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authorGravatar diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2006-01-05 23:32:18 +0000
committerGravatar diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2006-01-05 23:32:18 +0000
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Improve overall structure by adding a few top-level chapters so that
sections no longer nest as deeply. This has the added benefit of removing a few sections that only consisted of the section title. git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@17322 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
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diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/formats.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/formats.xml
index f7f888234c..11582ebd58 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/formats.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/formats.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- $Revision$ -->
-<sect1 id="formats">
-<title>Supported formats</title>
+<chapter id="containers">
+<title>Containers</title>
<para>
It is important to clarify a common mistake. When people see a file with a
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ Or you might put MPEG-1 video into an AVI file.
</para>
-<sect2 id="video-formats">
+<sect1 id="video-formats">
<title>Video formats</title>
-<sect3 id="mpg-vob-dat">
+<sect2 id="mpg-vob-dat">
<title>MPEG files</title>
<para>
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ played at 640x480. AVI files do not have this field, so they have to be
rescaled during encoding or played with the <option>-aspect</option>
option.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="avi">
+<sect2 id="avi">
<title>AVI files</title>
<para>
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ that most AVI encoders/multiplexers create bad files when using VBR audio.
There are only two known exceptions: <application>NanDub</application> and
<link linkend="mencoder"><application>MEncoder</application></link>.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="asf-wmv">
+<sect2 id="asf-wmv">
<title>ASF/WMV files</title>
<para>
ASF (Active Streaming Format) comes from Microsoft. They developed two
@@ -182,10 +182,10 @@ there is no compatibility at all (it is just another legal game).
v2.0 files :). Note that ASF files nowadays come with the extension
<filename>.WMA</filename> or <filename>.WMV</filename>.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="mov">
+<sect2 id="mov">
<title>QuickTime/MOV files</title>
<para>
@@ -204,10 +204,10 @@ Most new QuickTime files use <emphasis role="bold">Sorenson</emphasis> video and
QDesign Music audio. See our <link linkend="sorenson">Sorenson</link> codec section.
</para>
</note>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="vivo">
+<sect2 id="vivo">
<title>VIVO files</title>
<para>
@@ -231,10 +231,10 @@ See the
<link linkend="vivo-audio">VIVO audio codec</link>
sections for installation instructions.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="fli">
+<sect2 id="fli">
<title>FLI files</title>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">FLI</emphasis> is a very old file format used by
@@ -244,10 +244,10 @@ even able to seek within them (useful when looping with the
<option>-loop</option> option). FLI files do not have keyframes, so the
picture will be messy for a short time after seeking.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="realmedia">
+<sect2 id="realmedia">
<title>RealMedia (RM) files</title>
<para>
@@ -257,10 +257,10 @@ Here are the lists of the supported <link
linkend="realvideo">RealVideo</link> and <link
linkend="realaudio">RealAudio</link> codecs.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="nuppelvideo">
+<sect2 id="nuppelvideo">
<title>NuppelVideo files</title>
<para>
<ulink url="http://frost.htu.tuwien.ac.at/~roman/nuppelvideo/">NuppelVideo</ulink>
@@ -272,10 +272,10 @@ compressed, and YV12+lzo compressed frames.
them with <application>MEncoder</application> to MPEG-4 (DivX)/etc!) them all.
Seeking works.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="yuv4mpeg">
+<sect2 id="yuv4mpeg">
<title>yuv4mpeg files</title>
<para>
<ulink url="http://mjpeg.sf.net">yuv4mpeg / yuv4mpeg2</ulink>
@@ -284,27 +284,27 @@ is a file format used by the
You can grab, produce, filter or encode video in this format using these tools.
The file format is really a sequence of uncompressed YUV 4:2:0 images.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="film">
+<sect2 id="film">
<title>FILM files</title>
<para>
This format is used on old Sega Saturn CD-ROM games.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="roq">
+<sect2 id="roq">
<title>RoQ files</title>
<para>
RoQ files are multimedia files used in some ID games such as Quake III and
Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="ogg">
+<sect2 id="ogg">
<title>OGG/OGM files</title>
<para>
This is a new fileformat from <ulink url="http://www.xiph.org">Xiphophorus</ulink>.
