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authornicolas <nicolas@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2003-05-16 13:30:51 +0000
committernicolas <nicolas@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2003-05-16 13:30:51 +0000
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various fixes and updates
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@10112 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
Diffstat (limited to 'DOCS')
-rw-r--r--DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml14
-rw-r--r--DOCS/xml/en/bugreports.xml10
-rw-r--r--DOCS/xml/en/history.xml2
-rw-r--r--DOCS/xml/en/skin.xml18
-rw-r--r--DOCS/xml/en/users-vs-dev.xml44
-rw-r--r--DOCS/xml/en/video.xml82
6 files changed, 100 insertions, 70 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml
index b1f29ac19d..d9c9f0bd75 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ playing MP3s or sound effects.
<para>
Other media players like <ulink url="http://avifile.sourceforge.net">aviplay</ulink>
-or <ulink url="http://xine.sourceforge.net">xine</ulink> possibly work
+or <ulink url="http://xine.sourceforge.net">Xine</ulink> possibly work
out-of-the-box with these drivers because they use "simple" methods
with internal timing. Measuring showed that their methods are not as
efficient as <application>MPlayer</application>'s.
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ contain silence but 0 and 1 would still be swapped.
</para>
<para>
-Exemple 2:
+Example 2:
<screen>mplayer -af channels=6:4:0:0:0:1:0:2:0:3 media.avi</screen>
would change the number of channels to 6 and set up 4 routes that copy
channel 0 to channels 0 to 3. Channel 4 and 5 will contain silence.
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ would set the output format to 4 bytes per sample floating point data.
<sect4 id="af_delay">
<title>Delay</title>
<para>
-The <option>delay</option> filter delays the sound to the loudspeakers such that
+The <option>delay</option> filter delays the sound to the loudspeakers such that
the sound from the different channels arrives at the listening position
simultaneously.
It is only useful if you have more than 2 loudspeakers. This filter has a
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ Subtract the distances s1 to s5 from the maximum distance i.e.
s[i] = max(s) - s[i]; i = 1...5
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
-alculated the required delays in ms as
+Calculated the required delays in ms as
d[i] = 1000*s[i]/342; i = 1...5
s[i] = max(s) - s[i]; i = 1...5
</para></listitem>
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ sub-woofer for example).
<sect4 id="af_sub">
<title>Sub-woofer</title>
<para>
-The <option>sub</option> filter adds a sub woofer channel to the audio
+The <option>sub</option> filter adds a sub woofer channel to the audio
stream. The audio data used for creating the sub-woofer channel is an
average of the sound in channel 0 and channel 1. The resulting sound is
then low-pass filtered by a 4th order Butterworth filter with a default
@@ -1108,8 +1108,8 @@ mplayer <replaceable>media.avi</replaceable> -aop list=volume:softclip</screen>
<para>
This plugin (linearly) increases the difference between left and right
-channels (like the XMMS extrastereo plugin) which gives some sort of "live"
-effect to playback.
+channels (like the <application>XMMS</application> extrastereo plugin) which gives some
+sort of "live" effect to playback.
</para>
<para>
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/bugreports.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/bugreports.xml
index 7e708fc7e1..0e2caf20f7 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/bugreports.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/bugreports.xml
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ and send your bug report to:
<ulink url="mailto:mplayer-users@mplayerhq.hu"/>
</para>
<para>
-The language of this list is English. Please follow the standard
+The language of this list is <emphasis role="bold">English</emphasis>. Please follow the standard
<ulink url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt">Netiquette Guidelines</ulink> and
-do not send HTML mail to any of our mailing lists. You will only get ignored or
+<emphasis role="bold">do not send HTML mail</emphasis> to any of our mailing lists. You will only get ignored or
banned. If you do not know what HTML mail is or why it is evil, read this
<ulink url="http://expita.com/nomime.html">fine document</ulink>. It explains all
the details and has instructions for turning HTML off. Also note that we will not
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ ld -v
</screen>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
+binutils version:
+<screen>
+as --version
+</screen>
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
If you have problems with fullscreen mode:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Window manager type and version</para></listitem>
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/history.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/history.xml
index d1f5d55d6b..5c41c90636 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/history.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/history.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ decided to write/modify one...
support for all known video formats!
