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man: clarify MIDI and DSD playback
These tools don't render MIDI or DSD, you need separate tools or hardware for that.
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@ -26,9 +26,14 @@ capturing raw or encoded media files on a PipeWire
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server. It understands all audio file formats supported by
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``libsndfile`` for PCM capture and playback.
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It understands standard MIDI files for playback and recording,
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It understands standard MIDI files for playback and recording. This tool
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will not render MIDI files, it will simply make the MIDI events available
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to the graph. You need a MIDI renderer such as qsynth, timidity or a hardware
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MIDI rendered to hear the MIDI.
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DSD playback is supported with the DSF file format.
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DSD playback is supported with the DSF file format. This tool will only work
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with native DSD capable hardware and will produce an error when no such
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hardware was found.
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When the *FILE* is - input and output will be from STDIN and
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STDOUT respectively.
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@ -60,10 +65,15 @@ OPTIONS
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-m | --midi
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MIDI mode. *FILE* is a MIDI file. If the tool is called under the name
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**pw-midiplay** or **pw-midirecord** this is the default.
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Note that this program will *not* render the MIDI events into audible samples,
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it will simply provide the MIDI events in the graph. You need a separate
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MIDI renderer such as qsynth, timidity or a hardware renderer to hear the MIDI.
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-d | --dsd
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DSD mode. *FILE* is a DSF file. If the tool is called under the name
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**pw-dsdplay** this is the default.
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Note that this program will *not* render the DSD audio. You need a DSD capable
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device to play DSD content or this program will exit with an error.
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--media-type=VALUE
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Set the media type property (default Audio/Midi depending on mode).
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