[MPlayer-DOCS] manpage and HTML docs - FFmpeg MPEG-4 vs. DivX

Josh Varner jlvarner at gmail.com
Mon Nov 22 15:39:09 CET 2004


> Of course, the reason for having the mention there at all is so that
> people who don't know what MPEG-4 is but do know what DivX is will be
> able to have some understanding of the explanation. I don't know of any
> way to accomplish that without also causing the side effect to which
> this thread is an objection... the question then becomes, which of these
> problems outweighs the other?
> 
Would it be possible to add a "Does MPlayer support DivX?" question to
the FAQ and then attempt to rectify the problem there, by explaining
the difference. If users can't find DivX in the regular documentation
it does not seem unreasonable for them to check the FAQ.

Josh




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