[MPlayer-DOCS] [PATCH] Fix outdated "Encoding to MPEG format" section in xml docs

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 7/31/05, Jeff Clagg <snacky at ikaruga.co.uk> wrote:
> See http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-mpeg.html
> 
> > MEncoder can create MPEG (MPEG-PS) format output files. It is probably
> > useful only with libavcodec's mpeg1video codec, because players - except
> > MPlayer - expect MPEG-1 video, and MPEG-1 layer 2 (MP2) audio streams in
> > MPEG files.
> 
> This isn't really even true, btw - it all depends on the application.
> 
> > This feature is not very useful right now, aside that it probably has
> > many bugs,
> 
> Maybe it's reached the point where we can stop saying this.
> 
> > but the more importantly because MEncoder currently cannot
> > encode MPEG-1 layer 2 (MP2) audio, which all other players expect in
> > MPEG files.
> 
> Outdated, wrong, and confusing to the people who are nice enough to
> check the xml docs. Today I saw someone on #mplayer who read this and
> believed it.
> 
> > To change MEncoder's output file format, use the -of mpeg option.
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -oac copy
> > other_options media.avi -o output.mpg
> 
> Maybe not the world's best example, but not really wrong either. I left
> this alone.


Thanks a lot, applied.
Guillaume
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