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diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index de9ed2f866..5a4ff8c0ab 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -2595,7 +2595,7 @@ Same as \-af (see \-af option).
.B \-afm <driver1,driver2,...>
Specify a priority list of audio drivers to be used, according to their driver
name in codecs.conf.
-It falls back to default if none is ok.
+It falls back to default if none is OK.
.br
.I NOTE:
See \-afm help for a full list of available drivers.
@@ -2604,7 +2604,7 @@ See \-afm help for a full list of available drivers.
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "\-afm ffmpeg"
-try FFmpeg's libavcodec (mp1/\:2/\:3) codecs first
+Try FFmpeg's libavcodec (mp1/\:2/\:3) codecs first.
.IPs "\-afm acm,dshow"
try Win32 codecs first
.RE
@@ -2700,7 +2700,7 @@ debug:
.br
0x0400: error resilience
.br
-0x0800: memory management control operations (H264)
+0x0800: memory management control operations (H.264)
.br
0x1000: bugs
.REss
@@ -2880,13 +2880,13 @@ If the list has a trailing ',' it will fallback to codecs not listed.
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "\-vc divx"
-force Win32/\:VFW DivX codec, no fallback
+Force Win32/\:VFW DivX codec, no fallback.
.IPs "\-vc divx4,"
-try divx4linux codec first, then fallback to others
+Try divx4linux codec first, then fall back to others.
.IPs "\-vc -divxds,-divx,"
-try other codecs except Win32 DivX codecs
+Try other codecs except Win32 DivX codecs.
.IPs "\-vc ffmpeg12,mpeg12,"
-try libavcodec's MPEG1/\:2 codec, then libmpeg2, then others
+Try libavcodec's MPEG1/\:2 codec, then libmpeg2, then others.
.RE
.PD 1
.
@@ -2894,7 +2894,7 @@ try libavcodec's MPEG1/\:2 codec, then libmpeg2, then others
.B \-vfm <driver1,driver2,...>
Specify a priority list of video codecs to be used, according to their
names in codecs.conf.
-It falls back to default if none is ok.
+It falls back to default if none is OK.
.br
.I NOTE:
If libdivxdecore support was compiled in, then odivx and divx4 now contains
@@ -2908,10 +2908,10 @@ See \-vfm help for a full list of available drivers.
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "\-vfm ffmpeg,dshow,vfw"
-try the libavcodec, then Directshow, then VFW codecs and fallback to the
-others, if still none is ok
+Try the libavcodec, then Directshow, then VFW codecs and fall back
+to the others, if still none is OK.
.IPs "\-vfm xanim"
-try XAnim codecs first
+Try XAnim codecs first.
.RE
.PD 1
.
@@ -3623,7 +3623,7 @@ If a field has no match, it is deinterlaced with simple linear
approximation.
If the source is MPEG-2, and this must be the first filter to allow
access to the field-flags set by the MPEG-2 decoder.
-Depending on the source mpeg, you may be fine ignoring this advice, as
+Depending on the source MPEG, you may be fine ignoring this advice, as
long as you do not see lots of "Bottom-first field" warnings.
With no options it does normal inverse telecine, and should be used
together with mencoder \-fps 29.97 \-ofps 23.976.
@@ -3656,7 +3656,7 @@ this option to override auto-detection.
The larger n will speed up the filter at the expense of accuracy.
The default value is n=3.
If n is odd, a frame immediately following a frame marked with the
-REPEAT_FIRST_FIELD mpeg flag is assumed to be progressive, thus filter
+REPEAT_FIRST_FIELD MPEG flag is assumed to be progressive, thus filter
will not spend any time on soft-telecined MPEG-2 content.
This is the only effect of this flag if MMX2 or 3DNow! is available.
Without MMX2 and 3DNow, if n=0 or 1, the same calculations will be used
@@ -4207,9 +4207,9 @@ Use \-of help to get a list of available formats.
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "\-of avi"
-encode to avi (default)
+Encode to AVI (default).
.IPs "\-of mpeg"
-encode to mpeg
+Encode to MPEG.
.IPs "\-of rawvideo"
raw video stream (no muxing - video only, one stream only)
.RE
@@ -4219,7 +4219,7 @@ raw video stream (no muxing - video only, one stream only)
.B \-ofps <fps>
The output file will have different frame/\:sec than the source.
You MUST set it for variable fps (asf, some mov) and progressive
-(29.97fps telecined mpeg) files.
+(29.97fps telecined MPEG) files.
.TP
.B \-ovc <codec name>
Encode with the given video codec.
@@ -4507,7 +4507,7 @@ Maximum number of threads to use (default: 1).
