[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main/DOCS mplayer.1,1.212,1.213

Jonas Jermann CVS jonas at mplayerhq.hu
Wed Aug 28 12:59:09 CEST 2002


Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS
In directory mail:/var/tmp.root/cvs-serv6055

Modified Files:
	mplayer.1 
Log Message:
added detailed vop description, rtsp, aid range, user option, two examples, files documentation - removed gui option, *_intensity options, old input system (Joey Parrish)

Index: mplayer.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/mplayer.1,v
retrieving revision 1.212
retrieving revision 1.213
diff -u -r1.212 -r1.213
--- mplayer.1	22 Aug 2002 23:05:57 -0000	1.212
+++ mplayer.1	28 Aug 2002 10:58:53 -0000	1.213
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" This man page was/is done by Gabucino <sendmail at to.mplayer-users>
 .\" (Patches done by Jonas Jermann <sendmail at to.mplayer-users>)
 .\" 
-.TH "MPlayer" "1" "2002-06-24"
+.TH "MPlayer" "1" "2002-08-28"
 
 .SH "NAME"
 mplayer  \- Movie Player for Linux
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .RB [dvd|vcd|cdda|cddb|tv]://[title]\ [options]
 .br
 .B mplayer
-.RB [mms|mmst|http|http_proxy|rtp]://[user:pass@]URL[:port]\ [options]
+.RB [mms|mmst|http|http_proxy|rtp|rtsp]://[user:passwd@]URL[:port]\ [options]
 .br
 .B mencoder
 .RB [options]\ [\fIfile\fP\ |\ \fIURL\fP\ |\ \-\ ]\ [\-o\ file]
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
 .br
 You can put all of the options in a config file which will be read every time
 .B mplayer
-is run. The system-wide config file is '/etc/mplayer.conf', the user specific
+is run. The system-wide config file 'mplayer.conf' is in your configuration
+directory (e.g. /etc/mplayer or /usr/local/etc/mplayer), the user specific
 one is '~/.mplayer/config'. User specific options override system-wide options
 and options given on the command line override either. The syntax of the config
 files is 'option=<value>', everything after a '#' is considered a comment.
@@ -91,10 +92,11 @@
 .br
 flip=yes
 
+
 .SH "DEMUXER/STREAM OPTIONS"
 .TP
 .B \-aid <id> (also see \-alang option)
-Select audio channel [MPG: 0\-31 AVI: 1\-99 ASF: 0\-127 VOB: 128\-...]
+Select audio channel [MPG/SUB: 0\-31 AVI/OGM: 1\-99 ASF/RM: 0\-127 VOB: 128\-159 LPCM: 160\-191]
 .TP
 .B \-alang <two letter\ country\ code> (also see \-aid option)
 Works only for DVD playback! Selects DVD audio language. It always tries
@@ -317,7 +319,7 @@
     audioid=<value>   choose an audio output
                       of the capture card, if it
                       has more of them
-.TP
+
 .I NOTE:
 Mplayer doesn't accept colons so type dots instead in the device ID,
 eg. hw.0,0 instead of hw:0,0)
@@ -327,6 +329,9 @@
 You'll get an .avi file with no sound when you choose an odd
 samplerate and use this codec.
 .TP
+.B \-user <user name> (see \-passwd option too!)
+Specify user name for http authentication.
+.TP
 .B \-vcd <track>
 Play video CD track from device instead of plain file.
 .TP
@@ -474,10 +479,7 @@
     Left channel   1
     Right channel  2
 .TP
-.B \-sws <software\ scaler\ type>
-.I NOTE:
-Also see DOCS/tech/swscaler_*.txt.
-.br
+.B \-sws <software\ scaler\ type> (see \-vop scale option too!)
 This option sets the quality (and speed, respectively) of the software scaler,
 with the \-zoom option. For example with x11 or other outputs which lack
 hardware acceleration. Possible settings are:
@@ -485,7 +487,7 @@
     0  fast bilinear (default)
     1  bilinear
     2  bicubic (good quality)
-    3  experimental (?)
+    3  experimental
     4  nearest neighbour (bad quality)
     5  area
     6  luma bicubic / chroma bilinear
@@ -494,6 +496,10 @@
     9  lanczos
    10  bicubic spline
 
