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| author | uau <uau@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2006-09-09 02:29:13 +0000 |
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| committer | uau <uau@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2006-09-09 02:29:13 +0000 |
| commit | e9f549715147f4747665c375dcb444ff2899027a (patch) | |
| tree | c80584c63f73eaa1864dbd15bcb214d79197bb18 /DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 | |
| parent | 2ca1aba8b5cc10cda599de92d331e398f8971ac9 (diff) | |
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-nortc is now the default, document -rtc instead. Change the description
of -rtc and -softsleep.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@19763 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
Diffstat (limited to 'DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 index 75b886ddac..bb155d3cea 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 +++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 @@ -901,9 +901,12 @@ Disable mouse button press/\:release input (mozplayerxp's context menu relies on this option). . .TP -.B \-nortc (RTC only) -Turns off usage of the Linux RTC (realtime clock \- /dev/\:rtc) as timing +.B \-rtc (RTC only) +Turns on usage of the Linux RTC (realtime clock \- /dev/\:rtc) as timing mechanism. +This wakes up the process every 1/1024 seconds to check the current time. +Useless with modern Linux kernels configured for desktop use as they already +wake up the process with similar accuracy when using normal timed sleep. . .TP .B \-playing-msg <string> @@ -961,8 +964,9 @@ for their description. . .TP .B \-softsleep -Use high-quality software timers instead of the RTC. -As precise as the RTC without requiring special privileges. +Time frames by repeatedly checking the current time instead of asking the +kernel to wake up MPlayer at the correct time. +Useful if your kernel timing is imprecise and you cannot use the RTC either. Comes at the price of higher CPU consumption. . .TP |