[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] man page: Where do you want to go tommorow?

[Jonas Jermann]

On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 07:06:16PM +0200, Arpi wrote:
> > 1. eq intensity
> > I don't know much about *_intensity, but I didn't find them in 
> > cfg* and now I'm not sure if they exist at all and if the range
> 
> they were added by Nick at time of vidix but was removed by me
> recently as it was not implemented at teh other end (driver side).

So, I'll remove them from the manpage too? Or is it going to be added soon?

> > really is from -1000 to 1000 (from manpage/html docs) and not
> > from -100 to 100. Also I couldn't set eq settings to -vo xmga
> > with mplayer (I had to use the device to change them) and they
> > went from  -128 to 128. IMHO it's a big a mess and nobody is 
> > sure if eq setting xy is supported for his vo/card...
> 
> eq values are -100 .. +100 everywhere, 0 is the 'normal' setting

ok. But for mga_vid it still is 128 and needs to be changed manually  
afaik.

> > 2. config files
> > I'm not sure anymore where the system-wide config file is 
> > stored. Is it /etc/mplayer.conf /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf 
> > /usr/local/share/mplayer/mplayer.conf or does it depend on 
> > configuration?
> yes, it's a configure option
> 
>   --confdir=DIR          use this prefix for installing configuration files
>                          [same as datadir]
> 
> _prefix="/usr/local"
> test -z "$_datadir" && _datadir="$_prefix/share/mplayer"
> test -z "$_confdir" && _confdir="$_datadir"
> DESTDIR =
> CONFDIR = \$(DESTDIR)$_confdir
> if (m_config_parse_config_file(conf, CONFDIR"/mplayer.conf") < 0)
> 
> =>  so unless you use configure options it will be
> /usr/local/share/mplayer/mpalyer.conf
> 
> imho it's bad, should be /usr/local/etc/mplayer.conf or just
> /etc/mplayer.conf or /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf

Ok, thx for the Information.

> > 3. aid range
> > Can someone tell me about aid range? I'm absolutely unsure about 
> it depends on file format / demuxer! same for vid, sid
>
> > it. From patch:
> >     MPG/RM/OGG: 0-31 AVI: 1-99 ASF: 0-127 VOB: 128-159 PCM: 160-191
> > Is it AC3+PCM, VOB+PCM, just VOB and could those values be 
> > correct (I got them from some source files, it was ac3 instead 
> > of vob there)?
> mpeg/vob has different layers for audio and video, so tehir numbering is
> independent.
> 
> so video is numbered from 0..31
> mpeg audio layer 1/2/3 (mpeg1, svcd, DV_B_ mpeg2) is numbered 0..31

ok, but they were already mentioned before.

> lpcm/ac3/dts audio (VOB / DV_D_ mpeg2) is numbered 128..(128+31)
> subtitles are numbered 0..31