@@ -313,10 +313,10 @@ It can contain any video or audio codec, CBR or VBR. You'll need
<systemitem class="library">libvorbis</systemitem> installed before
compiling <application>MPlayer</application> to be able to play it.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="sdp">
+<sect2 id="sdp">
<title>SDP files</title>
<para>
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2327.txt">SDP</ulink> is an
@@ -324,19 +324,19 @@ IETF standard format for describing video and/or audio RTP streams.
(The &quot;<ulink url="http://www.live.com/mplayer/">LIVE.COM Streaming Media</ulink>&quot;
are required.)
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="pva">
+<sect2 id="pva">
<title>PVA files</title>
<para>
PVA is an MPEG-like format used by DVB TV boards' software (e.g.:
<application>MultiDec</application>, <application>WinTV</application> under Windows).
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="nsv">
+<sect2 id="nsv">
<title>NSV files</title>
<para>
NSV (NullSoft Video) is the file format used by the
@@ -350,29 +350,29 @@ can't be decoded yet. Moreover streams from that site need an extra
depacketization layer that still has to be implemented (those files are
unplayable anyway because they use VLB audio).
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="matroska">
+<sect2 id="matroska">
<title>Matroska files</title>
<para>
Matroska is an open container format.
Read more on the <ulink url="http://www.matroska.org/">official site</ulink>.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="nut">
+<sect2 id="nut">
<title>NUT files</title>
<para>
NUT is the container format developed by <application>MPlayer</application> and
<application>FFmpeg</application> folks. Both projects support it.
Read more on the <ulink url="http://www.nut.hu/">official site</ulink>.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="gif">
+<sect2 id="gif">
<title>GIF files</title>
<para>
The <emphasis role="bold">GIF</emphasis> format is a common format for web
@@ -406,12 +406,12 @@ download a copy from the
homepage</ulink>. For detailed technical information, have a look at the
<ulink url="http://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt">GIF89a specification</ulink>.
</para>
-</sect3>
</sect2>
+</sect1>
<!-- ********** -->
-<sect2 id="audio-formats">
+<sect1 id="audio-formats">
<title>Audio formats</title>
<para>
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ a recommended usage of <application>MPlayer</application>, you better use <ulink
url="http://www.xmms.org">XMMS</ulink>.
</para>
-<sect3 id="mp3">
+<sect2 id="mp3">
<title>MP3 files</title>
<para>
You may have problems playing certain MP3 files that
@@ -432,35 +432,35 @@ for certain broken MPEG files and thus will remain like this for the
foreseeable future. The <option>-demuxer</option> flag described in the
man page may help you in these cases.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="wav">
+<sect2 id="wav">
<title>WAV files</title>
<para>
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="ogg-vorbis">
+<sect2 id="ogg-vorbis">
<title>OGG/OGM files (Vorbis)</title>
<para>
Requires properly installed
<systemitem class="library">libogg</systemitem> and
<systemitem class="library">libvorbis</systemitem>.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="wma-asf">
+<sect2 id="wma-asf">
<title>WMA/ASF files</title>
<para>
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="mp4">
+<sect2 id="mp4">
<title>MP4 files</title>
<para></para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="cdda">
+<sect2 id="cdda">
<title>CD audio</title>
<para>
<application>MPlayer</application> can use <application>cdparanoia</application>
@@ -472,9 +472,9 @@ to play CDDA (Audio CD). The scope of this section does not contain enumerating
See the man page's <option>-cdda</option> option which can be used to pass
options to <application>cdparanoia</application>.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="xmms">
+<sect2 id="xmms">
<title>XMMS</title>
<para>
<application>MPlayer</application> can use <application>XMMS</application> input
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ If that does not work, you might need to set the <application>XMMS</application>
plugin and library path explicitly by way of the <option>--with-xmmsplugindir</option>
and <option>--with-xmmslibdir</option> options.
</para>
-</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
+
+</chapter>