Huge patch by Jonas Jermann <jjermann@gmx.net> (1/2).

I extracted all the cosmetic parts from the patch, removed the bitrot and
added quite a few (also cosmetic) consistency, spelling and appearance
changes.  Columns are not broken at random anymore and should be readable
now.  We now have a good looking man page :-)


git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@6753 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2

1 files changed, 585 insertions, 529 deletions

diff --git a/DOCS/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/mplayer.1
index 43839d4f44..d397b0c4eb 100644
--- a/DOCS/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/mplayer.1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" This man page was/is done by Gabucino <sendmail@to.mplayer-users>
 .\" (Patches done by Jonas Jermann <sendmail@to.mplayer-users>)
 .\" 
-.TH "MPlayer" "1" "2002-05-13"
+.TH "MPlayer" "1" "2002-06-24"
 
 .SH "NAME"
 mplayer  \- Movie Player for Linux
@@ -56,10 +56,9 @@ SubViewer, Sami, VPlayer, RT, SSA, AQTitle and our own: MPsub).
 
 .B mencoder
 (MPlayer's Movie Encoder) is a simple movie encoder, designed to
-encode MPlayer-playable movies (AVI/ASF/OGG/DVD/VCD/VOB/MPG/MOV/VIV/FLI/RM/NUV/NET)
-to other MPlayer-playable formats (see below).  It encodes to DivX4 
-(1, 2 or 3 passes), XviD, codecs of libavcodec, PCM/MP3/VBRMP3 audio. 
-It also has stream copying abilities, a powerful plugin system
+encode MPlayer-playable movies (see above) to other MPlayer-playable formats
+(see below). It encodes to DivX4 (1, 2 or 3 passes), XviD, codecs of libavcodec,
+PCM/MP3/VBRMP3 audio. It also has stream copying abilities, a powerful plugin system
 (crop, expand, flip, postprocess, rotate, scale, rgb/yuv conversion) and more.
 
 .B gmplayer
@@ -74,20 +73,20 @@ option is \-nofs.
 
 .SH "DEMUXER/STREAM OPTIONS"
 .TP
-.B \-aid <id>
+.B \-aid <id> (also see \-alang option)
 Select audio channel [MPG: 0\-31 AVI: 1\-99 ASF: 0\-127 VOB: 128\-...]
-.br
-.I NOTE:
-Use \-alang to choose the language.
 .TP
-.B \-alang <audio\ stream\ language>
-Usable when playing DVD disks. Expects a two\-letter country code(s) as
-parameter, and always tries to play audio streams whose language matches the
-given code. For example: \-alang hu,en will play Hungarian and fall back to
-English if Hungarian is not available, provided that English audio exists.
+.B \-alang <two letter\ country\ code> (also see \-aid option)
+Works only for DVD playback! Selects DVD audio language. It always tries
+to play audio streams whose language matches the given code.
+
+.I EXAMPLE:
+    \-alang hu,en  Plays Hungarian and falls back to
+                  English if Hungarian is not
+                  available.
 .TP
-.B \-audio\-demuxer <number>
-Force audio demuxer type for \-audiofile. 
+.B \-audio\-demuxer <number> (\-audiofile only)
+Force audio demuxer type for \-audiofile.
 Give the demuxer ID as defined in demuxers.h.
 Use \-audio\-demuxer 17 to force .mp3 detection.
 .TP
@@ -101,36 +100,38 @@ Override default CDROM drive name /dev/cdrom.
 This option specifies how much memory (in kbytes) to use when precaching a file/URL.
 Especially useful on slow media (default is \-nocache).
 .TP
-.B \-cdda <options>
+.B \-cdda <option1:option2>
 This option can be used to tune the CD Audio reading feature of MPlayer.
 Available options are:
 
