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authorPaul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>2013-12-15 10:15:18 -0500
committerPaul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>2013-12-15 10:15:18 -0500
commit04df09b6f4268405186b0f05a323001908d18629 (patch)
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update jackd man page description of -M and default MIDI buffer size
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diff --git a/jackd/jackd.1.in b/jackd/jackd.1.in
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@@ -80,10 +80,9 @@ When invoking JACK from the shell, remember to quote the argument to
\fB\-M, \-\-midi\-bufsize\fR [ \fIevent-count\fR ]
Specify the size of the buffer used for MIDI ports. Units are "MIDI
events per process() cycle", where an event occupies up to 4 bytes (as most common MIDI events
-do). The default buffer size is same as the one used for audio
-data, which will store about 2 MIDI events per sample.
+do). The default buffer size is 8192 bytes, which is about 2000 MIDI events.
Typical values for \fIevent-count\fR will range from 10 to about
-500. Be aware that using very high values along with a large number of
+2000. Be aware that using very high values along with a large number of
ports may cause JACK to fail to start because of the amount of memory
that would be required.
.TP