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-rw-r--r--DOCS/man/en/changes.rst4
-rw-r--r--DOCS/man/en/mpv.rst20
-rw-r--r--DOCS/man/en/vf.rst3
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/changes.rst b/DOCS/man/en/changes.rst
index 6f85c5ab38..eb3f4d0d91 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/changes.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/changes.rst
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ General changes for mplayer2 to mpv
* Make ``--softvol`` default (**mpv** is not a mixer control panel)
* Improved support for .cue files
* Screenshot improvements (can save screenshots as JPG or PNG, configurable
- filenames, support for taking screenshots with or without subtitles)
+ filenames, support for taking screenshots with or without subtitles - the
+ ``screenshot`` video filter is not needed anymore, and should not be put
+ into the mpv config file)
* Removal of teletext support
* Replace image VOs (``--vo=jpeg`` etc.) with ``--vo=image``
* Do not lose settings when playing a new file in the same player instance
diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mpv.rst b/DOCS/man/en/mpv.rst
index 73d8b0a06b..d8fa642546 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mpv.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mpv.rst
@@ -417,19 +417,13 @@ available number - no files will be overwritten.
A screenshot will usually contain the unscaled video contents at the end of the
video filter chain and subtitles. By default the ``S`` takes screenshots without
-subtitles. Some video output drivers will always include subtitles and OSD in
-the video frame as well - this is because of technical restrictions.
-
-The ``screenshot`` video filter is normally not required when using a
-recommended GUI video output driver. The ``screenshot`` filter will be attempted
-to be used if the video output doesn't support screenshots. Note that taking
-screenshots with the video filter is not instant: the screenshot will be only
-saved when the next video frame is displayed. This means attempting to take a
-screenshot while the player is paused will do nothing, until the user unpauses
-or seeks. Also, the screenshot filter is not compatible with hardware decoding,
-and actually will cause initialization failure when use with hardware decoding
-is attempted. Using the ``screenshot`` video filter is not recommended for
-these reasons.
+subtitles, while ``s`` includes subtitles.
+
+The ``screenshot`` video filter is not required when using a recommended GUI
+video output driver. It should normally not be added to the config file, as
+taking screenshots is handled by the VOs, and adding the screenshot filter will
+break hardware decoding. (The filter may still be useful for taking screenshots
+at a certain point within the video chain when using multiple video filters.)
.. include:: changes.rst
diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/vf.rst b/DOCS/man/en/vf.rst
index 09fb4e37c0..e993f8ec59 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/vf.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/vf.rst
@@ -658,9 +658,6 @@ screenshot
not always safe to insert this filter by default. See the
``Taking screenshots`` section for details.
-screenshot_force
- Same as ``screenshot``, but prefer it over VO based screenshot code.
-
sub=[=bottom-margin:top-margin]
Moves subtitle rendering to an arbitrary point in the filter
chain, or force subtitle rendering in the video filter as opposed to using