# HG changeset patch
# User nicodvb
# Date 1194723789 0
# Node ID da81c578690711f3e84c11a4d8189acbeaf58c93
# Parent 5d338b18763d32d5d57464392ea645aba5ab16e4
a couple of tricks to improve playback resistance and usability of dvb streams
diff -r 5d338b18763d -r da81c5786907 DOCS/xml/en/video.xml
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml Sat Nov 10 11:14:15 2007 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml Sat Nov 10 19:43:09 2007 +0000
@@ -1923,6 +1923,31 @@
+To disable temporarily the audio or the video stream copy to
+~/.mplayer/input.conf the following rows:
+
+% set_property switch_video -2
+& step_property switch_video
+? set_property switch_audio -2
+^ step_property switch_audio
+
+(overriding the action keys as preferred); when pressing the key
+corresponding to switch_x -2 the associated stream will be closed;
+when pressing the key relative to step_x the stream will be reopened.
+Notice that this switching mechanism won't work as expected when there
+are multiple audio and video streams in the multiplex.
+
+
+
+During playback (not during recording), in order to prevent stuttering
+and error messages such as 'Your system is too slow' it's advisable to add
+
+-mc 10 -speed 0.97 -af scaletempo
+
+to your command line, adjusting the scaletempo parameters as preferred.
+
+
+
If your ~/.mplayer/menu.conf contains a
<dvbsel> entry, such as the one in the example
file etc/dvb-menu.conf (that you can use to overwrite