Consistency in the use of \- vs - plus a typo or two.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@11095 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2

1 files changed, 110 insertions, 110 deletions

diff --git a/DOCS/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/en/mplayer.1
index 7191c76d3a..e50946b0ce 100644
--- a/DOCS/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/en/mplayer.1
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ set EDL mark
 .PP
 (The following keys are valid only when using a hardware accelerated video
 output (xv, (x)vidix, (x)mga, etc), or the software equalizer filter
-(-vf eq or -vf eq2).
+(\-vf eq or \-vf eq2).
 
 .IPs "1 and 2"
 adjust contrast
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ Specifying \-autosync\ 1 will do the same, but will subtly change the A/\:V
 correction algorithm used.
 An uneven video frame rate in a movie which plays fine with \-nosound can
 often be helped by setting this to an integer value greater than 1.
-The higher the value, the closer the timing will be to -nosound.
+The higher the value, the closer the timing will be to \-nosound.
 Try \-autosync\ 30 to smooth out problems with sound drivers which do
 not implement a perfect audio delay measurement.
 With this value, if large A/\:V sync offsets occur, they will only take about
@@ -436,15 +436,15 @@ Available commands are:
 .IPs conf=<file>
 Read alternative input.conf.
 If given without pathname, ~/\:.mplayer is assumed.
-.IPs ar\-delay
+.IPs ar-delay
 Delay in msec before we start to autorepeat a key (0 to disable).
-.IPs ar\-rate
+.IPs ar-rate
 How many key presses per second when we autorepeat.
 .IPs keylist
 Prints all keys that can be bound.
 .IPs cmdlist
 Prints all commands that can be bound.
-.IPs js\-dev
+.IPs js-dev
 Specifies the joystick device to use (default is /dev/\:input/\:js0).
 .IPs file\ 
 Read commands from the given file.
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ Don't display the status messages.  With this option the status line
 particulary useful when your terminal does not understand carriage
 return (i.e. \\r) like the XEmacs one.
 .TP
-.B \-really\-quiet \ \ 
+.B \-really-quiet \ \ 
 Display even less output and status messages.
 .TP
 .B \-shuffle \ \ 
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ this option.
 .B \-aid <id> (also see \-alang option)
 Select audio channel [MPEG: 0\-31 AVI/\:OGM: 1\-99 ASF/\:RM: 0\-127
 VOB(AC3): 128\-159 VOB(LPCM): 160\-191 MPEG-TS 17\-8190].
-MPlayer prints the available IDs when running in verbose (-v) mode.
+MPlayer prints the available IDs when running in verbose (\-v) mode.
 When playing an MPEG-TS stream, MPlayer/Mencoder will use the first program 
 (if present) with the chosen audio stream.
 .TP
@@ -578,17 +578,17 @@ Plays Hungarian and falls back to English if Hungarian is not available.
 .PD 1
 .
 .TP
-.B \-audio\-demuxer <number> (\-audiofile only)
+.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.
+Use \-audio-demuxer 17 to force .mp3 detection.
 .TP
 .B \-audiofile <filename>
 Play audio from an external file (WAV, MP3 or Ogg Vorbis) while viewing a
 movie.
 .TP
-.B -audiofile-cache <kBytes>
-Enables caching for the stream used by -audiofile, using the specified
+.B \-audiofile-cache <kBytes>
+Enables caching for the stream used by \-audiofile, using the specified
 amount of memory.
 .TP
 .B \-bandwidth <value>
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ Specify the maximum bandwidth for network streaming (for servers that are
