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There are global\n- and driver specific properties. Some values can be set differently\n- for input and output, they're marked with ``in|out.``. You can set\n- the input's property with ``in.prop`` and the output's property with\n- ``out.prop``. For example:\n+ Adds a new audio backend driver identified by id.\n+\n+ If no audio backend is specified, QEMU will attempt to select a\n+ default one. The ``-display`` option may influence which backend is\n+ selected.\n+\n+ There are global and driver specific properties. Some values can be\n+ set differently for input and output, they're marked with ``in|out.``.\n+ You can set the input's property with ``in.prop`` and the output's\n+ property with ``out.prop``. For example:\n \n ::\n \n@@ -2198,8 +2203,11 @@ DEF(\"display\", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_display,\n , QEMU_ARCH_ALL)\n SRST\n ``-display type``\n- Select type of display to use. Use ``-display help`` to list the available\n- display types. Valid values for type are\n+ Select type of display to use. This may also influence the default\n+ audio backend selection.\n+\n+ Use ``-display help`` to list the available display types. Valid values\n+ for type are\n \n ``spice-app[,gl=on|off]``\n Start QEMU as a Spice server and launch the default Spice client\n@@ -2209,6 +2217,9 @@ SRST\n ``dbus``\n Export the display over D-Bus interfaces. (Since 7.0)\n \n+ If no audio backend is specified and the dbus display backend is\n+ specified, the dbus audio backend is used by default.\n+\n The connection is registered with the \"org.qemu\" name (and queued when\n already owned).\n \n","prefixes":["05/85"]}