-    speed=n           set CD spin speed
-    paranoia=n        set paranoia level (0-2)
-                        0: disable checking
-                        1: overlap checking only
-                           (default)
-                        2: full data verification
-                           and correction
-    generic-dev=/dev/ use specified generic scsi
-                      device
-    sector-size=n     atomic read size
-    overlap=n         force minimum overlap search
-                      during verification to <n>
-                      sectors.
-    toc-bias          Assume that the beginning
-                      offset of track 1 as reported
-                      in the TOC will be addressed
-                      as LBA 0.  Necessary for some
-                      Toshiba drives to
-                      get track boundaries correct.
-    toc-offset=n      Add <n> sectors to the values
-                      reported when addressing
-                      tracks. May be negative.
-    (no)skip          (never) accept any less than
-                      perfect data reconstruction.
-.TP
-.B \-chapter <chapter\ id>[-<end chapter id>]
+    speed=<value>        set CD spin speed
+    paranoia=<value>     set paranoia level (0-2)
+                           0: disable checking
+                           1: overlap checking only
+                              (default)
+                           2: full data correction
+                              and verification
+    generic-dev=<value>  use specified generic SCSI
+                         device
+    sector-size=<value>  atomic read size
+    overlap=<value>      force minimum overlap
+                         search during verification
+                         to <value> sectors.
+    toc-bias             Assume that the beginning
+                         offset of track 1 as
+                         reported in the TOC will be
+                         addressed as LBA 0. Some
+                         Toshiba drives need this
+                         for getting track
+                         boundaries correct.
+    toc-offset=<value>   Add <value> sectors to the
+                         values reported when
+                         addressing tracks. May be
+                         negative.
+    (no)skip             (never) accept imperfect
+                         data reconstruction.
+.TP
+.B \-chapter <chapter\ id>[-<end\ chapter\ id>]
 Specify which chapter to start playing at. Optionally specify which chapter to
 end playing at. Examples can be found below.
 .TP
@@ -148,8 +149,8 @@ Specify which file MPlayer should dump to. Should be used together
 with \-dumpaudio/\-dumpvideo/\-dumpstream.
 .TP
 .B \-dumpstream (MPLAYER only)
-Dumps the raw stream to ./stream.dump. Useful for example
-when ripping from DVD or network.
+Dumps the raw stream to ./stream.dump. Useful when ripping from
+DVD or network.
 .TP
 .B \-dumpsub (MPLAYER only)
 Dumps the subtitle substream from VOB streams.
@@ -159,8 +160,11 @@ Dump raw compressed video stream to ./stream.dump (not very usable).
 .TP
 .B \-dvd <title\ id>
 Tell MPlayer which movies (specified by title id) to play. For example
-sometimes '1' is a trailer, and '2' is the real movie. Sometimes deinterlacing
-is required for DVD playback: see '\-pp 0x20000' or '\-npp lb' options, too. 
+sometimes '1' is a trailer, and '2' is the real movie.
+.br
+.I NOTE:
+Sometimes deinterlacing is required for DVD playback,
+see the \-pp 0x20000 or \-npp lb options.
 .TP
 .B \-dvd\-device <path\ to\ device>
 Override default DVD device name /dev/dvd.
@@ -195,17 +199,18 @@ Hi\-res mp3 seeking. Default is: enabled when playing from external MP3 file,
 as we need to seek to the very exact position to keep A/V sync. It can be slow
 especially when seeking backwards \- it has to rewind to the beginning to find
 the exact frame.
-.TP .B \-idx (also see \-forceidx)
+.TP
+.B \-idx (also see \-forceidx)
 Rebuilds INDEX of the AVI if no INDEX was found, 
 thus allowing seeking. Useful with broken/incomplete
 downloads, or badly created AVIs.
 .TP
 .B \-mc <seconds/frame>
-Maximum A-V sync correction per frame (in seconds)
+Maximum A-V sync correction per frame (in seconds).
 .TP
 .B \-mf <option1:option2:...>
 Used when decoding from multiple PNG or JPEG files
-(see documentation). The options are:
+(see documentation). Available options are:
 
     on            turns on multifile support
     w=<value>     width of the output (autodetect)
@@ -242,10 +247,11 @@ images / vob files with junk at the beginning.
 Specifies Hz to playback audio on. Affects playback speed!
 .TP
 .B \-ss <time> (see \-sb option too!)
-Seek to given time position. For example:
+Seek to given time position.
 
-    \-ss 56         seeks to 56 seconds
-    \-ss 01:10:00   seeks to 1 hour 10 min
+.I EXAMPLE:
+    \-ss 56        seeks to 56 seconds
+    \-ss 01:10:00  seeks to 1 hour 10 min
 .TP
 .B \-tv <option1:option2:...>
 This option enables the TV grabbing feature of MPlayer (see documentation). 
@@ -254,15 +260,23 @@ Available options are:
     on                use TV input
     noaudio           no sound
     driver=<value>    available: dummy, v4l
-    device=<value>    specify other device than the default /dev/video0
-    input=<value>     available: television, s-video, composite, etc
-    freq=<value>      specify the frequency to set the tuner to (e.g. 511.250)
-    outfmt=<value>    output format of the tuner (rgb32, rgb24, yv12, uyvy, i420)
+    device=<value>    Specify other device than the
+                      default /dev/video0.
+    input=<value>     available: television,
+                      s-video, composite, etc
+    freq=<value>      Specify the frequency to set
+                      the tuner to (e.g. 511.250).
+    outfmt=<value>    output format of the tuner
+                      (rgb32, rgb24, yv12, uyvy,
+                      i420)
     width=<value>     width of the output window
     height=<value>    height of the output window
     norm=<value>      available: PAL, SECAM, NTSC
-    channel=<value>   set the tuner to the given channel
-    chanlist=<value>  available: us-bcast, us-cable, europe-west, europe-east, etc
+    channel=<value>   Set tuner to <value> channel.
+    chanlist=<value>  available: europe-east,
+                      europe-west, us-bcast,
+                      us-cable, etc
+
 .TP
 .B \-vcd <track>
 Play video CD track from device instead of plain file.
@@ -277,35 +291,36 @@ Force audio parameters for the .vivo demuxer (for debugging purposes).
 .SH "DECODING/FILTERING OPTIONS"
 .TP
 .B \-ac <codec name>
-Force usage of a specific audio codec, according to its name in codecs.conf,
-for example:
+Force usage of a specific audio codec, according to its name in codecs.conf.
 