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 0.90 "?"</emphasis> Date yet unknown
+ <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 0.90 "The CounterCounter"</emphasis> Apr 6, 2003
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/skin.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/skin.xml
index 157052d427..4eeed30914 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/skin.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/skin.xml
@@ -199,6 +199,22 @@ end
</para>
<para>
+Currently there is only one application, so you need only one section: its name is
+<emphasis role="bold">movieplayer</emphasis>.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+Within this section each window is described by a block of the following form:
+<programlisting>
+window = <replaceable>window name</replaceable>
+.
+.
+.
+end
+</programlisting>
+</para>
+
+<para>
where <replaceable>window name</replaceable> can be one of these strings:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">main</emphasis> - for the main window</para></listitem>
@@ -434,7 +450,7 @@ since you cannot see where the <literal>potmeter</literal> is set.
<listitem><para>
Defines a font. <literal>fontfile</literal> is the name of a font description file
with a <filename>.fnt</filename> extension (do not specify the extension here).
-fontid is used to refer to the font (see <link linkend="skin-dlabel">dlabel</link>
+<literal>fontid</literal> is used to refer to the font (see <link linkend="skin-dlabel">dlabel</link>
and <link linkend="skin-slabel">slabel</link>). Up to 25 fonts can be defined.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/users-vs-dev.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/users-vs-dev.xml
index df556fc17d..7ec12c8478 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/users-vs-dev.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/users-vs-dev.xml
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
<formalpara>
<title>The background:</title>
<para>
-The GCC <emphasis>2.95</emphasis> series is an official GNU release and
+The GCC <emphasis role="bold">2.95</emphasis> series is an official GNU release and
version 2.95.3 of GCC is the most bug-free in that series. We have never
noticed compilation problems that we could trace to gcc-2.95.3. Starting
-with Red Hat Linux 7.0, <emphasis>Red Hat</emphasis> included a heavily
+with Red Hat Linux 7.0, <emphasis role="bold">Red Hat</emphasis> included a heavily
patched CVS version of GCC in their distribution and named it
-<emphasis>2.96</emphasis>. Red Hat included this version in the
+<emphasis role="bold">2.96</emphasis>. Red Hat included this version in the
distribution because GCC 3.0 was not finished at the time, and they needed
a compiler that worked well on all of their supported platforms, including
-IA64 and s390. The Linux distributor <emphasis>Mandrake</emphasis> also
+IA64 and s390. The Linux distributor <emphasis role="bold">Mandrake</emphasis> also
followed Red Hat's example and started shipping GCC 2.96 with their
Linux-Mandrake 8.0 series.
</para>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Linux-Mandrake 8.0 series.
<para>
The GCC team disclaimed any link with GCC 2.96 and issued an
<ulink url="http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html">official response</ulink>
-to GCC 2.96. Many developers around the world began having problems with
+to GCC 2.96. Many developers around the world began having problems with
GCC 2.96, and started recommending other compilers. Examples are
<ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-3.23.html">MySQL</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/news-old1.htm">avifile</ulink>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ disappear with a different compiler. In any case it does not matter any
longer. Hopefully a maturing GCC 3.x will solve the issue for good. If you
want to compile with 2.96 give the <option>--disable-gcc-checking</option>
flag to <filename>configure</filename>. Remember that you are on your own
-and <emphasis>do not report any bugs</emphasis>. If you do, you will only
+and <emphasis role="bold">do not report any bugs</emphasis>. If you do, you will only
get banned from our mailing list because we have had more than enough flame
wars over GCC 2.96. Please let the matter rest.
</para>
@@ -80,22 +80,22 @@ get <ulink url="ftp://people.redhat.com/jakub/gcc/3.2-10/">gcc-3.2-10 packages</
(unofficial, but working fine)
and you can install them along the gcc-2.96 you already have. MPlayer will
detect it and use 3.2 instead of 2.96. If you do not want to or cannot use
-the binary packages, here is how you can compile GCC 3.x from source:
+the binary packages, here is how you can compile GCC 3 from source:
</para>
<procedure>
<step><para>
Go to the
- <ulink url="http://gcc.gnu.org/mirrors.html">GCC mirrors</ulink>
- page and download <filename>gcc-core-XXX.tar.gz</filename> where XXX is
- the version number. This includes the complete C compiler and is sufficient for
- <application>MPlayer</application>. If you also want C++, Java or some of
- the other advanced GCC features <filename>gcc-XXX.tar.gz</filename> may
- better suit your needs.
