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diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml index 6bf7eed54f..6678579b87 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml @@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ Then compile and install as usual.</para> <formalpara><title>USAGE</title> <para> -Hardware decoding (playing standard MPEG-1/2 files) can be done with this +Hardware decoding of streams containing MPEG-1/2 video and/or MPEG audio can be done with this command: <screen> mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes <replaceable>file.mpg|vob</replaceable> @@ -1741,8 +1741,9 @@ mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes <replaceable>file.mpg|vob</replaceable> </formalpara> <para> -Software decoding or transcoding different formats to MPEG-1 can be achieved -using a command like this: +Decoding of any other type of video stream requires transcoding to MPEG-1, thus it's slow +and may not be worth the trouble, especially if your computer is slow. +It can be achieved using a command like this: <screen> mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes <replaceable>yourfile.ext</replaceable> mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf expand <replaceable>yourfile.ext</replaceable> |