# HG changeset patch # User nicodvb # Date 1171191789 0 # Node ID 36165d7a44b377b819d244230ee451acf61cccba # Parent c4fbdc3daed9197502e33ad120d02c0393efa60c some clarification about dvb-out playback diff -r c4fbdc3daed9 -r 36165d7a44b3 DOCS/xml/en/video.xml --- a/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml Sat Feb 10 20:33:27 2007 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml Sun Feb 11 11:03:09 2007 +0000 @@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ USAGE -Hardware decoding (playing standard MPEG-1/2 files) can be done with this +Hardware decoding of streams containing MPEG-1/2 video and/or MPEG audio can be done with this command: mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes file.mpg|vob @@ -1741,8 +1741,9 @@ -Software decoding or transcoding different formats to MPEG-1 can be achieved -using a command like this: +Decoding of any other type of video stream requires transcoding to MPEG-1, thus it's slow +and may not be worth the trouble, especially if your computer is slow. +It can be achieved using a command like this: mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes yourfile.ext mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf expand yourfile.ext