+ <ulink url="http://gcc.gnu.org/mirrors.html">GCC mirrors page</ulink>
+ page and download <filename>gcc-core-<replaceable>XXX</replaceable>.tar.gz</filename>
+ where <replaceable>XXX</replaceable> is the version number. This includes the complete
+ C compiler and is sufficient for <application>MPlayer</application>. If you also want
+ C++, Java or some of the other advanced GCC features
+ <filename>gcc-<replaceable>XXX</replaceable>.tar.gz</filename> may better suit your needs.
</para></step>
<step><para>
Extract the archive with
- <screen>tar -xvzf gcc-core-XXX.tar.gz</screen>
+ <screen>tar -xvzf gcc-core-<replaceable>XXX</replaceable>.tar.gz</screen>
</para></step>
<step><para>
GCC is not built inside the source directory itself like most programs,
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ the binary packages, here is how you can compile GCC 3.x from source:
need the configure from the source directory:
<screen>
cd gcc-build
-../gcc-3.XXX/configure</screen>
+../gcc-3.<replaceable>XXX</replaceable>/configure</screen>
</para></step>
<step><para>
Compile GCC by issuing this command in the build directory:
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ see fit.
<para>
Another impediment to binary redistribution was compiletime optimizations
-for CPU architecture. <application>MPlayer</application> now supports
+for CPU architecture. <application>MPlayer</application> now supports
runtime CPU detection (specify the
<option>--enable-runtime-cpudetection</option> option when compiling). It
-is disabled by default because it implies a small speed sacrifice, but it is
+is disabled by default because it implies a small speed sacrifice, it is
now possible to create binaries that run on different members of the Intel
CPU family.
</para>
@@ -187,15 +187,15 @@ incomplete and insulting. You be the judge.
He went on to mention <application>MPlayer</application> negatively in his
<ulink url="http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2001/1227.predictions.html">10 Linux predictions for 2002</ulink>.
In a followup
-<ulink url="http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0125.xine.html">review of xine</ulink>
+<ulink url="http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0125.xine.html">review of Xine</ulink>
he continued stirring up controversy. Ironically at the end of that article
-he quotes his exchange with Günter Bartsch, the original author of xine,
+he quotes his exchange with Günter Bartsch, the original author of <application>Xine</application>,
that perfectly summarizes the whole situation:
<blockquote><para>
However, he also went on to say that he was "surprised" by my column about
-Mplayer and thought it was unfair, reminding me that it is a free software
-project. "If you don't like it," Bartsch said, "you're free not to use it."
+<application>MPlayer</application> and thought it was unfair, reminding me that it is
+a free software project. "If you don't like it," Bartsch said, "you're free not to use it."
</para></blockquote>
</para>
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ your own opinion:
<para>
Marc Rassbach has
<ulink url="http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=2102">something to say</ulink>
-about the man
+about the man.
<blockquote><para>
You may all remember the LinuxWorld 2000, when he claimed that Linus T said
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml
index ab8722b0af..a6971458b4 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Older 3dfx drivers were known to have problems with XVideo acceleration, it
didn't support either YUY2 or YV12, and so. Verify that you have XFree86
version 4.2.0 or greater, it works OK with YV12 and YUY2. Previous
versions, including 4.1.0, <emphasis role="bold">crashes with YV12</emphasis>.
-If you experience strange effects using -vo xv, try SDL (it has XVideo too) and
+If you experience strange effects using <option>-vo xv</option>, try SDL (it has XVideo too) and
see if it helps. Check the <link linkend="sdl">SDL section</link> for details.
</para>
@@ -384,9 +384,9 @@ Now it works as a simple user, too.
<caution>
<title>Security risk</title>
<para>
-This is a <emphasis role="bold">big</emphasis> security risk! Never do this
-on a server or on a computer can be accessed by other people because they
-can gain root privileges through SUID root
+This is a <emphasis role="bold">big</emphasis> security risk!
+<emphasis role="bold">Never</emphasis> do this on a server or on a computer can be
+accessed by other people because they can gain root privileges through SUID root
<application>MPlayer</application>.
