From da785cd474eb709f4b198b2bae085c5fe59553ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: diego Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:06:55 +0000 Subject: Rephrase codecs.conf entry to warn more clearly against using it. git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@15028 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2 --- DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml | 17 ++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml') diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml index 18ff5a7e55..5590eb94a0 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml @@ -593,15 +593,14 @@ I cannot pinpoint the cause of some strange playback problem. Do you have a stray codecs.conf file in ~/.mplayer/, /etc/, /usr/local/etc/ or a similar location? Remove it, -outdated codecs.conf files can cause obscure problems -and is intended for use only by developers.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 codecs.conf lying around somewhere -then it doesn't contain this new FourCC. -Therefore no playback. -Unless you intend to get involved in developing MPlayer, -it cannot do you any good and should be deleted. -MPlayer will use its built-in one instead. +an outdated codecs.conf file can cause obscure +problems and is intended for use only by developers working on codec +support. It overrides MPlayer's internal +codec settings, which will wreak havoc if incompatible changes are +made in newer program versions. Unless used by experts it is a recipe +for disaster in the form of seemingly random and very hard to localize +crashes and playback problems. If you still have it somewhere on your +system, you should remove it now. -- cgit v1.2.3