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diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/containers.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/containers.xml index a9125e3898..4f6efcd471 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/containers.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/containers.xml @@ -46,33 +46,33 @@ MPEG files come in different guises: </para> <itemizedlist> -<listitem><simpara> +<listitem><para> MPG: This is the most <emphasis role="bold">basic</emphasis> form of the MPEG file formats. It contains MPEG-1 video, and MP2 (MPEG-1 layer 2) or rarely MP1 audio. -</simpara></listitem> -<listitem><simpara> +</para></listitem> +<listitem><para> DAT: This is the very same format as MPG with a different extension. It is used on <emphasis role="bold">Video CDs</emphasis>. Due to the way VCDs are created and Linux is designed, the DAT files cannot be played nor copied from VCDs as regular files. You have to use <option>vcd://</option> to play a Video CD. -</simpara></listitem> -<listitem><simpara> +</para></listitem> +<listitem><para> VOB: This is the MPEG file format on <emphasis role="bold">DVDs</emphasis>. It is the same as MPG, plus the capability to contain subtitles or non-MPEG (AC3) audio. It contains encoded MPEG-2 video and usually AC3 audio, but DTS, MP2 and uncompressed LPCM are allowed, too. <emphasis role="bold">Read the <link linkend="dvd">DVD</link> section</emphasis>! -</simpara></listitem> -<listitem><simpara> +</para></listitem> +<listitem><para> TY: This is a TiVo MPEG stream. It contains MPEG PES data for audio and video streams, as well as extra information like closed captions. The container is not an MPEG program stream, but a closed format created by TiVo. For more information on TiVo stream format, please refer to <ulink url="http://dvd-create.sourceforge.net/tystudio/tystream.shtml"> the TyStudio page</ulink>. -</simpara></listitem> +</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para> @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ the raw DV stream for which support is under development. <para> There are two kinds of AVI files: <itemizedlist> -<listitem><simpara> +<listitem><para> <emphasis role="bold">Interleaved:</emphasis> Audio and video content is interleaved. This is the standard usage. Recommended and mostly used. Some tools create interleaved AVIs with bad sync. @@ -136,12 +136,12 @@ There are two kinds of AVI files: climaxes in loss of A/V sync, probably at seeking. These files should be played as non-interleaved (with the <option>-ni</option> option). -</simpara></listitem> -<listitem><simpara> +</para></listitem> +<listitem><para> <emphasis role="bold">Non-interleaved:</emphasis> First comes the whole video stream, then the whole audio stream. It thus needs a lot of seeking, making playing from network or CD-ROM difficult. -</simpara></listitem> +</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> @@ -149,20 +149,20 @@ There are two kinds of AVI files: <application>MPlayer</application> supports two kinds of timings for AVI files: <itemizedlist> -<listitem><simpara> +<listitem><para> <emphasis role="bold">bps-based:</emphasis> It is based on the bitrate/samplerate of the video/audio stream. This method is used by most players, including <ulink url="http://avifile.sf.net">avifile</ulink> and <application>Windows Media Player</application>. Files with broken headers, and files created with VBR audio but not VBR-compliant encoder will result in A/V desync with this method (mostly at seeking). -</simpara></listitem> -<listitem><simpara> +</para></listitem> +<listitem><para> <emphasis role="bold">interleaving-based:</emphasis> It does not use the bitrate value of the header, instead it uses the relative position of interleaved audio and video chunks, making badly encoded files with VBR audio playable. -</simpara></listitem> +</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> |