</para>
</caution>
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ with every chipset driver for XFree out there.
<title>SDL</title>
<para>
-SDL (Simple Directmedia Layer) is basically a unified
+<acronym>SDL</acronym> (Simple Directmedia Layer) is basically a unified
video/audio interface. Programs that use it know only about SDL, and not
about what video or audio driver does SDL actually use. For example a Doom
port using SDL can run on svgalib, aalib, X, fbdev, and others, you only
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ filter, see the man page for exact parameters.
<para>
Whether to build the FBdev target is autodetected during
-<filename>./configure</filename>. Read the framebuffer documentation in
+<filename>./configure</filename>. Read the framebuffer documentation in
the kernel sources (<filename>Documentation/fb/*</filename>) for more
information.
</para>
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ instructions.
AAlib is a library for displaying graphics in text mode, using powerful
ASCII renderer. There are <emphasis>lots</emphasis> of programs already
supporting it, like Doom, Quake, etc. <application>MPlayer</application>
-contains a very usable driver for it. If <filename>./configure</filename>
+contains a very usable driver for it. If <filename>./configure</filename>
detects aalib installed, the aalib libvo driver will be built.
</para>
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ The rendering is very CPU intensive, especially when using AA-on-X
(using aalib on X), and it's least CPU intensive on standard,
non-framebuffer console. Use SVGATextMode to set up a big textmode,
then enjoy! (secondary head Hercules cards rock :)) (but imho you
-can use -vf 1bpp option to get graphics on hgafb:)
+can use <option>-vf 1bpp</option> option to get graphics on hgafb:)
</para>
</note>
@@ -1154,6 +1154,13 @@ at least.)
<emphasis role="bold">and</emphasis> TV output at the same time!
(Recommended for ATI cards.)
</simpara></listitem>
+<listitem><simpara>
+ If you have VESA VBE 3.0+, and you had specified
+ <systemitem>monitor_hfreq, monitor_vfreq, monitor_dotclock</systemitem> somewhere
+ (config file, or commandline) you will get the highest possible refresh rate.
+ (Using General Timing Formula). To enable this feature you have to specify
+ <emphasis role="bold">all</emphasis> your monitor options.
+ </simpara></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
@@ -1183,8 +1190,9 @@ It won't work!
<listitem><simpara>
currently recognized: <literal>dga</literal> to force dga mode and
<literal>nodga</literal> to disable dga mode. In dga mode you can enable
- double buffering via the -double option. Note: you may omit these parameters
- to enable <emphasis role="bold">autodetection</emphasis> of dga mode.
+ double buffering via the <option>-double</option> option. Note: you may omit
+ these parameters to enable <emphasis role="bold">autodetection</emphasis> of
+ dga mode.
</simpara></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@@ -1209,9 +1217,9 @@ It won't work!
be activated anyway and you will need restart your computer.
</simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
- Often after terminating VESA driver you get black screen. To return your
- screen to original state - simply switch to other console (by pressing
- <keycap>Alt</keycap>+<keycap>F&lt;x&gt;</keycap>)
+ Often after terminating VESA driver you get <emphasis role="bold">black</emphasis>
+ screen. To return your screen to original state - simply switch to other console
+ (by pressing <keycap>Alt</keycap>+<keycap>F&lt;x&gt;</keycap>)
then switch to your previous console by the same way.
</simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
@@ -1277,7 +1285,7 @@ video modes.
<formalpara>
<title>PREAMBLE</title>
<para>
-VIDIX is the abbreviation for <emphasis role="bold">VID</emphasis>eo
+<acronym>VIDIX</acronym> is the abbreviation for <emphasis role="bold">VID</emphasis>eo
<emphasis role="bold">I</emphasis>nterface for *ni<emphasis role="bold">X</emphasis>.