+.I NOTE:
+For \-sws 2 and 7, the sharpness can be set with the scaling parameter (p)
+of \-vop scale (0 (soft) \- 100 (sharp)), for \-sws 9, it specifies the filter
+length (1 \- 10).
 .TP
 .B \-vc <codec name>
 Force usage of a specific video codec, according to its name in codecs.conf,
@@ -526,31 +532,93 @@
 between them and when to use which, check the DivX4 section in the
 documentation.
 .TP
-.B \-vop <plugin3[=options],plugin2,plugin1,...>
-Activate comma separated list of video filters (see documentation).
+.B \-vop <...,plugin3[=options],plugin2,plugin1>
+Activate a comma separated list of video filters.
 Available plugins are:
 
-  crop[=w:h:x:y]       cropping
-  rectangle[=w:h:x:y]  shows cropping boundaries
-  expand[=w:h:x:y:o]   expanding and OSD
-  flip                 vertical mirroring
-  mirror               horizontal mirroring
-  rotate[=<0-3>]       rotate image +- 90 degrees
-  scale[=w:h]          software scaling
-  yuy2                 YV12/I420 \-> YUY2
+  crop[=w:h:x:y]       Crops the given part of the
+                       image and discards the rest.
+                       Useful for removing black
+                       bands from widescreen movies.
+
+  rectangle[=w:h:x:y]  Draws a white rectangle of the
+                       requested width and height at
+                       the designated coordinates over
+                       the image (used to test crop).
+                       (default: maximum w/h, upper
+                       left x/y position)
+
+  expand[=w:h:x:y:o]   Expands (not scales) movie
+                       resolution to the given value
+                       and places the unscaled
+                       original at coordinates x y.
+                       Can be used for placing
+                       subtitles/OSD in the resulting
+                       black bands. (default: original
+                       w/h, centered x/y)
+                       parameter (de)activates OSD
+                       rendering. (default: 0)
+
+  flip                 Flips the image upside down.
+
+  mirror               Flips the image on Y axis.
+
+  rotate[=<0-3>]       Rotates and flips the image
+                       +/\- 90 degrees.
+
+  scale[=w:h[:c[:p]]]  Scales the image with the
+                       software scaler (slow) and
+                       performs a YUV<\->RGB
+                       colorspace conversion
+                       (see \-sws option too!).
+                       The value 0 is used for scaled
+                       (aspect) destination w/h.
+                       (default: original w/h,
+                       destination w/h with \-zoom)
+                       Optionaly chroma skipping
+                       (c from 0\-3) and scaling
+                       parameters can be specified.
+                       (see \-sws option for details)
+                       
+  yuy2                 Forces software YV12/I420 to
+                       YUY2 conversion.
+
   rgb2bgr[=swap]       RGB 24/32 <\-> BGR 24/32
+                       colorspace conversion with
+                       optional R <\-> B swapping.
+
   palette              RGB/BGR 8 \-> 15/16/24/32bpp
-  format[=fourcc]      restrict colorspace
-  pp[=flags]           postprocessing (see \-pp)
-  lavc[=quality:fps]   YV12\->MPEG1 (libavcodec)
-  fame                 YV12\->MPEG1 (libfame)
-  dvbscale[=aspect]    optimal scaling for DVB
-                       cards (aspect=
-                       DVB_HEIGHT*ASPECTRATIO)
-  cropdetect[=limit]   black border detection
-                       (print crop values)
-  noise[=luma[u][t|a][h][p]:chroma[u][t|a][h][p]
-                       add noise
+                       colorspace conversion using
+                       palette.
+
+  format[=fourcc]      Restricts the colorspace for
+                       next filter. It does not do
+                       any conversion! Use the scale
+                       filter for a real conversion.
+
+  pp[=flags]           Activates the internal
+                       postprocessing filter.
+                       (see \-pp option for details!)
+
+  lavc[=quality:fps]   Realtime MPEG1 encoder for use
+                       with DVB/DXR3 (libavcodec)
+
+  fame                 Realtime MPEG1 encoder for use
+                       with DVB/DXR3 (libfame)
+
+  dvbscale[=aspect]    Set up optimal scaling for DVB
+                       cards.
+                       (aspect=DVB_HEIGHT*ASPECTRATIO)
+
+  cropdetect[=0-255]   Calculates necessary cropping
+                       parameters and prints the
+                       recommended parameters to stdout.
+                       The threshold can be optionally
+                       specified from nothing (0) to
+                       everything (255). (default: 24)
+
+  noise[=luma[u][t|a][h][p]:chroma[u][t|a][h][p]]
+                       Adds noise
                          <0-100>  luma noise
                          <0-100>  chroma noise
                          u        uniform noise
@@ -559,26 +627,19 @@
                                   temporal noise
                          h        high quality
                          p        mix with pattern
-  eq[=bright:cont]     soft equalizer w/interactive
-                       controls like hardware eq
 
