[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main/DOCS sound.html,1.68,1.69

[Gabucino]

Anders Johansson wrote:
> The reason is that the PCM sound level is a digital control,
Hmm, I see.


> while the MASTER is an analog control. This means that when lowering the PCM
> sound level the SNR is lowered. If one then compensates by increasing the
> MASTER level the result is a output signal with poor dynamic range combined
> with the noise created by the crappy amplifier on the sound card.
Then why some cards have distortion when PCM is maxed out?
BTW I'm not an audiophil at all, as you may have guessed :)

In the meantime I think I'll change it back to PCM in docs, but with a comment
about bad soundcards.

-- 
Gabucino
MPlayer Core Team
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