Package: mpd
Version: 0.15.1-1
Severity: normal

Hello,

I just started using mpd and works great. I just think it would be
better, if the installed /etc/mpd.conf should have the following 
commented out by default, in the Audio Output section:

        device          "hw:0,0"        # optional
        format          "44100:16:2"    # optional
        mixer_device    "default"       # optional
        mixer_control   "PCM"           # optional
        mixer_index     "0"             # optional

I know it says that it's optional. But with those uncommented sound
quality suffers. I played a podcast that I had listened to before and
the voices sounded a bit robotic/metallic. So I did some research and asked 
some questions in #mpd on freenode. And I was told that it's better for alsa
to take care of those settings. I came to the same conclusions after
commenting out those lines.

Tried what was suggested and sound quality was much better. Listened to the 
same podcast and it sounded great now. I understand that with those commented 
out 
mpd will use ~6 more cpu cycles, at least that is what I saw here on two 
machines.

But I think it's well worth the trade off, and better for new users to have 
those
commented out by default.

Thank You,
Michel

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30.5 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mpd depends on:
ii  adduser            3.110                 add and remove users and groups
ii  libao2             0.8.8-5               Cross Platform Audio Output Librar
ii  libasound2         1.0.20-3              shared library for ALSA applicatio
ii  libaudiofile0      0.2.6-7               Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libavcodec52       5:0.5+svn20090823-0.0 library to encode decode multimedi
ii  libavformat52      5:0.5+svn20090823-0.0 ffmpeg file format library
ii  libavutil49        4:0.5+svn20090706-2   ffmpeg utility library
ii  libc6              2.9-25                GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcue1            1.3.0-1               CUE Sheet Parser Library
ii  libcurl3-gnutls    7.19.5-1.1            Multi-protocol file transfer libra
ii  libfaad0           2.6.1-3.1             freeware Advanced Audio Decoder - 
ii  libflac8           1.2.1-2+b1            Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtim
ii  libgcc1            1:4.4.1-1             GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0       2.20.4-1              The GLib library of C routines
ii  libid3tag0         0.15.1b-10            ID3 tag reading library from the M
ii  libjack0           0.116.2+svn3592-2     JACK Audio Connection Kit (librari
ii  libmad0            0.15.1b-4             MPEG audio decoder library
ii  libmms0            0.4-2                 MMS stream protocol library - shar
ii  libmpcdec3         1:1.2.2-2.1           Musepack (MPC) format library
ii  libogg0            1.1.4~dfsg-1          Ogg bitstream library
ii  libpulse0          0.9.15-4.1            PulseAudio client libraries
ii  libresid-builder0c 2.1.1-7               SID chip emulation class based on 
ii  libsamplerate0     0.1.7-2               audio rate conversion library
ii  libshout3          2.2.2-5+b1            MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming
ii  libsidplay2        2.1.1-7               SID (MOS 6581) emulation library
ii  libsqlite3-0       3.6.17-2              SQLite 3 shared library
ii  libstdc++6         4.4.1-1               The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libvorbis0a        1.2.0.dfsg-6          The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libvorbisenc2      1.2.0.dfsg-6          The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libvorbisfile3     1.2.0.dfsg-6          The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libwavpack1        4.50.1-1              an audio codec (lossy and lossless

mpd recommends no packages.

Versions of packages mpd suggests:
pn  avahi-daemon                  <none>     (no description available)
pn  icecast2                      <none>     (no description available)
ii  mpc [mpd-client]              0.16-1     A command-line tool to interface M
ii  ncmpcpp [mpd-client]          0.3.5-1    ncurses-based client for the Music
pn  pulseaudio                    <none>     (no description available)

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