 able to send content in different bitrates).
 Useful if you want to watch live streamed media behind a slow connection.
 .TP
-.B \-cdrom\-device <path\ to\ device>
+.B \-cdrom-device <path\ to\ device>
 Override default CDROM drive name /dev/\:cdrom.
 .TP
 .B \-cache <kBytes>
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ Full 5.1
 .PD 1
 .
 .TP
-.B \-chapter <chapter\ id>[-<end\ chapter\ id>]
+.B \-chapter <chapter\ id>[\-<end\ chapter\ id>]
 Specify which chapter to start playing at.
 Optionally specify which chapter to end playing at (default: 1).
 Examples can be found below.
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ the type will be autodetected.
 .PD 1
 .
 .TP
-.B \-dvd\-device <path\ to\ device>
+.B \-dvd-device <path\ to\ device>
 Override default DVD device name /dev/\:dvd.
 .TP
 .B \-dvdangle <angle\ id>
@@ -752,8 +752,8 @@ number).
 .B \-frames <number>
 Play/\:convert only first <number> frames, then quit.
 .TP
-.B \-hr\-mp3\-seek (MP3 only)
-Hi\-res mp3 seeking.
+.B \-hr-mp3-seek (MP3 only)
+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
@@ -795,11 +795,11 @@ type of input files (available types: jpeg, png, tga, sgi)
 .
 .TP
 .B \-ni (AVI only)
-Force usage of non\-interleaved AVI parser (fixes playing
+Force usage of non-interleaved AVI parser (fixes playing
 of some bad AVI files).
 .TP
 .B \-nobps (AVI only)
-Do not use average byte/\:sec value for A\-V sync (AVI).
+Do not use average byte/\:sec value for A-V sync (AVI).
 Helps with some AVI files with broken header.
 .TP
 .B \-noextbased
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ Seek to byte position.
 Useful for playback from CDROM images / .VOB files with junk at the beginning.
 .TP
 .B \-srate <Hz>
-Forces the given audio playback rate, changing video speed to keep a-v sync.
+Forces the given audio playback rate, changing video speed to keep A-V sync.
 MEncoder passes this value to lame for resampling.
 .TP
 .B \-ss <time> (see \-sb option too)
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ program (if present) you want to play. Can be used with \-vid and \-aid.
 .
 .TP
 .B \-tv <option1:option2:...>
-This option tunes various properties of tv-capture module.
+This option tunes various properties of the TV capture module.
 For watching TV with MPlayer, use 'tv://' or 'tv://<channel_number>' 
 or even 'tv://<channel_name> (see option channels for channel_name below)
 as a movie URL.
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ Not compatible with frequency parameter.
 Warning: The channel number will then be the position in the 'channels' list,
 beginning with 1.
 Example: use tv://1, tv://2, tv://TV1, tv_set_channel 1, tv_set_channel 2, tv_set_channel TV1, etc.
-.IPs [brightness|contrast|hue|saturation]=<\-100\-100>
+.IPs [brightness|contrast|hue|saturation]=<-100\-100>
 set the color equalizer on the video card.
 .IPs audiorate=<value>
 set audio capture bitrate
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ mjpeg compression:
     176x144    PAL
     176x120    NTSC
 .REss
-.IPs quality=<0-100>
+.IPs quality=<0\-100>
 choose the quality of the jpeg compression
 .br
 (quality < 60 recommended for full size)
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ Select video channel [MPG: 0\-15 ASF: 0\-255 MPEG-TS: 17\-8190].
 When playing an MPEG-TS stream, MPlayer/Mencoder will use the first program 
 (if present) with the chosen video stream.
 .TP
-.B \-vivo <sub\-options> (DEBUG CODE)
+.B \-vivo <sub-options> (DEBUG CODE)
 Force audio parameters for the .vivo demuxer (for debugging purposes).
 