-    \-ac mp3        use libmp3 MP3 codec
-    \-ac mp3acm     use l3codeca.acm MP3 codec
-    \-ac ac3        use AC3 codec
-    \-ac hwac3      enable Hardware AC3 passthrough (see documentation)
-    \-ac vorbis     use libvorbis
-    \-ac ffmp3      use ffmpeg's MP3 decoder (SLOW)
+.I EXAMPLE:
+    \-ac mp3     use libmp3 MP3 codec
+    \-ac mp3acm  use l3codeca.acm MP3 codec
+    \-ac ac3     use AC3 codec
+    \-ac hwac3   enable hardware AC3 passthrough
+                (see documentation)
+    \-ac vorbis  use libvorbis
+    \-ac ffmp3   use ffmpeg's MP3 decoder (SLOW)
 
 See \-ac help for a full list of available codecs.
 .TP
 .B \-afm <1\-12> (OBSOLETE)
-Force usage of a specific audio format family. For example:
-
-    \-afm 1         use libmp3 (mp2/mp3, but not mp1)
-    \-afm 2         suppose raw PCM audio
-    \-afm 3         use libac3
-    \-afm 4         use a matching Win32 codec
-    \-afm 5         use aLaw/uLaw driver
-    \-afm 10        use libvorbis
-    \-afm 11        use ffmpeg's MP3 decoder (even mp1)
+Force usage of a specific audio format family.
 
-See \-afm help for a full list of available format families.
+.I EXAMPLE:
+    \-afm 1   use libmp3 (mp2/mp3, but not mp1)
+    \-afm 2   suppose raw PCM audio
+    \-afm 3   use libac3
+    \-afm 4   use a matching Win32 codec
+    \-afm 5   use aLaw/uLaw driver
+    \-afm 10  use libvorbis
+    \-afm 11  use ffmpeg's MP3 decoder (even mp1)
 .TP
 .B \-aspect <ratio>
 Override aspect ratio of movies. It's autodetected on MPEG files, but can't be
-autodetected on most AVI files. Examples:
+autodetected on most AVI files.
 
+.I EXAMPLE:
     \-aspect 4:3  or \-aspect 1.3333
     \-aspect 16:9 or \-aspect 1.7777
 .TP
@@ -317,40 +332,41 @@ Do not play/encode sound.
 .TP
 .B \-npp <option1,option2,...>
 This option allows giving more literate postprocessing options, 
-and is another way of calling it (not with \-pp).
-.br
-NOTE: -npp only controls the external postprocess filter, and you HAVE TO
-load it manually by '-vop pp', it is not auto-loaded!
-.br
-Usage: -vop pp -npp <options>
-
-.I EXAMPLE:
-    '\-pp 0x2007f' <=> '\-npp hb,vb,dr,al,lb'
-    '\-pp 0x7f'    <=> '\-npp hb,vb,dr,al'
-
-See \-npp help for a full list of available options.
+and is another way of calling it (not with \-pp). See \-npp help
+for a full list of available options. The keywords accept a '\-'
+prefix to disable the option.
 .br
-These keywords accept a '\-' prefix to disable the option.
-
-.I EXAMPLE:
-    '\-npp de,\-al' means 'default filters without brightness/contrast correction'
-
 A ':' followed by a letter may be appended to the option to indicate its 
 scope:
-    a : Automatically switches the filter off if the CPU is too slow.
-    c : Do chrominance filtering, too.
-    y : Do not do chrominance filtering (only luminance filtering).
-
+    a  Automatically switches the filter off if the CPU is too slow.
+    c  Do chrominance filtering, too.
+    y  Do not do chrominance filtering (only luminance filtering).
+.br
 Each filter defaults to 'c' (chrominance).
+.br
+.I NOTE:
+-npp only controls the external postprocess filter, and you HAVE TO
+load it manually by -vop pp (Usage: -vop pp -npp <options>),
+it is not auto-loaded!
 
 .I EXAMPLE:
-    '\-npp de,tn:1:2:3' means 'enable default filters & temporal denoiser'
-    '\-npp hb:y,vb:a \-autoq 6' means 'deblock horizontal only luminance, and
-    automatically switch vertical deblocking on/off depending on available 
-    CPU time'
+    \-npp hb,vb,dr,al,lb  same as \-pp 0x2007f
+    \-npp hb,vb,dr,al     same as \-pp 0x7f
+    \-npp de,\-al          default filters without
+                         brightness/contrast
+                         correction
+    \-npp de,tn:1:2:3     Enable default filters
+                         & temporal denoiser.
+    \-npp hb:y,vb:a \-autoq 6
+                         Deblock horizontal only
+                         luminance and switch
+                         vertical deblocking on or
+                         off automatically
+                         depending on available
+                         CPU time.
 .TP
 .B \-pp <quality> (see \-npp option too!)
-Apply postprocess filter on decoded image
+Apply postprocess filter on decoded image.
 
