# HG changeset patch # User diego # Date 1092503189 0 # Node ID d870a59cde764f417c0cada4fbc08e025f864d7f # Parent 3380d4a65b152df0a9182391a03c82d37c16fc0f Wording and spelling improvements, mostly suggested by the Wanderer. diff -r 3380d4a65b15 -r d870a59cde76 DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 --- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Sat Aug 14 15:50:50 2004 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Sat Aug 14 17:06:29 2004 +0000 @@ -3998,7 +3998,7 @@ for AVI it means every scene change or every keyint value (see \-lavcopts keyint= value if you use MEncoder to encode the video). .sp 1 -When a key frame is found, an 'I!' string followed by a newline character is +When a keyframe is found, an 'I!' string followed by a newline character is printed, leaving the current line of mplayer/mencoder output on the screen, because it contains the time (in seconds) and frame number of the keyframe (You can use this information to split the AVI.). @@ -4662,11 +4662,11 @@ maximum interval between keyframes in frames. Keyframes are needed for seeking as seeking is only possible to a keyframe but keyframes need more space than other frames so larger numbers here mean -slightly smaller files, but less precise seeking, 0 means no key frames. +slightly smaller files, but less precise seeking, 0 means no keyframes. Values >300 are not recommended as the quality might be bad depending upon decoder, encoder and luck. For a strict MPEG1/\:2/\:4 compliance this would have to be <=132. -(default: 250 or one key frame every ten seconds in a 25fps movie) +(default: 250 or one keyframe every ten seconds in a 25fps movie) .TP .B sc_threshold=<-1000000\-1000000> Threshold for scene change detection. @@ -5474,13 +5474,12 @@ (default: 6) .TP .B interlacing -For interlaced video material, turn this option on. -.I Note: -This option does not deinterlace video, it encodes it field-based. +Encode the fields of interlaced video material. +Turn this option on for interlaced content. .TP .B 4mv\ \ \ \ -Use 4 motion vectors per macro-block, might give better compression at the -cost of a slower encoding. +Use 4 motion vectors per macroblock. +This might give better compression but slows down encoding. .br .I WARNING: This option doesn't exist in XviD-1.0.x. @@ -5507,10 +5506,10 @@ min & max quantizer for I/P frames (default: 2\-31/2\-31, 2pass mode) .TP .B min_key_interval= -minimum interval between key frames (default: 0, 2pass only) +minimum interval between keyframes (default: 0, 2pass only) .TP .B max_key_interval= -maximum interval between key frames (default: 10*fps) +maximum interval between keyframes (default: 10*fps) .TP .B mpeg_quant Use MPEG quantizers instead of H.263. @@ -5522,7 +5521,7 @@ Decide whether to use MPEG or H.263 quantizers on a frame-by-frame basis. .br .I WARNING: -This will generate an illegal bitstream, and most likely not be decodeable +This will generate an illegal bitstream, and most likely not be decodable by any MPEG4 decoder besides libavcodec or XviD. (2pass mode only) .TP @@ -5557,11 +5556,11 @@ releases of XviD 1.0.x (api4). .TP .B packed\ -Create a bitstream that can be decoded delay-free. +Create a bitstream which can be decoded delay-free. .br .I WARNING: This will generate an illegal bitstream, and WILL NOT be -decodeable by ISO-MPEG4 decoders except DivX/libavcodec/XviD. +decodable by ISO-MPEG4 decoders except DivX/libavcodec/XviD. .br .I WARNING: this will also store a fake DivX version in the file so the bug @@ -5583,7 +5582,7 @@ .TP .B gmc\ \ \ \ Enable Global Motion Compensation, which makes XviD generate special -frames (GMC-frames) which best describe Pan/Zoom/Rotating images. +frames (GMC-frames) which are well suited for Pan/Zoom/Rotating images. The decision whether to activate this option or not to save bits depends highly on the video material. .TP @@ -5611,11 +5610,11 @@ Enable a chroma optimizer prefilter. .TP .B reduced -Enable encoding reduced resolution frames. +Enable encoding reduced-resolution frames. .br .I WARNING: The bitstream created is outside any MPEG-4 profile! -This means it most likely won't be decoded by anything else than XviD. +This means it most likely won't be decodable by anything except XviD. .TP .B max_bframes=<0\-4> maximum number of B frames to put between I/P frames (default: 0)