 
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ The \-subfont-* options are available only with FreeType support compiled in.
 .I EXAMPLE:
 .PD 0
 .RSs
-\-font ~/\:.mplayer/\:arial\-14/\:font.desc
+\-font ~/\:.mplayer/\:arial-14/\:font.desc
 .br
 \-font ~/\:.mplayer/\:arialuni.ttf
 .RE
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ Display only "forced subtitles" for the DVD subtitle stream selected by e.g.
 \-slang.
 .TP
 .B \-fribidi_charset <charset\ name>
-Specifies the charset that will be passed to FriBiDi when decoding a non-utf8
+Specifies the charset that will be passed to FriBiDi when decoding a non-UTF8
 subtitles. Default is "ISO8859-8".
 .TP
 .B \-ifo <vobsub\ ifo\ file>
@@ -1208,15 +1208,15 @@ uses swscaler gaussian blur (looks very good)
 .TP
 .B \-spualign <-1\-2>
 Specify how spu (DVD/VobSub) subtitles should be aligned.
-Values are the same as for -subalign, with the extra choice -1 for original
+Values are the same as for \-subalign, with the extra choice -1 for original
 position.
 .TP
 .B \-spugauss <0.0\-3.0>
-Variance parameter of gaussian used by -spuaa 4.
+Variance parameter of gaussian used by \-spuaa 4.
 Higher means more blur.
 The default is 1.0.
 .TP
-.B \-sub <subtitle\-file1,subtitle\-file2,...>
+.B \-sub <subtitlefile1,subtitlefile2,...>
 Use/\:display these subtitle files.
 Only one file can be displayed at the same time and the files can be
 switched with 'j'. 
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ Currently subtitles are grayscale so this value is equivalente to the
 intensity of the color.
 The 255 value means white and 0 black.
 .TP
-.B \-sub\-demuxer <number> (BETA CODE)
+.B \-sub-demuxer <number> (BETA CODE)
 Force subtitle demuxer type for \-subfile.
 .TP
 .B \-sub-fuzziness
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ default: the same fps as the movie.
 