 Value given by -pp is sent to the codec, if the codec has built-in postprocess
 filter (newer win32 DShow DLLs, divx4linux) otherwise the external postprocess
@@ -367,106 +383,108 @@ same time, simply add the hexadecimal values.
 
 .I EXAMPLE:
 The following values are known to give good results:
-    \-pp 0x20000 <=> \-npp lb (deinterlacing \- for DVD/MPEG2 playback e.g.)
-    \-pp 0x7f    <=> \-npp hb,vb,dr,al (deblocking filter - for DivX)
+    \-pp 0x20000 (\-npp lb)        deinterlacing (for DVD/MPEG2 playback e.g.)
+    \-pp 0x7f (\-npp hb,vb,dr,al)  deblocking filter (for DivX)
 .TP
 .B \-ssf <mode> (BETA CODE)
 Specifies SwScaler parameters. Available options are:
 
-    lgb=[0..100]   Gaussian blur filter (luma) 
-    cgb=[0..100]   Gaussian blur filter (chroma)
-    ls=[0..100]    sharpen filter (luma)
-    cs=[0..100]    sharpen filter (chroma)
-    cvs=x          chroma vertical shifting
-    chs=x          chroma horizontal shifting
+    lgb=[0..100]  Gaussian blur filter (luma) 
+    cgb=[0..100]  Gaussian blur filter (chroma)
+    ls=[0..100]   sharpen filter (luma)
+    cs=[0..100]   sharpen filter (chroma)
+    cvs=x         chroma vertical shifting
+    chs=x         chroma horizontal shifting
+
+.I EXAMPLE
+    \-vop scale -ssf lgb=3.0
 .TP
 .B \-stereo <mode>
 Select type of MP2/MP3 stereo output.
 
-    Stereo          0
-    Left channel    1
-    Right channel   2
+    Stereo         0
+    Left channel   1
+    Right channel  2
 .TP
 .B \-sws <software\ scaler\ type>
 This option sets the quality (and speed, respectively) of the software scaler,
 with the \-zoom option. For example with x11 or other outputs which lack
 hardware acceleration. Possible settings are:
 
-    0   fast bilinear (default)
-    1   bilinear
-    2   bicubic (best quality)
-    3   ?
-    4   nearest neighbor (bad quality)
-    5   area averaging scaling support
+    0  fast bilinear (default)
+    1  bilinear
+    2  bicubic (best quality)
+    3  ?
+    4  nearest neighbor (bad quality)
+    5  area averaging scaling support
 .TP
 .B \-vc <codec name>
 Force usage of a specific video codec, according to its name in codecs.conf,
-for example:
 
-    \-vc divx       use VFW DivX codec
-    \-vc divxds     use DirectShow DivX codec
-    \-vc ffdivx     use libavcodec's DivX codec
-    \-vc ffmpeg12   use libavcodec's MPEG1/2 codec
-    \-vc divx4      use Project Mayo's DivX codec
+.I EXAMPLE:
+    \-vc divx      use VFW DivX codec
+    \-vc divxds    use DirectShow DivX codec
+    \-vc ffdivx    use libavcodec's DivX codec
+    \-vc ffmpeg12  use libavcodec's MPEG1/2 codec
+    \-vc divx4     use Project Mayo's DivX codec
 
 See '\-vc help' for FULL list!
 .TP
 .B \-vfm <1\-12> (OBSOLETE)
 Force usage of a specific codec FAMILY, and FALLBACK to default if failed.
-For example:
-
-    \-vfm 2         use VFW (Win32) codecs
-    \-vfm 3         use OpenDivX/DivX4 codec (YV12)
-                   (same as \-vc odivx but fallback)
-    \-vfm 4         use DirectShow (Win32) codecs
-    \-vfm 5         use libavcodec codecs
-    \-vfm 7         use DivX4 codec (YUY2)
-                   (same as \-vc divx4 but fallback)
-    \-vfm 10        use XAnim codecs
-
-See \-vc help for FULL list!
 
