From e71978f196006d334d56cf5296c9b0845e6d0238 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: roolku Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:15:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update manual with recent changes to mpegplayer git-svn-id: svn://svn.rockbox.org/rockbox/trunk@15277 a1c6a512-1295-4272-9138-f99709370657 --- manual/plugins/mpegplayer.tex | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/manual/plugins/mpegplayer.tex b/manual/plugins/mpegplayer.tex index 83e20ec0b..8928d974c 100644 --- a/manual/plugins/mpegplayer.tex +++ b/manual/plugins/mpegplayer.tex @@ -22,22 +22,58 @@ option and choose \setting{mpegplayer}. \end{btnmap} \end{table} -The menu has the following entries. +When a video file is selected, the start Menu will be displayed, unless it is +disabled via the option "start menu" (see below). In the latter case the video +will start playing immediately - unless a resume point is found, in which case +the resume menu is presented. + +Start Menu + +\begin{description} +\item[Play from beginning] Resume information is discarded and the video plays + from the start. +\item[Resume time (min): x.x] Resume video playback at stored resume time x.x + (start of the video if no resume time is found). +\item[Set start time (min)] A preview screen is presented consisting of a + thumbnail preview and a progress bar where the user can select a start time + by 'seeking' through the video. The video playback is started by pressing + the select button. +\item[Quit mpegplayer] Exit the plugin. +\end{description} + +Resume Menu + +\begin{description} +\item[Yes (min): x.x] Resume video playback at stored resume time x.x. +\item[No] Play video from the beginning. +\end{description} + +Main Menu \begin{description} -\item[Show FPS] This option displays (once a second - if your video is - full-screen this means it will get overwritten by the video and appear to - flash once per second) the average number of frames decoded per second, - the total number of frames skipped (see the Skip Frames option), the - current time (in 100Hz ticks) and the time the current frame is due to be - displayed. -\item[Limit FPS] With this option disabled, mpegplayer will display the video - as fast as it can. Useful for benchmarking. -\item[Skip frames] This option causes mpegplayer to attempt to maintain - realtime playback by skipping the display of frames - but these frames are - still decoded. Disabling this option can cause loss of A/V sync. +\item[Display Options] Opens "Display Options" submenu - see below. +\item[Start Menu] (default: on) Enable/disable the start menu. +\item[Clear all resumes: x] Discard all x resume points. +\item[Quit mpegplayer] Exit the plugin. +\end{description} + +Display Options Menu + +\begin{description} +\item[Dithering] (default: off) Prevent banding effects in gradients by blending + of colours. (only available on Sansa e200, Sansa c200 and Gigabeat F/X) +\item[Show FPS] (default: off) This option displays (once a second - if your + video is full-screen this means it will get overwritten by the video and + appear to flash once per second) the average number of frames decoded per + second, the total number of frames skipped (see the Skip Frames option), + the current time (in 100Hz ticks) and the time the current frame is due to + be displayed. +\item[Limit FPS] (default: on) With this option disabled, mpegplayer will + display the video as fast as it can. Useful for benchmarking. +\item[Skip frames] (default: on) This option causes mpegplayer to attempt to + maintain realtime playback by skipping the display of frames - but these + frames are still decoded. Disabling this option can cause loss of A/V sync. \end{description} See this page in the Rockbox wiki for information on how to encode your videos to the supported format. \wikilink{PluginMpegplayer} - -- 2.11.4.GIT