 .I NOTE:
 .br
-ONLY for frame\-based SUB files, i.e.\& NOT MicroDVD format.
+ONLY for frame-based SUB files, i.e.\& NOT MicroDVD format.
 .TP
 .B \-subpos <0\-100> (useful with \-vf expand)
 Specify the position of subtitles on the screen.
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ 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 <0-31>
+.B \-vobsubid <0\-31>
 Specify the VobSub subtitle id.
 
 
@@ -1410,12 +1410,12 @@ volume (volume plugin only)
 .IPs mul=<value>
 stereo coefficient (default: 2.5) (extrastereo plugin only)
 .IPs softclip
-compressor / 'soft\-clipping' capabilities (volume plugin only)
+compressor / 'soft-clipping' capabilities (volume plugin only)
 .RE
 .
 .TP
 .B \-delay <sec>
-Audio delay in seconds (may be +/\:\- float value).
+Audio delay in seconds (may be +/\:- float value).
 .TP
 .B \-format <0\-8192>
 Select the format used for output from the filter layer (according to the
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ Signed 32-bit (Big-Endian)
 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.
 
@@ -1472,12 +1472,12 @@ You can get a list and an explanation of available options executing
 Use different color depth than autodetect.
 Not all \-vo drivers support it (fbdev, dga2, svga, vesa).
 .TP
-.B \-brightness <\-100\-100>
+.B \-brightness <-100\-100>
 Adjust brightness of video output (default 0).
 It changes intensity of RGB components of video signal from black to white
 screen.
 .TP
-.B \-contrast <\-100\-100>
+.B \-contrast <-100\-100>
 Adjust contrast of video output (default 0).
 Works in similar manner as brightness.
 .TP
@@ -1515,9 +1515,9 @@ This option is used to control the dxr2 driver.
 .RSs
 .IPs ar-mode=<value>
 aspect ratio mode (0 = normal, 1 = pan scan, 2 = letterbox (default))
-.IPs iec958\-encoded
+.IPs iec958-encoded
 iec958 output mode
-.IPs iec958\-decoded
+.IPs iec958-decoded
 set iec958 output mode to decoded (default)
 .IPs macrovision=<value>
 macrovision mode (0 = off (default), 1 = agc, 2 = agc 2 colorstripe,
@@ -1548,9 +1548,9 @@ interlaced TV output (default)
 disable interlaced TV output
 .IPs norm=<value>
 TV norm (ntsc (default), pal,pal60,palm,paln,palnc)
-.IPs square\-pixel
+.IPs square-pixel
 set pixel mode to square
-.IPs ccir601\-pixel
+.IPs ccir601-pixel
 set pixel mode to ccir601
 .RE
 .RS
@@ -1572,15 +1572,15 @@ set the r(ed), g(reen) or b(lue) gain of the overlay color-key
 minimum value for the respective color key
 .IPs ck-[r|g|b]max=<0\-255>
 maximum value for the respective color key
-.IPs ignore\-cache
+.IPs ignore-cache
 ignore cached overlay settings
-.IPs update\-cache
+.IPs update-cache
 update cached overlay settings
 .IPs ol-osd
 enable overlay onscreen display
 .IPs nool-osd
 disable overlay onscreen display (default)
-.IPs ol[h|w|x|y]\-cor=<-20\-20>
+.IPs ol[h|w|x|y]-cor=<-20\-20>
 adjust the overlay size (h,w) and position (x,y) in case it doesn't match the
 window perfectly (default: 0)
 .IPs overlay
@@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@ bands around it).
 Toggle it with the 'f' key (not all video outputs support it).
 See also \-zoom.
 .TP
-.B \-fsmode-dontuse <0-31> (OBSOLETE) (use \-fs option)
+.B \-fsmode-dontuse <0\-31> (OBSOLETE) (use \-fs option)
 Try this option if you still experience fullscreen problems.
 .TP
 .B \-fstype <type1,type2,...>
@@ -1696,7 +1696,7 @@ This tells the GUI to also use an X11 window and stick itself to the bottom
 of the video, which is useful to embed a mini-GUI in a browser (with the
 MPlayer plugin for instance).
 .TP
-.B \-hue <\-100\-100>
+.B \-hue <-100\-100>
 Adjust hue of video signal (default: 0).
 You can get colored negative of image with this option.
 .TP
@@ -1735,11 +1735,11 @@ Specify standard or progressive JPEG.
 .IPs [no]baseline
 Specify use of baseline or not.
 .IPs optimize=<value>
-Optimization factor [0-100]
+Optimization factor [0\-100]
 .IPs smooth=<value>
-Smooth factor [0-100]
+Smooth factor [0\-100]
 .IPs quality=<value>
-Quality factor [0-100]
+Quality factor [0\-100]
 .IPs outdir=<value>
 Directory to save the JPEG files
 .RE
@@ -1792,7 +1792,7 @@ Play movie in the root window (desktop background) instead of opening
 a new one.
 Works only with x11, xv, xmga and xvidix drivers.
 .TP
-.B \-saturation <\-100\-100>
+.B \-saturation <-100\-100>
 Adjust saturation of video output (default: 0).
 You can get grayscale output with this option.
 .TP
@@ -1843,7 +1843,7 @@ In Xinerama configurations (i.e.\& a single desktop that spans across multiple
 displays) this option tells MPlayer which screen to display movie on.
 .TP
 .B \-z <0\-9>
-Specifies compression level for PNG output (-vo png)
+Specifies compression level for PNG output (\-vo png)
 
