From 9526fdbe730edb4b095a1e12aade0e16f1da2292 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:01:04 +0200
Subject: audio_format: wildcards allowed in audio_format configuration

An asterisk means that this attribute should not be enforced, and
stays whatever it used to be.  This way, some configuration values
work like masks.
---
 doc/user.xml | 17 +++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc/user.xml')

diff --git a/doc/user.xml b/doc/user.xml
index ca63eccd9..8111482d4 100644
--- a/doc/user.xml
+++ b/doc/user.xml
@@ -300,10 +300,19 @@ cd mpd-version</programlisting>
                 <varname>format</varname>
               </entry>
               <entry>
-                Always open the audio output with the specified audio
-                format (samplerate:bits:channels), regardless of the
-                format of the input file.  This is optional for most
-                plugins.
+                <para>
+                  Always open the audio output with the specified audio
+                  format (samplerate:bits:channels), regardless of the
+                  format of the input file.  This is optional for most
+                  plugins.
+                </para>
+                <para>
+                  Any of the three attributes may be an asterisk to
+                  specify that this attribute should not be enforced,
+                  example: <parameter>48000:16:*</parameter>.
+                  <parameter>*:*:*</parameter> is equal to not having
+                  a <varname>format</varname> specification.
+                </para>
               </entry>
             </row>
             <row>
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