Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 19757:28fbad45a4c0
-nortc is now the default, document -rtc instead. Change the description
of -rtc and -softsleep.
| author | uau |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 09 Sep 2006 02:29:13 +0000 |
| parents | f5584340d2e6 |
| children | 9566b2fa587d |
| files | DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Sat Sep 09 02:08:52 2006 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Sat Sep 09 02:29:13 2006 +0000 @@ -901,9 +901,12 @@ on this option). . .TP -.B \-nortc (RTC only) -Turns off usage of the Linux RTC (realtime clock \- /dev/\:rtc) as timing +.B \-rtc (RTC only) +Turns on usage of the Linux RTC (realtime clock \- /dev/\:rtc) as timing mechanism. +This wakes up the process every 1/1024 seconds to check the current time. +Useless with modern Linux kernels configured for desktop use as they already +wake up the process with similar accuracy when using normal timed sleep. . .TP .B \-playing-msg <string> @@ -961,8 +964,9 @@ . .TP .B \-softsleep -Use high-quality software timers instead of the RTC. -As precise as the RTC without requiring special privileges. +Time frames by repeatedly checking the current time instead of asking the +kernel to wake up MPlayer at the correct time. +Useful if your kernel timing is imprecise and you cannot use the RTC either. Comes at the price of higher CPU consumption. . .TP