 .PD 0
 .RSs
@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ Select a part of the input image for display, multiple occurences of this
 option switch on cinerama mode.
 In cinerama mode the movie is distributed over more than one TV (or beamer) to
 create a larger screen.
-Options appearing after the n\-th \-zrcrop apply to the n\-th MJPEG card, each
+Options appearing after the n-th \-zrcrop apply to the n-th MJPEG card, each
 card should at least have a \-zrdev in addition to the \-zrcrop.
 For examples, see the output of \-zrhelp and the Zr section of the
 documentation.
@@ -1973,7 +1973,7 @@ sc: enable soft clipping.
 .IPs pan[=n:l01:l02:..l10:l11:l12:...ln0:ln1:ln2:...]
 Mixes channels arbitrarily, see DOCS/sound.html for details.
 .RSss
-n: number of output channels (1 - 6).
+n: number of output channels (1\-6).
 .br
 lij: how much of input channel j is mixed into output channel i.
 .REss
@@ -1996,11 +1996,11 @@ number between 0 and 1000).
 .RE
 .
 .TP
-.B \-af-adv <force=(0\-3):list=(filters)> (see -af option too)
+.B \-af-adv <force=(0\-3):list=(filters)> (see \-af option too)
 Specify advanced audio filter options:
 .
 .RSs
-.IPs force=<0-3>
+.IPs force=<0\-3>
 Forces the insertion of audio filters to one of the following:
 .RSss
 0: Completely automatic insertion of filters (default)
@@ -2012,7 +2012,7 @@ Forces the insertion of audio filters to one of the following:
 3: Turn off auto
 .REss
 .IPs list=<filters>
-Same as -af (see -af option).
+Same as \-af (see \-af option).
 .RE
 .
 .TP
@@ -2051,7 +2051,7 @@ It's autodetected on MPEG files, but can't be autodetected on most AVI files.
 .
 .TP
 .B \-flip \ 
-Flip image upside\-down.
+Flip image upside-down.
 .TP
 .B \-lavdopts <option1:option2:...> (DEBUG CODE)
 If decoding with libavcodec, you can specify its parameters here.
@@ -2423,9 +2423,9 @@ See also option \-flip.
 .B mirror\ 
 Mirrors the image on the Y axis.
 .TP
-.B rotate[=<0-7>]
-Rotates and flips (optional) the image +/\:\- 90 degrees.
-For parameters between 4-7 rotation is only done if the movie's geometry is
+.B rotate[=<0\-7>]
+Rotates and flips (optional) the image +/\:- 90 degrees.
+For parameters between 4\-7 rotation is only done if the movie's geometry is
 portrait and not landscape.
 .TP
 .B scale[=w:h[:c[:p]]]
@@ -2434,7 +2434,7 @@ colorspace conversion (also see \-sws option).
 .RSs
 .IPs w,h
 new width/height after scaling (default: original width,height)
-Note: If -zoom is used, and underlying filters (including libvo) are
+Note: If \-zoom is used, and underlying filters (including libvo) are
 incapable of scaling, then it defaults to d_width/\:d_height!
 .RSss
  0:   scaled d_width/\:d_height
@@ -2459,11 +2459,11 @@ chroma skipping
 .IPs p
 scaling parameter (depends upon the scaling method used)
 .RSss
--sws 2 (bicubic):  sharpness (0 (soft) - 100 (sharp))
+\-sws 2 (bicubic):  sharpness (0 (soft) \- 100 (sharp))
 .br
--sws 7 (gaussian): sharpness (0 (soft) - 100 (sharp))
+\-sws 7 (gaussian): sharpness (0 (soft) \- 100 (sharp))
 .br
--sws 9 (lanczos):  filter length (1 - 10)
+\-sws 9 (lanczos):  filter length (1\-10)
 .REss
 .RE
 .TP
@@ -2517,7 +2517,7 @@ Note that each sub-filter must be separated with a / sign.
 .br
 Each filter defaults to 'c' (chrominance).
 .br
-The keywords accept a '\-' prefix to disable the option.
+The keywords accept a '-' prefix to disable the option.
 .br
 A ':' followed by a letter may be appended to the option to indicate its
 scope:
@@ -2543,7 +2543,7 @@ brightness/\:contrast
 .IPs "\-vf pp=hb/vb/dr/al/lb"
 horizontal and vertical deblocking, deringing, automatic
 brightness/\:contrast and linear blend deinterlacer
-.IPs "\-vf pp=de/\-al"
+.IPs "\-vf pp=de/-al"
 default filters without brightness/\:contrast correction
 .IPs "\-vf pp=de/tn:1:2:3"
 Enable default filters & temporal denoiser.
@@ -2562,9 +2562,9 @@ Faster and of better quality than \-vf fame.
 .RSs
 .IPs quality
 .RSss
-1 \- 31: fixed qscale
+1\-31: fixed qscale
 .br
-32 \-:   fixed bitrate in kBits
+32\-:   fixed bitrate in kBits
 .REss
 .IPs fps\ \ 
 force output fps (float value) (default: 0, autodetect based on height)
@@ -2633,7 +2633,7 @@ contrast controls in hardware.
 Might also be useful with MEncoder, either for fixing poorly captured
 movies, or for slightly reducing contrast to mask artifacts and get by
 with lower bitrates.
-Initial values in the range -100 \- 100 may be given on the command line.
+Initial values in the range -100\-100 may be given on the command line.
 .TP
 .B eq2[=gamma:contrast:brightness:saturation:rg:gg:bg]
