On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 06:26:02PM +0200, Alexandre Ratchov wrote: > On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 05:38:11PM +0200, Landry Breuil wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 05:23:46PM +0200, Landry Breuil wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > here's an attempt at documenting the usecase i always forget when > > > playing with multiple devices/mics. Feedback/reworking/tweaks welcome. > > > > New version after super quick feedback from jmc@, unsure where to put > > the comma around 'for example' though. > > > > Landry > > > > Index: sndiod.8 > > =================================================================== > > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/sndiod/sndiod.8,v > > retrieving revision 1.2 > > diff -u -r1.2 sndiod.8 > > --- sndiod.8 18 Jan 2016 11:38:07 -0000 1.2 > > +++ sndiod.8 24 Jun 2018 15:37:17 -0000 > > @@ -484,6 +484,17 @@ > > Regardless of which device a stream is connected to, > > its playback volume knob is exposed. > > .Sh EXAMPLES > > +Start server at boot using two devices, for example > > +.Xr audio 4 > > +device on > > +.Pa snd/0 > > +and an external > > +.Xr uaudio 4 > > +microphone on > > +.Pa snd/1 : > > +.Pp > > +.Dl # rcctl set sndiod flags '-frsnd/0 -frsnd/1' > > +.Pp > > Start server using default parameters, creating an > > additional sub-device for output to channels 2:3 only (rear speakers > > on most cards), exposing the > > > > I've two remarks: > > - I'd prefer we make this example look like the other examples, > without refence to rcctl. I think people can figure out by > themselves how to transpose this to rcctl.
Normal joe user rarely starts sndiod manually... this particular example allows one to copy/paste it in a term and be done with it forever :) > - The exemple is valid for any devices, not only uaudio > one. Furthermore refs to audio(4) may raise the question "should I > use device paths like /dev/audio as specified in audio(4)"? The rest > of the manual uses "sndio audio device" or just "audio device". how about 'for example the internal audio device and an external usb microphone device' without any specific markup/link ?
