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There are global - and driver specific properties. Some values can be set differently - for input and output, they're marked with ``in|out.``. You can set - the input's property with ``in.prop`` and the output's property with - ``out.prop``. For example: + Adds a new audio backend driver identified by id. + + If no audio backend is specified, QEMU will attempt to select a + default one. The ``-display`` option may influence which backend is + selected. + + There are global and driver specific properties. Some values can be + set differently for input and output, they're marked with ``in|out.``. + You can set the input's property with ``in.prop`` and the output's + property with ``out.prop``. For example: =20 :: =20 @@ -2198,8 +2203,11 @@ DEF("display", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_display, , QEMU_ARCH_ALL) SRST ``-display type`` - Select type of display to use. Use ``-display help`` to list the avail= able - display types. Valid values for type are + Select type of display to use. This may also influence the default + audio backend selection. + + Use ``-display help`` to list the available display types. Valid values + for type are =20 ``spice-app[,gl=3Don|off]`` Start QEMU as a Spice server and launch the default Spice client @@ -2209,6 +2217,9 @@ SRST ``dbus`` Export the display over D-Bus interfaces. (Since 7.0) =20 + If no audio backend is specified and the dbus display backend is + specified, the dbus audio backend is used by default. + The connection is registered with the "org.qemu" name (and queued = when already owned). =20 --=20 2.53.0