 Alternative software equalizer that uses lookup tables (very slow),
@@ -2687,7 +2687,7 @@ fixing movies that were inverse-telecined incorrectly.
 .TP
 .B dint[=sense:level]
 Detects and drops first of interlaced frames in video stream.
-Values can be from 0.0 to 1.0 - first (default 0.1) is relative difference
+Values can be from 0.0 to 1.0 \- first (default 0.1) is relative difference
 between neighbor pixels, second (default 0.15) is what part of image have to
 be detected as interlaced to drop the frame.
 .TP
@@ -2706,7 +2706,7 @@ width and height of the matrix, odd sized in both directions
 (min = 3x3, max = 13x11 or 11x13, usually something between 3x3 and 7x7)
 .IPs amount
 Relative amount of sharpness/\:blur to add to the image
-(a sane range should be -1.5 \- 1.5).
+(a sane range should be -1.5\-1.5).
 .RSss
 <0: blur
 .br
@@ -2767,7 +2767,7 @@ specified by fr=#) and 1 (agressive search for telecine pattern).
 Default is 1.
 .IPs fr
 Set initial frame number in sequence.
-0-2 are the three clean progressive frames; 3 and 4 are the two
+0\-2 are the three clean progressive frames; 3 and 4 are the two
 interlaced frames.
 The default, -1, means "not in telecine sequence".
 The number specified here is the type for the imaginary previous
@@ -2785,7 +2785,7 @@ heavy editing after telecine was applied, but as a result it is not as
 forgiving of noisy input, for example TV capture.
 The optional parameter (ivtc=1) corresponds to the dr=1 option for the
 detc filter, and should be used with MEncoder but not with MPlayer.
-As with detc, you must specify the correct output framerate (-ofps
+As with detc, you must specify the correct output framerate (\-ofps
 23.976) when using MEncoder.
 .TP
 .B "pullup"
@@ -2801,7 +2801,7 @@ implementation in G1 is meant to serve mainly as a testbed.
 Note: presently pullup lacks any way to cap the output framerate, so
 during 30 fps progressive sequences or stills, it will output more
 than 24 fps, meaning you'll have trouble if you use it with mencoder
--ofps 23.976.
+\-ofps 23.976.
 .TP
 .B "softpulldown"
 This filter works only correct with MEncoder and acts on the MPEG2 flags
@@ -2815,14 +2815,14 @@ filter does nothing.
 .B "telecine[=start]"
 Apply 3:2 "telecine" process to increase framerate by 20%.
 This most likely will not work correctly with MPlayer, but it can
-be used with 'mencoder -fps 29.97 -ofps 29.97 -vf telecine'.
+be used with 'mencoder \-fps 29.97 \-ofps 29.97 \-vf telecine'.
 Both fps options are essential!
 (A/V sync will break if they are wrong.)
 The optional start parameter tells the filter where in the telecine
-pattern to start (0-3).
+pattern to start (0\-3).
 .TP
 .B "tinterlace[=mode]"
-Temporal field interlacing -- merge pairs of frames into an interlaced
+Temporal field interlacing \- merge pairs of frames into an interlaced
 frame, halving the framerate. Even frames are moved into the upper
 field, odd frames to the lower field. This can be used to fully reverse
 the effect of the tfields filter (in mode 0). Available modes are:
@@ -2842,10 +2842,10 @@ framerate unchanged
 .PD 1
 .TP
 .B "tfields[=mode]"
-Temporal field separation -- split fields into frames, doubling the
+Temporal field separation \- split fields into frames, doubling the
 output framerate.
 Like the telecine filter, "tfields" will only work properly with
-MEncoder, and only if both -fps and -ofps are set to the
+MEncoder, and only if both \-fps and \-ofps are set to the
 desired (double) framerate!
 Available modes are:
 .PD 0
@@ -2882,7 +2882,7 @@ blur filter strength (~0.1\-4.0) (slower if larger)
 prefilter strength (~0.1\-2.0)
 .IPs colorDiff
 How different the pixels are allowed to be considered.
-(~0.1-100.0)
+(~0.1\-100.0)
 .RE
 .PD 1
 .TP
@@ -2937,7 +2937,7 @@ sets the default value of the 'hidden' flag (boolean)
 .IPs opaque
 flag switching between alphablended (transparent) and opaque (fast) mode
 .IPs fifo\ 
-path/filename for the FIFO (named pipe connecting mplayer -vf bmovl to the
+path/filename for the FIFO (named pipe connecting mplayer \-vf bmovl to the
 controlling application)
 .RE
 .PD 1
@@ -3006,7 +3006,7 @@ Renders only every nth frame or every Intra (key) frame.
 If you call the filter with I (uppercase) as the parameter, then ONLY 
 keyframes are rendered.
 For DVDs it generally means one in every 15/12  frames (IBBPBBPBBPBBPBB),
-for AVI it means every scene change or every keyint value (see -lavcopts
+for AVI it means every scene change or every keyint value (see \-lavcopts
 keyint= value if you use MEncoder to encode the video).
 
