Signed-off-by: Peter Meerwald <pmeerw at pmeerw.net>
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man/pactl.1.xml.in | 12 ++++++++----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/pactl.1.xml.in b/man/pactl.1.xml.in
index 29071b3..5ef6554 100644
--- a/man/pactl.1.xml.in
+++ b/man/pactl.1.xml.in
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ USA.
<optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified sink (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).
<arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage
(e.g. 10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB). If the volume specification start with a + or - the volume
- adjustment will be relative to the current sink volume.</p></optdesc>
+ adjustment will be relative to the current sink volume. A single volume value affects all channels; if multiple
+ volume values are given their number has to match the sink's number of channels.</p></optdesc>
</option>
<option>
@@ -201,21 +202,24 @@ USA.
<optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified source (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).
<arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage
(e.g. 10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB). If the volume specification start with a + or - the volume
- adjustment will be relative to the current source volume.</p></optdesc> </option>
+ adjustment will be relative to the current source volume. A single volume value affects all channels; if multiple
+ volume values are given their number has to match the source's number of channels.</p></optdesc> </option>
<option>
<p><opt>set-sink-input-volume</opt> <arg>INPUT</arg> <arg>VOLUME</arg></p>
<optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified sink input (identified by its numerical index).
<arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage
(e.g. 10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB). If the volume specification start with a + or - the volume
- adjustment will be relative to the current sink input volume.</p></optdesc> </option>
+ adjustment will be relative to the current sink input volume. A single volume value affects all channels; if multiple
+ volume values are given their number has to match the sink input's number of channels.</p></optdesc> </option>
<option>
<p><opt>set-source-output-volume</opt> <arg>OUTPUT</arg> <arg>VOLUME</arg></p>
<optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified source output (identified by its numerical index).
<arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage
(e.g. 10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB). If the volume specification start with a + or - the volume
- adjustment will be relative to the current source output volume.</p></optdesc>
+ adjustment will be relative to the current source output volume. A single volume value affects all channels; if multiple
+ volume values are given their number has to match the source output's number of channels.</p></optdesc>
</option>
<option>
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1.8.3.2
