Index: DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1,v
retrieving revision 1.1186
diff -u -r1.1186 mplayer.1
--- DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	26 Dec 2005 06:27:56 -0000	1.1186
+++ DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	28 Dec 2005 01:12:22 -0000
@@ -6811,6 +6811,20 @@
 by 1.
 .
 .TP
+.B bidir_refine=<0\-4>
+Refine the two motion vectors used in bidirectional macroblocks,
+rather than re-using vectors from the forward and backward searches.
+This option has no effect without B-frames.
+.PD 0
+.RSs
+.IPs 0
+Disabled (default).
+.IPs 1\-4
+Use a wider search (larger values are slower).
+.RE
+.PD 1
+.
+.TP
 .B vpass=<1\-3>
 Activates internal two (or more) pass mode, only specify if you wish to
 use two (or more) pass encoding.
Index: libmpcodecs/ve_lavc.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/libmpcodecs/ve_lavc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.122
diff -u -r1.122 ve_lavc.c
--- libmpcodecs/ve_lavc.c	25 Dec 2005 21:29:18 -0000	1.122
+++ libmpcodecs/ve_lavc.c	28 Dec 2005 01:12:28 -0000
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
 static int lavc_param_threads= 1;
 static int lavc_param_turbo = 0;
 static int lavc_param_brd_scale = 0;
+static int lavc_param_bidir_refine = 0;
 
 
 char *lavc_param_acodec = "mp2";
@@ -312,6 +313,7 @@
 	{"threads", &lavc_param_threads, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 1, 8, NULL},
 	{"turbo", &lavc_param_turbo, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 1, NULL},
 	{"brd_scale", &lavc_param_brd_scale, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, 10, NULL},
+	{"bidir_refine", &lavc_param_bidir_refine, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, 4, NULL},
 	{NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0, NULL}
 };
 #endif
@@ -625,6 +627,7 @@
 #endif
     lavc_venc_context->prediction_method= lavc_param_prediction_method;
     lavc_venc_context->brd_scale = lavc_param_brd_scale;
+    lavc_venc_context->bidir_refine = lavc_param_bidir_refine;
     switch(lavc_param_format)
     {
 	case IMGFMT_YV12: