real-time. The controlling thread is left a normally scheduled
thread. Thus enabling the high-priority option is orthogonal.
See <manref section="1" name="pulseaudio"/> for more
- information. Takes a boolean argument, defaults to "no". The
+ information. Takes a boolean argument, defaults to "yes". The
<opt>--realtime</opt> command line option takes precedence.</p>
</option>
<option>
<p><opt>exit-idle-time=</opt> Terminate the daemon after the
last client quit and this time in seconds passed. Use a negative value to
- disable this feature. Defaults to -1. The
+ disable this feature. Defaults to 20. The
<opt>--exit-idle-time</opt> command line option takes
precedence.</p>
</option>
<option>
<p><opt>default-sample-format=</opt> The default sampling
format. Specify one of <opt>u8</opt>, <opt>s16le</opt>,
- <opt>s16be</opt>, <opt>s32le</opt>,
- <opt>s32be</opt>, <opt>float32le</opt>, <opt>float32be</opt>,
+ <opt>s16be</opt>, <opt>s24le</opt>, <opt>s24be</opt>,
+ <opt>s24-32le</opt>, <opt>s24-32be</opt>, <opt>s32le</opt>,
+ <opt>s32be</opt> <opt>float32le</opt>, <opt>float32be</opt>,
<opt>ulaw</opt>, <opt>alaw</opt>. Depending on the endianess of
- the CPU the
- formats <opt>s16ne</opt>, <opt>s16re</opt>, <opt>s32ne</opt>, <opt>s32re</opt>,
+ the CPU the formats <opt>s16ne</opt>, <opt>s16re</opt>,
+ <opt>s24ne</opt>, <opt>s24re</opt>, <opt>s24-32ne</opt>,
+ <opt>s24-32re</opt>, <opt>s32ne</opt>, <opt>s32re</opt>,
<opt>float32ne</opt>, <opt>float32re</opt> (for native,
resp. reverse endian) are available as aliases.</p>
</option>
these buffer metrics for machines with high scheduling
latencies. Not all possible values that may be configured here are
available in all hardware. The driver will to find the nearest
- setting supported.</p>
+ setting supported. Modern drivers that support timer-based
+ scheduling ignore these options.</p>
<option>
<p><opt>default-fragments=</opt> The default number of