section "general options"
option "start_time" t "start playback at given time which must be in a:b format where a denotes seconds and b denotes microseconds since the epoch" string typestr="timeval" optional
option "device" d "set PCM device" string typestr="device" default="plughw:0,0" optional
option "channels" c "number of channels (only neccessary for raw audio)" int typestr="num" default="2" optional
option "sample_rate" s "force given sample rate (only neccessary for raw audio)" int typestr="num" default="44100" optional
option "bufsize" b "input buffer size" int typestr="kilobytes" default="64" optional
option "prebuffer" p "delay playback until buffer is filled" int typestr="percent" default="100" optional
option "loglevel" l
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"set loglevel (0-6)"

	int typestr="level"
	default="4"
	optional


option "writer" w
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"select stream writer"

	string typestr="name"
	default="alsa (file if alsa is unsupported)"
	optional
	multiple

option "list_writers" L
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"print available writers and exit"

	flag off
	optional