From dd88701aac040fbf5295d8fc91091b90e513a037 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: llyyr Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:19:29 +0530 Subject: DOCS/options: improve wording of dither-depth --- DOCS/man/options.rst | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst index aedd4488e9..2299e3f14b 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/options.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst @@ -5555,15 +5555,15 @@ them. Disable any dithering done by mpv. auto Automatic selection. - On ``vo=gpu``: if output bit depth cannot be detected, 8 bpc is assumed. - On ``vo=gpu-next``: with ``gpu-api=d3d11``, real on-the-wire bpc is used. - For other ``gpu-api``, 8 bpc is used for SDR content. + On ``--vo=gpu``: detected depth or 8 bpc otherwise + On ``--vo=gpu-next``: detected depth or 8 bpc (for SDR target) 8 Dither to 8 bit output. - Note that the depth of the connected video display device cannot be - detected. Often, LCD panels will do dithering on their own, which conflicts - with this option and leads to ugly output. + Note that the on-the-wire bit depth cannot be detected except when using + ``gpu-api=d3d11``. Explicitly setting the value to your display's bit depth + is recommended, as dithering performed by some LCD panels can be of low + quality. ``--dither-size-fruit=<2-8>`` Set the size of the dither matrix (default: 6). The actual size of the -- cgit v1.2.3