# HG changeset patch # User kraymer # Date 1149704398 0 # Node ID 771f980eaa49a2532308ef06767c1b9e7537fa37 # Parent ff4455b0bd7c2bedb53fd7c4a64ad8a46a80c651 add vqscale=0 option, explain different meanings for snow and other codecs diff -r ff4455b0bd7c -r 771f980eaa49 DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 --- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Wed Jun 07 18:18:57 2006 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Wed Jun 07 18:19:58 2006 +0000 @@ -6905,9 +6905,11 @@ .RE . .TP -.B vqscale=<1\-31> +.B vqscale=<0\-31> Constant quantizer /\: constant quality encoding (selects fixed quantizer mode). -A lower value means better quality but larger files (default: 0 (disabled)). +A lower value means better quality but larger files (default: 0). +In case of snow codec, value 0 means lossless encoding. +For every other codec, constant quantizer encoding is disabled. 1 is not recommended (see vqmin for details). . .TP