 When a key frame is found, an "I!" string followed by a newline character is
@@ -3046,14 +3046,14 @@ pixel between 2 tiles, (x/y) (default: 4)
 .RE
 .PD 1
 If you omit a parameter or use a value less than 0, then the default
-value is used. You can also stop when you're OK (... -vf tile=10:5 ...)
+value is used. You can also stop when you're OK (... \-vf tile=10:5 ...)
 
 It is probably a good idea to put the scale filter before the tile :-)
 .TP
 .B delogo[=x:y:w:h:t]
 Suppresses a TV station logo by a simple interpolation of the
 surrounding pixels. Just set a rectangle covering the logo and watch
-it disappear (and sometimes something even uglier appear - your
+it disappear (and sometimes something even uglier appear \- your
 mileage may vary).
 .PD 0
 .RSs
@@ -3113,7 +3113,7 @@ Can be used to override the video fourcc of the output file.
 .I EXAMPLE:
 .PD 0
 .RSs
-.IPs "-ffourcc div3"
+.IPs "\-ffourcc div3"
 will have the output file contain 'div3' as video fourcc.
 .RE
 .PD 1
@@ -3166,11 +3166,11 @@ Use \-oac help to get a list of available codecs.
 .I EXAMPLE:
 .PD 0
 .RSs
-.IPs "-oac copy"
+.IPs "\-oac copy"
 no encoding, just streamcopy
-.IPs "-oac pcm"
+.IPs "\-oac pcm"
 encode to uncompressed PCM
-.IPs "-oac mp3lame"
+.IPs "\-oac mp3lame"
 encode to MP3 (using Lame)
 .RE
 .PD 1
@@ -3183,9 +3183,9 @@ Use \-of help to get a list of available formats.
 .I EXAMPLE:
 .PD 0
 .RSs
-.IPs "-of avi"
+.IPs "\-of avi"
 encode to avi (default)
-.IPs "-of mpeg"
+.IPs "\-of mpeg"
 encode to mpeg
 .RE
 .PD 1
@@ -3221,8 +3221,8 @@ When encoding in 2pass mode, MEncoder dumps first pass' informations
 to the given file instead of the default divx2pass.log.
 .TP
 .B \-skiplimit <value>
-Maximal skipable frames after non-skipped one
-(-noskiplimit for unlimited number).
+Maximum skippable frames after non-skipped one
+(\-noskiplimit for unlimited number).
 .TP
 .B \-v, \-verbose
 Increment verbose level (more \-v means more verbosity).
@@ -3265,7 +3265,7 @@ syntax:
 Where <codec> may be: lavc, xvidenc, divx4, lame
 
 
-.SS divx4 (-divx4opts)
+.SS divx4 (\-divx4opts)
 
 .TP
 .B help\ \ \ 
@@ -3327,7 +3327,7 @@ Final (second) pass of two pass encoding.
 .RE
 
 
-.SS lame (-lameopts)
+.SS lame (\-lameopts)
 
 .TP
 .B help\ \ \ 
@@ -3362,10 +3362,10 @@ Forces also CBR mode encoding on subsequent ABR presets modes
 specify bitrate in kBit (CBR and ABR only)
 .TP
 .B q=<0\-9>
-quality (0-highest, 9-lowest) (only for VBR)
+quality (0\-highest, 9\-lowest) (only for VBR)
 .TP
 .B aq=<0\-9>
-algorithmic quality (0-best/\:slowest, 9-worst/\:fastest)
+algorithmic quality (0\-best/\:slowest, 9\-worst/\:fastest)
 .TP
 .B ratio=<1\-100>
 compression ratio
@@ -3438,7 +3438,7 @@ print additional options and informations on presets settings.
 .PD 1
 
 
-.SS lavc (-lavcopts)
+.SS lavc (\-lavcopts)
 
