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authorMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2023-04-27 16:10:20 -0400
committerMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2023-07-26 10:40:16 -0400
commit07bb69d52c23752149d99d1e3d090f7e58f47385 (patch)
treed26ebd9e2f88bfd50469c0faa122f73519a93073 /doc/guix.texi
parent03795e2ba27424fc98957da00f6c71325e7ae425 (diff)
services: mpd: Auto-detect mpd-output mixer type by default.
Relates to <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/63082>. * gnu/services/audio.scm (mpd-output) [mixer-type]: Change default value from "none" to unspecified. * doc/guix.texi (Audio Services): Regenerate doc.
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@@ -34417,8 +34417,9 @@ Partitions} for available options.
@end table
@end deftp
+@c %start of fragment
@deftp {Data Type} mpd-output
-Data type representing a @command{mpd} audio output.
+Available @code{mpd-output} fields are:
@table @asis
@item @code{name} (default: @code{"MPD"}) (type: string)
@@ -34445,15 +34446,16 @@ is only useful for output plugins that can receive tags, for example the
@item @code{always-on?} (default: @code{#f}) (type: boolean)
If set to @code{#t}, then MPD attempts to keep this audio output always
-open. This may be useful for streaming servers, when you don?t want to
+open. This may be useful for streaming servers, when you don’t want to
disconnect all listeners even when playback is accidentally stopped.
-@item @code{mixer-type} (default: @code{"none"}) (type: string)
+@item @code{mixer-type} (type: maybe-string)
This field accepts a string that specifies which mixer should be used
for this audio output: the @code{hardware} mixer, the @code{software}
mixer, the @code{null} mixer (allows setting the volume, but with no
effect; this can be used as a trick to implement an external mixer
-External Mixer) or no mixer (@code{none}).
+External Mixer) or no mixer (@code{none}). When left unspecified, a
+@code{hardware} mixer is used for devices that support it.
@item @code{replay-gain-handler} (type: maybe-string)
This field accepts a string that specifies how
@@ -34468,6 +34470,7 @@ appended to the audio output configuration.
@end table
@end deftp
+@c %end of fragment
The following example shows a configuration of @command{mpd} that
configures some of its plugins and provides a HTTP audio streaming output.