[MPlayer-DOCS] CVS: main/DOCS/man/en mplayer.1,1.851,1.852
The Wanderer
inverseparadox at comcast.net
Wed Jan 12 23:39:07 CET 2005
Diego Biurrun wrote:
> The Wanderer writes:
>
>> Diego Biurrun CVS wrote:
>>
>>> -.B \-aspect <ratio>
>>> +.B \-aspect <ratio> (also see \-zoom)
>>> Override movie aspect ratio.
>>> It is autodetected for MPEG files, but it cannot be done for most AVI files.
>>
>> Unclear antecedent for the second "it" - does this mean that aspect
>> overriding cannot be done for most AVI files, or that aspect
>> autodetection cannot be done for most AVI files?
>
> I think it's the latter. Can somebody confirm this?
>
> So I suggest:
>
> Aspect ratio is autodetected for MPEG files, but it cannot be
> autodetected for most AVI files.
If confirmed, this would be fine, although I'd note that in this
phrasing the word "it" is unnecessary and (arguably) superfluous.
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