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authornicodvb <nicodvb@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2007-02-11 11:03:09 +0000
committernicodvb <nicodvb@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2007-02-11 11:03:09 +0000
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some clarification about dvb-out playback
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@22201 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
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@@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ Then compile and install as usual.</para>
<formalpara><title>USAGE</title>
<para>
-Hardware decoding (playing standard MPEG-1/2 files) can be done with this
+Hardware decoding of streams containing MPEG-1/2 video and/or MPEG audio can be done with this
command:
<screen>
mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes <replaceable>file.mpg|vob</replaceable>
@@ -1741,8 +1741,9 @@ mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes <replaceable>file.mpg|vob</replaceable>
</formalpara>
<para>
-Software decoding or transcoding different formats to MPEG-1 can be achieved
-using a command like this:
+Decoding of any other type of video stream requires transcoding to MPEG-1, thus it's slow
+and may not be worth the trouble, especially if your computer is slow.
+It can be achieved using a command like this:
<screen>
mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes <replaceable>yourfile.ext</replaceable>
mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf expand <replaceable>yourfile.ext</replaceable>