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diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml index f502a089c8..40cf2fbed3 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml @@ -66,31 +66,12 @@ If you are a first-time installer: be sure to read everything from here to the end of the Installation section, and follow the links you will find. If you have any other questions, return to the <link linkend="toc">Table of Contents</link> and search for the topic, read the <xref linkend="faq"/>, -or try grepping through the files. +or try grepping through the files. Most questions should be answered somewhere +here and the rest has probably already been asked on our +<link linkend="mailinglists">mailing lists</link>. Check the +<ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/htsearch">archives</ulink>, there +is a lot of valuable information to be found there. </para> - -<para> -The main rule of this documentation: if it's not documented, it -<emphasis>does not exist.</emphasis> If I don't say you can encode audio from -TV tuner, you can't. A healthy quantity of combining ability is welcomed, -though. Good luck. You'll need it :) And for another good advice, let me -quote Chris Phillips from the -<ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</ulink> -mailing list: -</para> - -<blockquote><para> -I said a while ago that there is such a difference between a newbie and a -dumbass. No matter what you actually know about a system (linux, cars, -girls :D) you should ALWAYS be able to take a step back and be objective, -otherwise, you're just dumb IMHO. A girl I live with assumed the vacuum -cleaner was broken because it didn't suck things up. never thought to -change the bag, because she'd never done it before... now that's just -stupid, not a case of simply not knowing what to do... Simply not being -that familiar with your surroundings is no excuse for a) laziness and b) -ignorance. So many people seem to see the word "error" and then stop... -few seem to actually read the words on the OTHER side of the colon. -</para></blockquote> </preface> |