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27.Dd February 26, 2021
28.Dt VCAUDIO 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm vcaudio
32.Nd Broadcom VideoCore integrated audio device driver
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Cd "vcaudio* at vchiq?"
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36The
37.Nm
38driver provides support for the VideoCore 4 audio interface found on
39Broadcom SoCs used in boards such as the Raspberry Pi.
40.Pp
41Three outputs are supported:
42.Li auto ,
43.Li headphones ,
44and
45.Li hdmi .
46The selected output can be changed using the
47.Li outputs.select
48.Xr mixerctl 1
49variable.
50.Li headphones
51corresponds to the analog 3.5mm jack on the Raspberry Pi.
52.Pp
53The hardware does not support recording.
54.Sh SEE ALSO
55.Xr mixerctl 1 ,
56.Xr audio 4 ,
57.Xr mixer 4 ,
58.Xr vchiq 4
59.Sh HISTORY
60The
61.Nm
62device driver appeared in
63.Nx 7.0 .
64.Sh BUGS
65The playback block size is fixed at 40ms of audio.
66The hardware output format is fixed at stereo 48kHz 16-bit LPCM so is
67not configurable with
68.Xr audiocfg 1 .
69