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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" Title
.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------------
.
-.TH MPlayer 1 "2004-11-02" "The MPlayer Project" "The Movie Player"
+.TH MPlayer 1 "2004-11-07" "The MPlayer Project" "The Movie Player"
.
.SH NAME
mplayer \- movie player
@@ -6495,8 +6495,8 @@ Use 4 motion vectors per macroblock.
This might give better compression, but slows down encoding.
.br
.I WARNING:
-This option is deprecated in XviD-1.0.x, as all is now taken care of
-by the me_quality option.
+As of XviD-1.0.x, this option is no longer available separately, and its
+functionality is included in the me_quality option.
When me_quality > 4, 4mv is activated.
.
.TP
@@ -6525,7 +6525,7 @@ CBR mode: min & max quantizer for all frames (default: 2\-31)
2pass mode: min & max quantizer for I/\:P-frames (default: 2\-31/\:2\-31)
.br
.I WARNING:
-This option is deprecated in XviD-1.0.x, and is replaced by the
+As of XviD-1.0.x, this option is replaced by the
[min|max]_[i|p|b]quant options.
.
.TP
@@ -6544,8 +6544,7 @@ For low bitrates, the smoothing of H.263 will give you less block noise.
When using custom matrices, MPEG must be used.
.br
.I WARNING:
-This option is deprecated in XviD-1.0.x, and is replaced by the quant_type
-option.
+As of XviD-1.0.x, this option is replaced by the quant_type option.
.
.TP
.B mod_quant
@@ -6557,7 +6556,7 @@ This will generate an illegal bitstream, and most likely not be decodable
by any MPEG4 decoder besides libavcodec or XviD.
.br
.I WARNING:
-This option is deprecated in XviD-1.0.x.
+As of XviD-1.0.x, this option is no longer available.
.
.TP
.B keyframe_boost=<0\-1000>
@@ -6579,6 +6578,14 @@ The last I-frame will get treated normally.
(default: 30, 2pass mode only)
.
.TP
+.B divx5bvop
+Generate DivX5 compatible B-frames (default: on).
+This seems to be mandatory only for old versions of DivX's decoder.
+.br
+.I WARNING:
+As of XviD-1.0.x, this option is replaced by the closed_gop option.
+.
+.TP
.B (no)greyscale
Make XviD discard chroma planes so the encoded video is greyscale only.
Note that this does not speed up encoding, it just prevents chroma data
@@ -6597,7 +6604,12 @@ releases of XviD 1.0.x (api4).
.
.TP
.B (no)packed
-Create a bitstream which can be decoded delay-free.
+This option is meant to solve frame-order issues when encoding to
+container formats like AVI that cannot cope with out-of-order frames.
+In practise, most decoders (both software and hardware) are able to deal
+with frame-order themselves, and may get confused when this option is
+turned on, so you can safely leave if off, unless you really know what
+you are doing.
.br
.I WARNING:
This will generate an illegal bitstream, and will not be
@@ -6608,10 +6620,6 @@ This will also store a fake DivX version in the file so the bug
autodetection of some decoders might be confused.
.
.TP
-.B divx5bvop
-Generate DivX5 compatible B-frames (default: on).
-.
-.TP
.B max_bframes=<0\-4>
Maximum number of B-frames to put between I/\:P-frames (default: 0).
.
@@ -6635,6 +6643,14 @@ The higher the value, the higher the probability of B-frames being used.
(default: 0)
.
.TP
+.B (no)closed_gop
+This option tells XviD to close every GOP (Group Of Pictures bounded
+by two I-frames), which makes GOPs independent from each other.
+This just implies that the last frame of the GOP is eiter a P-frame or a
+N-frame but not a B-frame.
+It is usually a good idea to turn this option on (default: on).
+.
+.TP
.B frame_drop_ratio=<0\-100> (max_bframes=0 only)
This setting allows the creation of variable framerate video streams.
The value of the setting specifies a threshold under which, if the