Windows hints as discussed on mplayer-cygwin

git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@10646 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2

2 files changed, 25 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/DOCS/en/documentation.html b/DOCS/en/documentation.html
index c288d4b6bb..af27720505 100644
--- a/DOCS/en/documentation.html
+++ b/DOCS/en/documentation.html
@@ -1839,10 +1839,18 @@ end
   to compile the DirectX video output driver.</P>
 
 <P>QuickTime DLLs and Real Win32 codecs (not Real Linux codecs) also work.
-  Compile with <CODE>--enable-qtx</CODE>
-  and <CODE>--enable-real</CODE> and put the codecs into the
-  default Windows DLL location, <CODE>C:\WINNT\system32</CODE> or
-  <CODE>C:\Windows\system</CODE> depending on your Windows version.</P>
+  Compile with <CODE>--enable-qtx</CODE> and <CODE>--enable-real</CODE> and
+  put the codecs into the default Windows DLL location,
+  <CODE>C:\WINNT\system32</CODE> or <CODE>C:\Windows\system</CODE> depending
+  on your Windows version. We have had some reports that Real DLLs need to be
+  writable by the user running MPlayer, but only on some systems.</P>
+
+<P>The Cygwin/MinGW console is rather slow. Redirecting output or using the
+  <CODE>-quiet</CODE> option has been reported to improve performance on some
+  systems. Direct rendering (<CODE>-dr</CODE>) may also help. You can prevent
+  OSD flicker through double buffering with the <CODE>-double</CODE> option.
+  If playback is jerky, try <CODE>-autosync 100</CODE>. If some of
+  these options help you, you may want to put them in your config file.</P>
 
 <P>There are precompiled binary versions made by Sascha Sommer available for
   download from
@@ -1878,9 +1886,6 @@ end
 
 <P><CODE>mplayer dvd://&lt;title&gt; -dvd-device '\\.\d:'</CODE></P>
 
-<P>The Cygwin console is rather slow. Redirecting output or using the
-  <CODE>-quiet</CODE> option has been reported to improve performance.</P>
-
 
 <H3><A NAME="mingw">6.6.2 MinGW</A></H3>
 
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml
index 6aaa802970..7b7246a112 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml
@@ -281,8 +281,19 @@ since QNX has only X <emphasis>emulation</emphasis> which is VERY slow. Use SDL.
 <para>QuickTime DLLx and Real Win32 codecs (not Real Linux codecs) also work.
   Compile with <option>--enable-qtx</option>
   and <option>--enable-real</option> and put the codecs into the
-  default Windows DLL location, <filename class="directory">C:\WINNT\system32</filename> or
-  <filename class="directory">C:\Windows\system</filename> depending on your Windows version.</para>
+  default Windows DLL location,
+  <filename class="directory">C:\WINNT\system32</filename> or
+  <filename class="directory">C:\Windows\system</filename> depending on your
+  Windows version. We have had some reports that Real DLLs need to be
+  writable by the user running MPlayer, but only on some systems.</para>
+
+<para>The Cygwin/MinGW console is rather slow. Redirecting output or using
+  the <option>-quiet</option> option has been reported to improve performance
+  on some systems. Direct rendering (<option>-dr</option>) may also help.
+  You can prevent OSD flicker through double buffering with the
+  <option>-double</option> option. If playback is jerky, try
+  <option>-autosync 100</option>. If some of these options help you, you
+  may want to put them in your config file.</para>
 
 <para>There are precompiled binary versions made by Sascha Sommer available for
   download from
@@ -318,9 +329,6 @@ since QNX has only X <emphasis>emulation</emphasis> which is VERY slow. Use SDL.
 
 <screen>mplayer dvd://&lt;title&gt; -dvd-device '\\.\d:'</screen>
 
-<para>The Cygwin console is rather slow. Redirecting output or using the
-  <option>-quiet</option> option has been reported to improve performance.</para>
-
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