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authorGravatar diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2007-11-23 12:01:13 +0000
committerGravatar diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2007-11-23 12:01:13 +0000
commit5de794723e94dc6110538c223e82697183e20af2 (patch)
treeefa5cf7e88d33afe854b8cec3e70a23323d13751 /DOCS
parent958c41d9b69843301352a6350cde6a3eecf9c309 (diff)
Clarify playtree explanation.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@25146 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
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@@ -7,14 +7,15 @@
<title>Command line</title>
<para>
-<application>MPlayer</application> utilizes a complex playtree. It consists
-of global options written as first, for example
-<screen>mplayer -vfm 5</screen>
-and options written after filenames, that apply only to the given
-filename/URL/whatever, for example:
+<application>MPlayer</application> utilizes a complex playtree. Options passed
+on the command line can apply to all files/URLs or just to specific ones
+depending on their position. For example
+<screen>mplayer -vfm ffmpeg movie1.avi movie2.avi</screen>
+will use FFmpeg decoders for both files, but
<screen>
-mplayer -vfm 5 <replaceable>movie1.avi</replaceable> <replaceable>movie2.avi</replaceable> -vfm 4
+mplayer -vfm ffmpeg <replaceable>movie1.avi</replaceable> <replaceable>movie2.avi</replaceable> -vfm dmo
</screen>
+will play the second file with a DMO decoder.
</para>
<para>