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better description bit_exact lavc option
author diego
date Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:37:58 +0000
parents 526138643772
children 11aeae4ca8ed
files DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
diffstat 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	Mon Feb 09 23:02:51 2004 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	Tue Feb 10 00:37:58 2004 +0000
@@ -4065,10 +4065,12 @@
 Use the specified Windows audio format tag (e.g.\& atag=0x55).
 .TP
 .B bit_exact
-Use only bit exact algorithms (except (i)dct).   
-This also suppresses the user_data header in MPEG-4 streams
-(that section causes some players such as Apple's
-Quicktime player to declare the stream corrupt).
+Use only bit exact algorithms (except (i)dct).
+Additionally bit_exact disables several optimizations and thus
+should only be used for regression tests, which need binary
+identical files even if the encoder version changes.
+This also suppresses the user_data header in MPEG-4 streams.
+Do not use this option unless you know exactly what you are doing.
 .TP
 .B vcodec=<value>
 use the specified codec (default: mpeg4):