+.I EXAMPLE:
+    \-vfm 2   use VFW (Win32) codecs
+    \-vfm 3   use OpenDivX/DivX4 codec (YV12)
+             (same as \-vc odivx but fallback)
+    \-vfm 4   use DirectShow (Win32) codecs
+    \-vfm 5   use libavcodec codecs
+    \-vfm 7   use DivX4 codec (YUY2)
+             (same as \-vc divx4 but fallback)
+    \-vfm 10  use XAnim codecs
+.br
 .I NOTE:
 If libdivxdecore support was compiled in, then type 3 and 7 now contains
 just the same DivX4 codec, but different APIs to reach it. For difference
 between them and when to use which, check the DivX4 section in the
 documentation.
 .TP
-.B \-vop <plugin3[=options], plugin2, plugin1, ...>
-Activate coma separated list of video filters (see documentation!).
+.B \-vop <plugin3[=options],plugin2,plugin1,...>
+Activate comma separated list of video filters (see documentation).
 Available plugins are:
 
- crop[=w:h:x:y]     cropping
- expand[=w:h:x:y:o] expanding and OSD
- flip               vertical mirroring
- mirror             horizontal mirroring
- rotate[=<0-3>]     rotate image +- 90 degrees
- scale[=w:h]        software scaling
- yuy2               YV12/I420 \-> YUY2
- rgb2bgr[=swap]     RGB 24/32 <\-> BGR 24/32
- palette            RGB/BGR 8 \-> 15/16/24/32 bpp
- format[=fourcc]    restrict colorspace
- pp[=flags]         postprocessing (see \-pp)
- lavc[=quality:fps] YV12\->MPEG1 (libavcodec)
- fame               YV12\->MPEG1 (libfame)
- dvbscale[=aspect]  optimal scaling for DVB cards
-                    (aspect=DVB_HEIGHT*ASPECTRATIO)
- cropdetect         detection of black borders
-                    (print crop values to stdout)
+    crop[=w:h:x:y]      cropping
+    expand[=w:h:x:y:o]  expanding and OSD
+    flip                vertical mirroring
+    mirror              horizontal mirroring
+    rotate[=<0-3>]      rotate image +- 90 degrees
+    scale[=w:h]         software scaling
+    yuy2                YV12/I420 \-> YUY2
+    rgb2bgr[=swap]      RGB 24/32 <\-> BGR 24/32
+    palette             RGB/BGR 8 \-> 15/16/24/32bpp
+    format[=fourcc]     restrict colorspace
+    pp[=flags]          postprocessing (see \-pp)
+    lavc[=quality:fps]  YV12\->MPEG1 (libavcodec)
+    fame                YV12\->MPEG1 (libfame)
+    dvbscale[=aspect]   optimal scaling for DVB
+                        cards (aspect=
+                        DVB_HEIGHT*ASPECTRATIO)
+    cropdetect          black border detection
+                        (print crop values)
 
 .I parameters:
 .br
- w,h     destination width/height
-         value   : w/h = value
-         \-1      : w/h = original (default)
-         0       : w/h = scaled (aspect) w/h
-         \-value  : w/h = original+value
- x,y     x/y position of the sub-image
-         value   : x/y = value
-         \-1      : x/y = center image (default)
- o       en/disable OSD/SUB rendering
-         0       : disabled (default)
-         1       : enabled
+    w,h  destination width/height
+           value   w/h = value
+           \-1      w/h = original (default)
+           0       w/h = scaled (aspect) w/h
+           \-value  w/h = original+value
+    x,y  x/y position of the subimage
+           value   x/y = value
+           \-1      x/y = center image (default)
+    o    enable/disable OSD/SUB rendering
+           0       disabled (default)
+           1       enabled
 
 You can get the list of available plugins executing
 .I mplayer \-vop help
@@ -476,15 +494,18 @@ You can get the list of available plugins executing
 Scale image to x width (if sw/hw scaling available). Disables aspect calcs.
 .TP
 .B \-xy <x>
-    x<=8   Scale image by factor <x>
-    x>8    Set width to <x> and calculate height to keep correct aspect ratio
+    x<=8  Scale image by factor <x>.
+    x>8   Set width to <x> and calculate height to
+          keep correct aspect ratio.
 .TP
 .B \-y <y> (MPLAYER only)
 Scale image to y height (if sw/hw scaling available). Disables aspect calcs.
 .TP
 .B \-zoom
 Allow software scaling, where available. Could be used to force scaling with -vop scale
-(-vop scale will IGNORE options -x/-y/-xy/-fs/-aspect without -zoom)
+.br
+.I NOTE:
+\-vop scale will IGNORE options -x/-y/-xy/-fs/-aspect without -zoom.
 
 
 .SH "OSD/SUB OPTIONS"
@@ -507,47 +528,49 @@ subtitles.
 .B \-ffactor <number>
 Resample alphamap of the font. Can be:
 
-    0    plain white fonts
-    0.75 very narrow black outline [default]
-    1    narrow black outline
-    10   bold black outline
+    0     plain white fonts
+    0.75  very narrow black outline [default]
+    1     narrow black outline
+    10    bold black outline
 .TP
 .B \-font <path\ to\ font.desc\ file>
 Search for the OSD/SUB fonts in an alternative directory (default:
-~/.mplayer/font/font.desc). For example:
+~/.mplayer/font/font.desc).
 