.RE
.TP
.B vcodec=<value>
-use the specified codec (default: mpeg4):
+Use the specified codec (default: mpeg4):
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs mjpeg
@@ -4515,9 +4515,9 @@ Motion JPEG
.IPs ljpeg
Lossless JPEG
.IPs h263\
-H263
+H.263
.IPs h263p
-H263 Plus
+H.263+
.IPs mpeg4
DivX 4/\:5
.IPs msmpeg4
@@ -4644,13 +4644,12 @@ Same as mbd=1, kept for compatibility reasons.
.TP
.B v4mv\ \ \
Allow 4 motion vectors per macroblock (slightly better quality).
-(default: disabled)
.TP
.B obmc\ \ \
-overlapped block motion compensation (H263+)
+overlapped block motion compensation (H.263+)
.TP
.B loop\ \ \
-loop filter (H263+)
+loop filter (H.263+)
note, this is broken
.TP
.B inter_threshold <-1000\-1000>
@@ -4684,7 +4683,7 @@ avoid B frames in high motion scenes (will cause bitrate misprediction)
.TP
.B vpass=<1\-2>
Activates internal two pass mode, only specify if you wish to use two pass
-encoding (default: disabled).
+encoding.
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs 1
@@ -4936,7 +4935,7 @@ strict standard compliance
.IPs 0
disabled (default)
.IPs 1
-only recommended if you want to feed the output into the mpeg4 reference
+only recommended if you want to feed the output into the MPEG4 reference
decoder
.IPs -1
allows non-standard YV12 huffyuv encoding (20% smaller files, but cannot be
@@ -4978,10 +4977,10 @@ good choice
.RE
.TP
.B ss\ \ \ \ \
-slice structured mode for H263+
+slice structured mode for H.263+
.TP
.B gray\ \ \
-grayscale only encoding (faster) (default: disabled)
+grayscale only encoding (faster)
.TP
.B vfdct=<0\-10>
dct algorithm:
@@ -5322,13 +5321,12 @@ and store the per frame psnr in a file with a name like 'psnr_hhmmss.log'.
Returned values are in dB (decibel), the higher the better.
.TP
.B mpeg_quant
-use MPEG quantizers instead of H.263.
-(default: disabled) (i.e.\& use H.263 quantizers)
+Use MPEG quantizers instead of H.263 (i.e.\& use H.263 quantizers).
.TP
.B aic\ \ \ \
ac prediction (=advanced intra prediction for H.263+)
.I NOTE:
-vqmin should be 8 or larger for AIC H263+.
+vqmin should be 8 or larger for AIC H.263+.
.TP
.B aiv\ \ \ \
alternatice inter vlc for H.263+
@@ -5340,24 +5338,24 @@ Allow encoding of abritarily long MVs.
.B ibias=<-256\-256>
intra quantizer bias (256 == 1.0)
.br
-mpeg style quantizer default: 96
+MPEG style quantizer default: 96
.br
-h263 style quantizer default: 0
+H.263 style quantizer default: 0
.br
.I NOTE:
-The h263 MMX quantizer cannot handle positive biases (set vfdct=1or2),
-the mpeg MMX quantizer cannot handle negative biases (set vfdct=1or2).
+The H.263 MMX quantizer cannot handle positive biases (set vfdct=1or2),
+the MPEG MMX quantizer cannot handle negative biases (set vfdct=1or2).
.TP
.B pbias=<-256\-256>
inter quantizer bias (256 == 1.0)
.br
-mpeg style quantizer default: 0
+MPEG style quantizer default: 0
.br
-h263 style quantizer default: -64
+H.263 style quantizer default: -64
.br
.I NOTE:
-The h263 MMX quantizer cannot handle positive biases (set vfdct=1or2),
-the mpeg MMX quantizer cannot handle negative biases (set vfdct=1or2).
+The H.263 MMX quantizer cannot handle positive biases (set vfdct=1or2),
+the MPEG MMX quantizer cannot handle negative biases (set vfdct=1or2).
.br
Tip: a more positive bias (-32 \- -16 instead of -64) seems to improve the PSNR
.TP
@@ -5477,7 +5475,7 @@ Turn this option on for interlaced content.
.TP
.B 4mv\ \ \ \
Use 4 motion vectors per macroblock.
-This might give better compression but slows down encoding.
+This might give better compression, but slows down encoding.
.br
.I WARNING:
This option doesn't exist in XviD-1.0.x.
@@ -5581,8 +5579,8 @@ is worth activating.
.B gmc\ \ \ \
Enable Global Motion Compensation, which makes XviD generate special
frames (GMC-frames) which are well suited for Pan/Zoom/Rotating images.
-The decision whether to activate this option or not to save bits
-depends highly on the video material.
+Whether or not the use of this option will save bits is highly
+dependent on the source material.
.TP
.B trellis
Trellis Quantization is a kind of adaptive quantization method that