VIDIX was designed and introduced as an interface for fast user-space drivers
providing such video performance as mga_vid does for Matrox cards. It's also very
@@ -1339,9 +1347,9 @@ Indeed it doesn't matter which video output driver is used with
<formalpara>
<title>USAGE METHODS</title>
<para>
-When VIDIX is used as <emphasis>subdevice</emphasis> (<option>-vo
+When VIDIX is used as <emphasis role="bold">subdevice</emphasis> (<option>-vo
vesa:vidix</option>) then video mode configuration is performed by video
-output device (<emphasis>vo_server</emphasis> in short). Therefore you can
+output device (<emphasis role="bold">vo_server</emphasis> in short). Therefore you can
pass into command line of <application>MPlayer</application> the same keys
as for vo_server. In addition it understands <option>-double</option> key
as globally visible parameter. (I recommend using this key with VIDIX at
@@ -1376,7 +1384,7 @@ systems where X11 does.
<para>
Since VIDIX requires direct hardware access you can either run it as root
or set the SUID bit on the <application>MPlayer</application> binary
-(<emphasis role="bold">Warning: This is a security risk!</emphasis>
+(<emphasis role="bold">Warning: This is a security risk!</emphasis>).
Alternatively, you can use a special kernel module, like this:
</para>
@@ -1390,6 +1398,7 @@ Alternatively, you can use a special kernel module, like this:
</para></step>
<step><para>
Compile the module in the <filename class="directory">svgalib_helper</filename>
+ directory (it can be found inside the <filename class="directory">svgalib-1.9.17/kernel/</filename>
directory if you've downloaded the source from the svgalib site) and insmod it.
</para></step>
<step><para>
@@ -1443,8 +1452,8 @@ can be found on VIA Epia motherboards.
The driver was written and is maintained by Alastair M. Robinson, who
offers the very latest driver versions for download from his
<ulink url="http://www.blackfiveservices.co.uk/EPIAVidix.shtml">homepage</ulink>.
-The drivers are added to MPlayer with only a short delay, so CVS should always
-be up to date.
+The drivers are added to <application>MPlayer</application> with only a short
+delay, so CVS should always be up to date.
</para>
</sect5>
@@ -1468,9 +1477,10 @@ of resource usage and overhead.&quot; - quoted from <ulink url="http://www.direc
<para>I'll exclude DirectFB features from this section.</para>
<para>
-Though MPlayer is not supported as a &quot;video provider&quot; in DirectFB, this
-output driver will enable video playback through DirectFB. It will - of course -
-be accelerated, on my Matrox G400 DirectFB's speed was the same as XVideo.
+Though <application>MPlayer</application> is not supported as a &quot;video
+provider&quot; in DirectFB, this output driver will enable video playback through
+DirectFB. It will - of course - be accelerated, on my Matrox G400 DirectFB's speed
+was the same as XVideo.
</para>
<para>
@@ -1527,7 +1537,7 @@ Configure should detect your DVB card. If it did not, force detection with
<para>If you have ost headers at a non-standard path, set the path with</para>
-<para><screen>./configure --with-extraincdir=&lt;DVB source directory&gt;/ost/include
+<para><screen>./configure --with-extraincdir=<replaceable>DVB source directory</replaceable>/ost/include
</screen></para>
<para>Then compile and install as usual.</para>
@@ -1601,7 +1611,7 @@ while keeping the right aspect ratio), use the new dvbscale filter:
</para>
<para><screen>
-for 3:4 TV: -vf dvbscale,scale=-1:0,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1
+for 4:3 TV: -vf dvbscale,scale=-1:0,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1
for 16:9 TV: -vf dvbscale=1024,scale=-1:0,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1
</screen></para>
@@ -1674,15 +1684,15 @@ both use the em8300 MPEG decoder chip from Sigma Designs.
First of all you will need properly installed DXR3/H+ drivers, version 0.12.0
or later. You can find the drivers and installation instructions at the
<ulink url="http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/">DXR3 &amp; Hollywood Plus for Linux</ulink>
-site. Configure should detect your card automatically, compilation should go
-without problems.
+site. <filename>configure</filename> should detect your card automatically,
+compilation should go without problems.
</para>
<!-- FIXME: find a more clear presentation -->
<variablelist>
<title>USAGE</title>
<varlistentry>
-<term><option>-vo dxr3:prebuf:sync:norm=x:&lt;device&gt;</option></term>
+<term><option>-vo dxr3:prebuf:sync:norm=x:<replaceable>device</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
<option>overlay</option> activates the overlay instead of TVOut. It requires
that you have a properly configured overlay setup to work right. The easiest
@@ -1690,7 +1700,7 @@ way to configure the overlay is to first run autocal. Then run mplayer with
dxr3 output and without overlay turned on, run dxr3view. In dxr3view you can
tweak the overlay settings and see the effects in realtime, perhaps this feature
will be supported by the MPlayer GUI in the future. When overlay is properly set
-up you will no longer need to use dxr3view.&#x0d;
+up you will no longer need to use dxr3view.