+.I EXAMPLE:
     \-font ~/.mplayer/arial\-14/font.desc
 .TP
 .B \-noautosub
-Turns off automatic subtitles
+Turns off automatic subtitles.
 .TP
 .B \-osdlevel <0\-2> (MPLAYER only)
-Specifies which mode the OSD should start in (0: none, 1: seek, 2: seek+timer)
-(default = 2)
+Specifies which mode the OSD should start in (0: none, 1: seek, 2: seek+timer,
+default is 2).
 .TP
-.B \-sid <id>
+.B \-sid <id> (also see -slang option)
 Turns on DVD subtitle displaying. Also, you MUST specify a number which
 corresponds to a DVD subtitle language (0\-31). For the list of available
 subtitles, use with the \-v switch and look at the output.
-.br
-.I NOTE:
-Use \-slang to define the subtitle language by name.
 .TP
-.B \-slang <subtitle\ language>
-See the \-sid option, but this one needs a two\-letter parameter, a country code.
-Like: \-slang hu,en will always select Hungarian or if it is non existent then
-English subtitles, if there are any. For the list of available subtitles, use
-with the \-v switch and look at the output.
+.B \-slang <two\ letter\ country\ code> (also see \-sid option)
+Works only for DVD playback! Turns on/selects DVD subtitle language. For the
+list of available subtitles, use with the \-v switch and look at the output.
+
+.I EXAMPLE:
+    \-slang hu,en  Selects Hungarian and falls back
+                  to English if Hungarian is not
+                  available.
 .TP
 .B \-sub <subtitle\ file>
-Use/display this subtitle file
+Use/display this subtitle file.
 .TP
-.B \-subcp\ codepage
+.B \-subcp <codepage>
 If your system supports iconv(3), you can use this option to
-specify codepage of the subtitle. Examples:
+specify codepage of the subtitle.
 
-    \-subcp   latin2
-    \-subcp   cp1250
+.I EXAMPLE:
+    \-subcp  latin2
+    \-subcp  cp1250
 .TP
 .B \-sub\-demuxer <number> (BETA CODE)
 Force subtitle demuxer type for \-subfile.
@@ -556,14 +579,16 @@ Force subtitle demuxer type for \-subfile.
 Delays subtitles by <sec> seconds. Can be negative.
 .TP
 .B \-subfps <rate>
-Specify frame/sec rate of subtitle file (float number)
-(ONLY for frame\-based SUB files, i.e. NOT MicroDVD format!)
-(default: the same fps as the movie)
+Specify frame/sec rate of subtitle file (float number),
+default: the same fps as the movie.
+.br
+.I NOTE:
+ONLY for frame\-based SUB files, i.e. NOT MicroDVD format!
 .TP
 .B \-subfile <filename> (BETA CODE)
-Currently useless. Same as \-audiofile, but for subtitle streams. (OggDS?)
+Currently useless. Same as \-audiofile, but for subtitle streams (OggDS?).
 .TP
-.B \-subpos <0 \- 100> (useful with -vop expand)
+.B \-subpos <0\-100> (useful with -vop expand)
 Specify the position of subtitles on the screen. The value is the vertical
 position of the subtitle in % of the screen height.
 .TP
@@ -578,21 +603,24 @@ Specify the VobSub files that are to be used for subtitle. This is
 the full pathname without extensions, i.e. without the ".idx", ".ifo"
 or ".sub".
 .TP
-.B \-vobsubid <vobsub\ subtitle\ id>
+.B \-vobsubid <0-31>
 Specify the VobSub subtitle id. Valid values range from 0 to 31.
 
 
 .SH "AUDIO OUTPUT OPTIONS (MPLAYER ONLY)"
 .TP
-.B \-abs <value>  (OBSOLETE)
+.B \-abs <value> (OBSOLETE)
 Override audio driver/card buffer size detection, -ao oss only
 .TP
 .B \-ao <driver>[:<device>]
 Select audio output driver and optionally device. "device" is valid with
-SDL too, it means sub\-driver then (for example: \-vo sdl:esd).
-If using OSS, you can specify which sound device to use like this:
+SDL, too, it means subdriver then.
 
