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@@ -95,12 +95,16 @@ As the options for various devices can get complex, profiles can be used.
An example profile file for encoding is provided in
etc/encoding-profiles.conf in the source tree. This file is installed and loaded
-by default (if libavfilter is enabled at compilation). If you want to modify
-it, you can replace and it with your own copy by doing::
+by default. If you want to modify it, you can replace and it with your own copy
+by doing::
mkdir -p ~/.mpv
cp /etc/mpv/encoding-profiles.conf ~/.mpv/encoding-profiles.conf
+Keep in mind that the default profile is the playback one. If you want to add
+options that apply only in encoding mode, put them into a ``[encoding]``
+section.
+
Refer to the top of that file for more comments - in a nutshell, the following
options are added by it::