# HG changeset patch # User gpoirier # Date 1125853071 0 # Node ID 8f347723d3b33c1d2d28b1d1360b03f9b76e38f4 # Parent 9e1ba1ac3c7dc53852ba5ec44ee0c4a087c52d01 Fixes suggested by Diego diff -r 9e1ba1ac3c7d -r 8f347723d3b3 DOCS/xml/en/encoding-guide.xml --- a/DOCS/xml/en/encoding-guide.xml Sun Sep 04 16:08:18 2005 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/encoding-guide.xml Sun Sep 04 16:57:51 2005 +0000 @@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ broken sync. However, in some cases they can cause unnecessary skipping and duplication of frames, and possibly slight A/V desync, when used with proper input -(off course, A/V sync issues apply only if you process or copy the +(of course, A/V sync issues apply only if you process or copy the audio track while transcoding the video, which is strongly encouraged). Therefore, you may have to switch to basic A/V sync with the option, or put this in your @@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ Though it may work in ideal cases, using is likely to hide some problems in your encoding command line setting. In other words, having a soundtrack during your encode assures you that, - provided you don't get messages such as + provided you do not see messages such as Too many audio packets in the buffer, you will be able to get proper sync. @@ -1381,23 +1381,23 @@ You can for example copy the orignal soundtrack during the encode with or convert it to a "light" 4 kHz mono WAV PCM with . - otherwise, in some cases, it will generate a video file that won't sync + Otherwise, in some cases, it will generate a video file that will not sync with the audio. - Such cases are when the number of video frames in the source file do + Such cases are when the number of video frames in the source file does not match up to the total length of audio frames or whenever there are discontinuities/splices where there are missing or extra audio frames. The correct way to handle this kind of problem is to insert silence or cut audio at these points. However MPlayer cannot do that, so if you - demux the AC3 and encode it with a separate app (or dump it to PCM with + demux the AC3 audio and encode it with a separate app (or dump it to PCM with MPlayer), the splices will be left incorrect and the only way to correct them is to drop/dup video frames at the splice. - As long as MEncoder sees the audio when it's - encoding the video, it can do this dropping/duping (which is usually ok + As long as MEncoder sees the audio when it is + encoding the video, it can do this dropping/duping (which is usually OK since it takes place at full black/scenechange, but if - MEncoder can't see the audio, it will just - process all frames as-is and they won't fit the final audio stream when + MEncoder cannot see the audio, it will just + process all frames as-is and they will not fit the final audio stream when you for example merge your audio and video track into a Matroska file.