-    \-ao oss:/dev/dsp1     (replaces the old \-dsp option)
+.I EXAMPLE
+    \-ao oss:/dev/dsp1  specifies the sound device
+                       to use with OSS (replaces
+                       the old \-dsp option)
+    \-ao sdl:esd        specifies the SDL subdriver
 
 You can get the list of available drivers executing
 .I mplayer \-ao help
@@ -602,34 +630,42 @@ Filename for \-ao pcm.
 .TP
 .B \-aop <plugin1:plugin2:...>
 Specify audio plugin(s) and their options (see documentation!!).
-Available sub\-options are:
-
-    list=[plugins]  comma separated list of plugins
-                    (resample, format, surround, format, volume, extrastereo, volnorm)
-    delay=<sec>     example plugin, don't use!
-    format=<format> output format (format plugin only)
-    fout=<Hz>       output frequency (resample plugin only)
-    volume=<0-255>  volume (volume plugin only)
-    mul=<value>     stereo coefficient, defaults to 2.5 (extrastereo plugin only)
-    softclip        compressor/"soft\-clipping" capabilities (volume plugin only)
-.TP
-.B \-channels <n>
+Available options are:
+
+    list=[plugins]   comma separated list of
+                     plugins (resample, format,
+                     surround, format, volume,
+                     extrastereo, volnorm)
+    delay=<sec>      example plugin, do not use!
+    format=<format>  output format
+                     (format plugin only)
+    fout=<Hz>        output frequency
+                     (resample plugin only)
+    volume=<0-255>   volume (volume plugin only)
+    mul=<value>      stereo coefficient, defaults
+                     to 2.5
+                     (extrastereo plugin only)
+    softclip         compressor/"soft\-clipping"
+                     capabilities
+                     (volume plugin only)
+.TP
+.B \-channels <number>
 Select number of audio output channels to be used
 
-    Stereo         2
-    Surround       4
-    Full 5.1       6
+    Stereo    2
+    Surround  4
+    Full 5.1  6
 
 Currently this option is only honored for AC3 audio, and/or the surround plugin.
 .TP
-.B \-delay <secs>
-Audio delay in seconds (may be +/\- float value)
+.B \-delay <sec>
+Audio delay in seconds (may be +/\- float value).
 .TP
 .B \-mixer <device>
 This option will tell MPlayer to use a different device for mixing than
 /dev/mixer.
 .TP
-.B \-nowaveheader  (-ao pcm only)
+.B \-nowaveheader (-ao pcm only)
 Don't include wave header. Used for RAW PCM.
 
 
@@ -655,7 +691,10 @@ Adjust contrast of video output (default 0). Works in similar manner as brightne
 .TP
 .B \-display <name>
 Specify the hostname and display number of the X server you want
-to display on. For example: \-display xtest.localdomain:0
+to display on.
+
+.I EXAMPLE:
+    \-display  xtest.localdomain:0
 .TP
 .B \-double
 Enables doublebuffering. Fixes flicker by storing two frames in memory, and
@@ -669,21 +708,21 @@ Turns on direct rendering (not supported by all codecs and video outputs)
 .B \-dxr2 <option1:option2:...>
 This option is used to control the dxr2 driver.
 
-    overlay                enable the overlay
-    overlay-ratio          tune the overlay
-    ucode=<value>          path to the microcode
-    norm=<value>           TV norm
-    ar-mode=<value>        aspect ratio mode
-    macrovision=<value>    macrovision mode
-    75ire                  enable 7.5 IRE
-    bw                     b/w TV output
-    color                  color TV output
-    interlaced             interlaced TV output
-    square/ccir601-pixel   TV pixel mode
-    iec958-encoded/decoded iec958 output mode
-    mute                   mute sound output
-    ignore-cache           do not use VGA cache
-    update-cache           recreate VGA cache
+    overlay                 enable the overlay
+    overlay-ratio           tune the overlay
+    ucode=<value>           path to the microcode
+    norm=<value>            TV norm
+    ar-mode=<value>         aspect ratio mode
+    macrovision=<value>     macrovision mode
+    75ire                   enable 7.5 IRE
+    bw                      b/w TV output
+    color                   color TV output
+    interlaced              interlaced TV output
+    square/ccir601-pixel    TV pixel mode
+    iec958-encoded/decoded  iec958 output mode
+    mute                    mute sound output
+    ignore-cache            do not use VGA cache
+    update-cache            recreate VGA cache
 .TP
 .B \-fb <device> (fbdev or DirectFB only)
 Specifies the framebuffer device to use. By default it uses /dev/fb0.
@@ -699,7 +738,7 @@ Use this config file instead of the default /etc/fb.modes.
 Only valid for the fbdev driver.
 .TP
 .B \-forcexv (SDL only)
-Force using XVideo
+Force using XVideo.
 .TP
 .B \-fs
 Fullscreen playing (centers movie, and makes black
@@ -716,22 +755,22 @@ Adjust intensity of green component of video signal (default 0).
 Adjust hue of video signal (default 0). You can get colored negative
 of image with this option.
 .TP
-.B \-icelayer <0\ \-\ 15> (icewm only)
+.B \-icelayer <0\-15> (icewm only)
 Sets the layer of the fullscreen window of mplayer for icewm.
 