-.I parameters:
-.br
-    w,h  destination width/height
-           value   w/h = value
-           \-1      w/h = original (default)
-           0       w/h = scaled (aspect) w/h
-           \-value  w/h = original+value
-    x,y  x/y position of the subimage
-           value   x/y = value
-           \-1      x/y = center image (default)
-    o    enable/disable OSD/SUB rendering
-           0       disabled (default)
-           1       enabled
+  eq[=bright:cont]     Activates the software equalizer
+                       with interactive controls like
+                       the hardware eq controls.
+                       The values can be from -100 to
+                       100.
+
+.I NOTE:
+The parameters are optional and if omitted, some of them are set to default values.
+Use -1 to keep the default value.
 
 You can get the list of available plugins executing
 .I mplayer \-vop help
-
 .TP
 .B \-x <x> (MPLAYER only)
 Scale image to x width (if sw/hw scaling available). Disables aspect calcs.
@@ -777,9 +838,6 @@
 Used for \-vo aa. You can get a list and an explanation of available options executing
 .I mplayer \-aahelp
 .TP
-.B \-blue_intensity <\-1000\ \-\ 1000>
-Adjust intensity of blue component of video signal (default 0).
-.TP
 .B \-bpp <depth>
 Use different color depth than autodetect. Not all \-vo drivers support
 it (fbdev, dga2, svga, vesa).
@@ -850,9 +908,6 @@
 .B \-fsmode-dontuse <0-31> (OBSOLETE) (use -fs option)
 Try this option if you still experience fullscreen problems.
 .TP
-.B \-green_intensity <\-1000\ \-\ 1000>
-Adjust intensity of green component of video signal (default 0).
-.TP
 .B \-hue <\-100\ \-\ 100>
 Adjust hue of video signal (default 0). You can get colored negative
 of image with this option.
@@ -903,9 +958,6 @@
 The range varies between 0.0 and 1.0 and controls how much of the image is
 cropped.
 .TP
-.B \-red_intensity <\-1000\ \-\ 1000>
-Adjust intensity of red component of video signal (default 0).
-.TP
 .B \-saturation <\-100\ \-\ 100>
 Adjust saturation of video output (default 0). You can get grayscale output 
 with this option.
@@ -974,9 +1026,6 @@
 Frame dropping: decode all (except B) frames, video may skip.
 Useful for playback on slow VGA card/bus.
 .TP
-.B \-gui (BETA CODE)
-Start MPlayer in GUI mode.
-.TP
 .B \-h, \-\-help
 Show short summary of options.
 .TP
@@ -1471,9 +1520,8 @@
 
 .SH "SLAVE MODE PROTOCOL"
 If the \-slave switch is given, playback is controlled by a 
-line\-based protocol. If the new input is enabled (default)
-each line must contain one command otherwise one of the 
-following tokens:
+line\-based protocol. Each line must contain one command
+otherwise one of the following tokens:
 .TP
 .B Commands
 .br
@@ -1556,7 +1604,7 @@
 
 .SH FILES
 .TP
-/etc/mplayer.conf
+/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
 system\-wide settings
 .TP
 ~/.mplayer/config
@@ -1565,6 +1613,12 @@
 ~/.mplayer/input.conf
 input bindings (see '\-input keylist' for full keylist)
 .TP
+~/.mplayer/gui.conf
+GUI configuration file
+.TP
+~/.mplayer/gui.pl
+GUI playlist
+.TP
 ~/.mplayer/font/
 font directory (There must be a font.desc file and files with .RAW extension.)
 .TP
@@ -1586,6 +1640,9 @@
 .B Quickstart DVD playing
 mplayer \-dvd 1
 .TP
+.B Play in japanese with english subtitles
+mplayer \-dvd 1 \-alang ja \-slang en 
+.TP
 .B Play only chapters 5, 6, 7
 mplayer \-dvd 1 \-chapter 5\-7
 .TP
@@ -1618,6 +1675,9 @@
 .TP
 .B The same, but with libavcodec family, MPEG4 (Divx5) compression
 mencoder -dvd 2 -o title2.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=1800 -oac copy
+.TP
+.B The same, but with libavcodec family, MJPEG compression
+mencoder -dvd 2 -o titel2.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg:vhq:vbitrate=1800 -oac copy
 .TP
 .B Encoding all *.jpg files in the current dir
 mencoder \\*.jpg -mf on:fps=25 -o output.avi -ovc divx4




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