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author | diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2004-12-17 16:30:05 +0000 |
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committer | diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2004-12-17 16:30:05 +0000 |
commit | cc4014623c0f68278a2fbe40c103d1335cef2619 (patch) | |
tree | 638866c73d3c7d92a5bf901b8a2fa29211389050 /DOCS | |
parent | 9ab1a4b573b0fcc720e497b014beb8d630a4bc16 (diff) | |
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some clarification
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@14174 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
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-rw-r--r-- | DOCS/tech/codecs.conf.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/tech/codecs.conf.txt b/DOCS/tech/codecs.conf.txt index 03762c3b88..a7f3b7decf 100644 --- a/DOCS/tech/codecs.conf.txt +++ b/DOCS/tech/codecs.conf.txt @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ The codecs.conf file is stored either in a shared directory for all system users to access, or in the .mplayer directory in a user's home directory. When MPlayer starts, it first looks for a codecs.conf file in a user's home directory. Failing that, it searches for the shared file. If -the file has syntax errors, MPlayer will not start and report the error. +no codecs.conf file is found MPlayer falls back on its internal hardcoded +configuration. If the file is present but has syntax errors, MPlayer will +report the error. The codecs.conf file is really quite simple. It is simply a collection of codec definition blocks that define how different media types should be @@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ The "guid" keyword identifies a 16-byte Microsoft GUID that some media files use to identify codecs. Used only for win32 dshow and DMO codecs. The "out" keyword identifies which output format the decoder is known -to output. Just like the fourcc line, there can be multiple out lines or +to provide. Just like the fourcc line, there can be multiple out lines or multiple comma-separated output formats on the same line. The output formats should be listed in order of preference. |