From f1c9812c6e6300d0c004186b5388c56bdc87a101 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gpoirier <gpoirier@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:39:15 +0000
Subject: Fix the codecs.conf entry.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@14996 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
---
 DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml
index 6908791bdc..18ff5a7e55 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml
@@ -585,6 +585,26 @@ Use:
 <qandadiv id="faq-playback">
 <title>Playback problems</title>
 
+<qandaentry>
+<question><para>
+I cannot pinpoint the cause of some strange playback problem.
+</para></question>
+<answer><para>
+Do you have a stray <filename>codecs.conf</filename> file in
+<filename>~/.mplayer/</filename>, <filename>/etc/</filename>,
+<filename>/usr/local/etc/</filename> or a similar location? Remove it,
+outdated <filename>codecs.conf</filename> files can cause obscure problems
+and is intended for use only by developers.
+For instance, the FourCC for Vobis has been changed recently.
+If you have an old <filename>codecs.conf</filename> lying around somewhere
+then it doesn't contain this new FourCC.
+Therefore no playback.
+Unless you intend to get involved in developing <application>MPlayer</application>,
+it cannot do you any good and should be deleted.
+<application>MPlayer</application> will use its built-in one instead.
+</para></answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
 <qandaentry>
 <question><para>
 How can I select audio/subtitle tracks from a DVD, OGM, Matroska or NUT file?
@@ -667,19 +687,6 @@ players. Also try converting them to another format.
 </para></answer>
 </qandaentry>
 
-<qandaentry>
-<question><para>
-I cannot pinpoint the cause of some strange playback problem.
-</para></question>
-<answer><para>
-Do you have a stray <filename>codecs.conf</filename> file in
-<filename>~/.mplayer/</filename>, <filename>/etc/</filename>,
-<filename>/usr/local/etc/</filename> or a similar location? Remove it,
-outdated <filename>codecs.conf</filename> files can cause obscure
-problems. <application>MPlayer</application> will use its built-in one instead.
-</para></answer>
-</qandaentry>
-
 <qandaentry>
 <question><para>
 Why doesn't <application>MPlayer</application> work on Fedora Core?
@@ -836,25 +843,6 @@ something similar in your config file(s).
 </para></answer>
 </qandaentry>
 
-<qandaentry>
-<question><para>I got this playing a file containing an Ogg/Vorbis file:
-Cannot find codec for audio format 0x73627276. Older MPlayer version are OK.
-</para></question>
-<answer><para>
-Similar to the problem above, you have an old version of
-<filename>codecs.conf</filename> in
-<filename class="directory">~/.mplayer/</filename>,
-<filename class="directory">/etc/</filename>,
-<filename class="directory">/etc/mplayer</filename>,
-<filename class="directory">/usr/local/etc/</filename> or similar. Remove it,
-it's not needed anymore.
-Newer Mplayer versions can't work with an old codecs.conf file because the
-FourCC for Vobis has been changed recently. If you have an old codecs.conf
-lying around somewhere then it doesn't contain this new FourCC.
-Therefore no playback.
-</para></answer>
-</qandaentry>
-
 <qandaentry>
 <question><para>
 When starting <application>MPlayer</application> under KDE I just get a black
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