libao.conf(5)							libao configuration						     libao.conf(5)

NAME

       libao.conf - configuration for libao.

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/libao.conf

       ~/.libao

DESCRIPTION

       libao.conf  and	.libao	are  configuration files for libao, the audio output library.  They specify various options to libao, as described
       below.  libao.conf sets system-wide options, whereas ~/.libao sets user-specific options.  When an option is set in both places, the option
       in ~/.libao takes precedence.

FILE FORMAT

       The  file consists of comments and key-value pairs.  Comments are on separate lines that start with a # symbol.	The key-value pairs are of
       the form:
	       key=value
       where key contains no whitespace and no equal signs.  value will be all of the text after the equal sign until (but not including) the end-
       ing newline.  Beware of extra spaces at the end of the line!  They will probably be interpreted as part of the option value.

       Valid option keys are:

	      default_driver
		     The  short  name  of the driver libao should use by default.  Valid values include (not all are available on every platform):
		     oss, esd, arts, alsa, alsa05, nas, irix, and sun.	Note that "sun" is used on many BSD  systems  as  well	as  Solaris.   The
		     "alsa" driver is for the 0.9.x ALSA API, whereas the "alsa05" driver is for the 0.5.x API.

EXAMPLE

       Here is an example libao.conf that forces the OSS driver to be used by default:

	   # This is a comment.
	   default_driver=oss

BUGS

       libao.conf is missing a number of potentially useful options.

AUTHORS

       Stan Seibert <volsung@xiph.org>

								 September 1, 2003						     libao.conf(5)