-    Desktop              0
-    Below                2
-    Normal               4
-    OnTop                6
-    Dock                 8
-    AboveDock            10
-    Menu                 12
+    Desktop     0
+    Below       2
+    Normal      4
+    OnTop       6
+    Dock        8
+    AboveDock  10
+    Menu       12
 
 Default is layer Menu (12).
 .TP
-.B \-jpeg <sub\-options> 
-Specify options for the JPEG output (-vo jpeg), separated by ":" (see documentation!).
-Available sub\-options are [no]progressiv, [no]baseline, 
+.B \-jpeg <option1:option2:...> (\-vo jpeg only)
+Specify options for the JPEG output (see documentation).
+Available options are [no]progressiv, [no]baseline, 
 optimize, smooth, quality and outdir.
 .TP
 .B \-monitor_dotclock <dotclock\ (or\ pixelclock) range>  (fbdev only)
@@ -742,8 +781,9 @@ Look into etc/example.conf for further information and in DOCS/video.html.
 .B \-monitor_vfreq <vertical frequency range>  (fbdev only)
 .TP
 .B \-monitoraspect <ratio>
-Set aspect ratio of your screen. Examples:
+Set aspect ratio of your screen.
 
+.I EXAMPLE:
     \-monitoraspect 4:3  or 1.3333
     \-monitoraspect 16:9 or 1.7777
 .TP
@@ -783,17 +823,21 @@ output drivers support it.
 .TP
 .B \-vo <driver>[:<device>]
 Select video output driver and optionally device. "device" is valid with
-SDL and GGI too, it means sub\-driver then (for example: \-vo sdl:aalib).
+SDL and GGI too, it means subdriver then.
+
+.I EXAMPLE:
+    \-vo xmga
+    \-vo sdl:aalib
 
 You can get the list of available drivers executing
 .I mplayer \-vo help
 .TP
 .B \-vsync
-Enables VBI for vesa
+Enables VBI for vesa.
 .TP
 .B \-wid <window\ id>
 This tells MPlayer to use a X11 window, which is useful to embed MPlayer in a
-browser (with the plugger extension for instance)
+browser (with the plugger extension for instance).
 .TP
 .B \-xineramascreen <screen\ number>
 In Xinerama configurations (i.e. a single desktop that spans across multiple
@@ -801,11 +845,11 @@ displays) this option tells MPlayer which screen to display movie on. Range 0 \-
 .TP
 .B \-z <0\-9>
 Specifies compression level for PNG output (-vo png)
-    0   no compression
-    9   max compression
+    0  no compression
+    9  max compression
 .TP
-.B \-zr*
-Used for \-vo zr. You can get a list and an explanation of available options executing
+.B \-zr* (\-vo zr only)
+You can get a list and an explanation of available options executing
 .I mplayer \-zrhelp
 
 
@@ -825,13 +869,14 @@ Used in combination with \-nosound and \-vo null for benchmarking only video cod
 Use alternative A/V sync method.
 .TP
 .B \-framedrop (see \-hardframedrop option too!)
-Frame dropping: decode all (except B) frames, video may skip. Useful for playback on slow VGA card/bus.
+Frame dropping: decode all (except B) frames, video may skip.
+Useful for playback on slow VGA card/bus.
 .TP
 .B \-gui (BETA CODE)
 Start MPlayer in GUI mode.
 .TP
 .B \-h, \-\-help
-Show short summary of options
+Show short summary of options.
 .TP
 .B \-hardframedrop
 More intense frame dropping (breaks decoding). Leads to image distortion!
@@ -840,39 +885,39 @@ More intense frame dropping (breaks decoding). Leads to image distortion!
 This option can be used to configure certain parts of the input system.
 Relative path are relative to $HOME/.mplayer.
 
-    conf=<file>    read alternative input.conf.
-                   If given without pathname,
-                   $HOME/.mplayer is assumed.
-    ar\-delay       delay in msec before we start
-                   to autorepeat a key
-                   (0 to disable)
-    ar\-rate        how many key presses/second when
-                   we autorepeat
-    keylist        prints all keys that can be
-                   bound to
-    cmdlist        prints all commands that can
-                   be bound
-    js\-dev         specifies the joystick device
-                   to use
-                   (default is /dev/input/js0)
+    conf=<file>  Read alternative input.conf.
+                 If given without pathname,
+                 $HOME/.mplayer is assumed.
+    ar\-delay     Delay in msec before we start
+                 to autorepeat a key
+                 (0 to disable).
+    ar\-rate      How many key presses/second when
+                 we autorepeat.
+    keylist      Prints all keys that can be
+                 bound to.
+    cmdlist      Prints all commands that can
+                 be bound.
+    js\-dev       Specifies the joystick device
+                 to use
+                 (default is /dev/input/js0).
 
 .I NOTE:
-Autorepeat is currently only supported by joysticks
+Autorepeat is currently only supported by joysticks.
 .TP
 .B \-lircconf <config\ file>
-Specifies a configfile for LIRC (see http://www.lirc.org) if you don't like the default ~/.lircrc
+Specifies a configfile for LIRC (see http://www.lirc.org) if you don't like the default ~/.lircrc.
 .TP
-.B \-loop <num>
-Loops m