From 5d60ddfa20238ec3a10059fd5ff87b972665db45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:28:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Small wording and consistency improvements, named parameters
 documented.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@11817 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
---
 DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index fc318be060..86d3e72c1a 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -2409,10 +2409,10 @@ Video filter are plugins that allow you to modify the video stream and its
 properties.
 The syntax is:
 .TP
-.B \-vf <filter1[=options],filter2,...>
+.B \-vf <filter1[=parameters],filter2,...>
 Setup a chain of video filters.
 .TP
-.B \-vop <...,filter3[=options],filter2,filter1> (OBSOLETE)
+.B \-vop <...,filter3[=parameters],filter2,filter1> (OBSOLETE)
 Setup a chain of video filters, to be applied in
 .B reverse
 order.
@@ -2423,6 +2423,8 @@ values.
 Use '-1' to keep the default value.
 Parameters w:h means width x height in pixels, x:y means x;y position counted
 from the upper left corner of the bigger image.
+.br
+.I NOTE:
 To get a full list of available filters, see \-vf help.
 
 Filters are managed in lists.
@@ -2442,6 +2444,16 @@ list (-1 is the last).
 .B \-vf-clr
 Completely empties the filter list.
 .PP
+With filters that support it, you can access parameters by their name.
+.TP
+.B \-vf <filter>=help
+Prints the parameter names and parameter value ranges for a particular
+filter.
+.TP
+.B \-vf <filter=named_parameter1=value1[:named_parameter2=value2:...]>
+Sets a named parameter to the given value.
+Use on and off or yes and no to set flag parameters.
+.PP
 Available filters are:
 .
 .TP