<option>prebuf</option> turns on prebuffering. Prebuffering is a feature of the
em8300 chip that enables it to hold more than one frame of video at a time. This
means that when you are running with prebuffering MPlayer will try to keep the
@@ -1713,7 +1723,7 @@ for external tools like em8300setup. Valid norms are 5 = NTSC, 4 = PAL-60,
3 = PAL. Special norms are 2 (auto-adjust using PAL/PAL-60) and 1 (auto-adjust
using PAL/NTSC) because they decide which norm to use by looking at the frame
rate of the movie. norm = 0 (default) does not change the current norm.
-<option>&lt;device&gt;</option> = device number to use if you have more than one em8300
+<option><replaceable>device</replaceable></option> = device number to use if you have more than one em8300
card.
Any of these options may be left out.
<option>:prebuf:sync</option> seems to work great when playing DivX movies. People
@@ -1751,7 +1761,7 @@ that you use that unless you have problems with it. See the man page for further
info about <option>-vf lavc/fame</option>.
Using lavc is highly recommended. Currently there is no way of setting the fps
of the em8300 which means that it is fixed to 29.97fps. Because of this it is
-highly recommended that you use <option>-vf lavc=&lt;quality&gt;:25</option>
+highly recommended that you use <option>-vf lavc=<replaceable>quality</replaceable>:25</option>
especially if you are using prebuffering. Then why 25 and not 29.97? Well, the
thing is that when you use 29.97 the picture becomes a bit jumpy. The reason for
this is unknown to us. If you set it to somewhere between 25 and 27 the picture
@@ -1838,7 +1848,7 @@ then you would issue the following command
</para>
<para>
-if you want to use the <systemitem>crop</systemitem> filter, you would do
+if you want to use the <option>crop</option> filter, you would do
<screen>mplayer -vo zr -vf crop=720:320:80:0 benhur.avi</screen>
</para>
@@ -1866,7 +1876,7 @@ participating in <emphasis>cinerama</emphasis> is four, so you can build a
</para>
<para>
-inally an important remark: Do not start or stop XawTV on the playback device
+Finally an important remark: Do not start or stop XawTV on the playback device
during playback, it will crash your computer. It is, however, fine to
<emphasis role="bold">FIRST</emphasis> start XawTV, <emphasis role="bold">THEN</emphasis>
start MPlayer, wait for MPlayer to finish and <emphasis role="bold">THEN</emphasis>
@@ -1917,8 +1927,7 @@ for Matrox G450/G550 TV-out instructions, please see the next section!
-zoom</option> options, but it will be <emphasis role="bold">SLOW</emphasis>,
and has <emphasis role="bold">Macrovision</emphasis> copy protection enabled
(you can "workaround" Macrovision using this
- <ulink url="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/mgamacro.pl">perl
- script</ulink>.
+ <ulink url="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/mgamacro.pl">perl script</ulink>).
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -1953,8 +1962,7 @@ for Matrox G450/G550 TV-out instructions, please see the next section!
Next, EDIT and run the <filename>./matroxtv</filename> script. This will
present you to a very simple menu. Press <keycap>2</keycap> and
<keycap>Enter</keycap>. Now you should have the same picture on your
- monitor, and TV. The 3rd option will turn on independent display, but
- then you <emphasis>can't use X!</emphasis> If the TV (PAL by default)
+ monitor, and TV. If the TV (PAL by default)
picture has some weird stripes on it, the script wasn't able to set the
resolution correctly (to 640x512 by default). Try other resolutions
from the menu and/or experiment with fbset.
@@ -2107,7 +2115,7 @@ Check <ulink url="http://www.iki.fi/too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree">this URL</ulin
</sect4>
<sect4 id="tvout-nvidia">
-<title>Voodoo 3</title>
+<title>nVidia</title>
<para>
First, you MUST download the closed-source drivers from <ulink url="http://nvidia.com"/>.
I will not describe the installation and configuration process because it does not cover