# HG changeset patch
# User diego
# Date 1195819273 0
# Node ID 0c129372fd5958b1d1de5faadef6a22feeaa2f18
# Parent c6702b710b2c999093d1431a12ffce14080e41b4
Clarify playtree explanation.
diff -r c6702b710b2c -r 0c129372fd59 DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml Fri Nov 23 10:44:33 2007 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml Fri Nov 23 12:01:13 2007 +0000
@@ -7,14 +7,15 @@
Command line
-MPlayer utilizes a complex playtree. It consists
-of global options written as first, for example
-mplayer -vfm 5
-and options written after filenames, that apply only to the given
-filename/URL/whatever, for example:
+MPlayer utilizes a complex playtree. Options passed
+on the command line can apply to all files/URLs or just to specific ones
+depending on their position. For example
+mplayer -vfm ffmpeg movie1.avi movie2.avi
+will use FFmpeg decoders for both files, but
-mplayer -vfm 5 movie1.avi movie2.avi -vfm 4
+mplayer -vfm ffmpeg movie1.avi movie2.avi -vfm dmo
+will play the second file with a DMO decoder.