 .I EXAMPLE:
 .PD 0
@@ -3789,7 +3789,7 @@ The options are <start-frame>, <end-frame>, <quality>[/\:<start-frame>,
 .RSs
 .IPs "quality (2\-31)"
 quantizer
-.IPs "quality (\-500\-0)"
+.IPs "quality (-500\-0)"
 quality correction in %
 .RE
 .TP
@@ -4064,18 +4064,18 @@ use chroma too, doesn't work (correctly) with B frames currently
 .RE
 .PD 1
 .TP
-.B predia=<\-99\-6>
+.B predia=<-99\-6>
 Diamond type and size for motion estimation pre pass
 .TP
-.B dia=<\-99\-6>
+.B dia=<-99\-6>
 Diamond type & size for motion estimation.
 Note: The sizes of the normal diamonds and shape adaptive ones dont have the same meaning
 .RSs
-.IPs \-3
+.IPs -3
 shape adaptive (fast) diamond with size 3
-.IPs \-2
+.IPs -2
 shape adaptive (fast) diamond with size 2
-.IPs \-1
+.IPs -1
 experimental
 .IPs  1
 normal size=1 diamond (default) =EPZS type diamond
@@ -4171,7 +4171,7 @@ Note: vqmin should be 8 or larger for AIC H263+
 unlimited MVs (H.263+ only)
 Allow encoding of abritarily long MVs.
 .TP
-.B ibias=<\-256\-256>
+.B ibias=<-256\-256>
 intra quantizer bias (256 == 1.0)
 .br
 mpeg style quantizer default: 96
@@ -4181,7 +4181,7 @@ h263 style quantizer default: 0
 Note: the h263 MMX quantizer cannot handle positive biases (set vfdct=1or2)
       the mpeg MMX quantizer cannot handle negative biases (set vfdct=1or2)
 .TP
-.B pbias=<\-256\-256>
+.B pbias=<-256\-256>
 inter quantizer bias (256 == 1.0)
 .br
 mpeg style quantizer default: 0
@@ -4191,7 +4191,7 @@ h263 style quantizer default: -64
 Note: the h263 MMX quantizer cannot handle positive biases (set vfdct=1or2)
       the mpeg MMX quantizer cannot handle negative biases (set vfdct=1or2)
 .br
-Tip: a more positive bias (-32 - -16 instead of -64) seems to improve the PSNR
+Tip: a more positive bias (-32 \- -16 instead of -64) seems to improve the PSNR
 .TP
 .B inter_matrix=<comma separated matrix>
 Use custom inter matrix. It needs a comma separated string of 64 integers.
@@ -4200,7 +4200,7 @@ Use custom inter matrix. It needs a comma separated string of 64 integers.
 Use custom intra matrix. It needs a comma separated string of 64 integers.
 .RE
 
-.SS nuv (-nuvopts)
+.SS nuv (\-nuvopts)
 
 Nuppel video is based on rtjpeg and lzo.
 By default frames are first encoded with rtjpeg and then compressed with lzo.
@@ -4226,7 +4226,7 @@ set the quality level
 .B raw
 disable rtjpeg encoding
 
-.SS xvidenc (-xvidencopts)
+.SS xvidenc (\-xvidencopts)
 
 There are three modes available: constant bitrate (CBR), fixed quantizer and
 2pass.
@@ -4376,7 +4376,7 @@ Returned values are in dB (decibel), the higher the better.
 .SH FILES
 .TP
 /etc/\:mplayer/\:mplayer.conf
-system\-wide settings
+system-wide settings
 .TP
 ~/.mplayer/\:config
 user settings
@@ -4420,13 +4420,13 @@ mplayer dvd://1
 mplayer dvd://1 \-alang ja \-slang en
 .TP
 .B Play only chapters 5, 6, 7
-mplayer dvd://1 \-chapter 5\-7
+mplayer dvd://1 \-chapter 5-7
 .TP
 .B Multiangle DVD playing
 mplayer dvd://1 \-dvdangle 2
 .TP
 .B Playing from a different DVD device
-mplayer dvd://1 \-dvd\-device /dev/\:dvd2
+mplayer dvd://1 \-dvd-device /dev/\:dvd2
 .TP
 .B Old style DVD (VOB) playing
 mplayer \-dvdauth /dev/\:dvd /mnt/\:dvd/\:VIDEO_TS/\:VTS_02_4.VOB