# HG changeset patch
# User diego
# Date 1112306815 0
# Node ID 2165a2306f02d8ebdc9f342df6c3cddb9d175afd
# Parent d3e7f8966cefba30f31d20a555be10bf92a82aeb
Rephrase codecs.conf entry to warn more clearly against using it.
diff -r d3e7f8966cef -r 2165a2306f02 DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Thu Mar 31 22:06:34 2005 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Thu Mar 31 22:06:55 2005 +0000
@@ -593,15 +593,14 @@
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-outdated codecs.conf files can cause obscure problems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+an outdated codecs.conf file can cause obscure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.