if you have a 44100hz .wav file, playback will be rejected on 48000hz audio hardware.  Same for recording - hardware has to be set the same as the requested recording sample rate.  For people who want absolutely the best quality with no interpolation artifacts.

- Alex

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