Further spelling/grammar/wording fixes as suggested by the Wanderer and Mans

Originally committed as revision 4371 to svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/trunk
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Diego Biurrun 2005-06-09 22:29:18 +00:00
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@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ First, build the kit. It *really* helps to have installed LAME first. Then when
you run the ffserver ./configure, make sure that you have the --enable-mp3lame
flag turned on.
LAME is important as it allows streaming audio to Windows Media Player.
LAME is important as it allows for streaming audio to Windows Media Player.
Don't ask why the other audio types do not work.
As a simple test, just run the following two command lines (assuming that you
@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ them up, and off you go.
Maybe you didn't install LAME, or got your ./configure statement wrong. Check
the ffmpeg output to see if a line referring to MP3 is present. If not, then
your configuration was incorrect. If it is, then maybe your wiring is not
setup correctly. Maybe the sound card is not getting data from the right
set up correctly. Maybe the sound card is not getting data from the right
input source. Maybe you have a really awful audio interface (like I do)
that only captures in stereo and also requires that one channel be flipped.
If you are one of these people, then export 'AUDIO_FLIP_LEFT=1' before
@ -107,16 +107,16 @@ Yes, it does. Who knows why?
Yes, it does. Any thoughts on this would be gratefully received. These
differences extend to embedding WMP into a web page. [There are two
different object IDs that you can use, one of them -- the old one -- cannot
different object IDs that you can use, the old one cannot
play very well, and the new one works well (both on the same system). However,
I suspect that the new one is not available unless you have installed WMP 7].
@section What else can it do?
You can replay video from .ffm files that was recorded earlier.
However, there are a number of caveats which include the fact that the
However, there are a number of caveats, including the fact that the
ffserver parameters must match the original parameters used to record the
file. If not, then ffserver deletes the file before recording into it.
file. If they do not, then ffserver deletes the file before recording into it.
(Now that I write this, it seems broken).
You can fiddle with many of the codec choices and encoding parameters, and
@ -134,12 +134,12 @@ finishes.]
@section Tips
* When you connect to a live stream, most players (WMP, RA etc) want to
* When you connect to a live stream, most players (WMP, RA, etc) want to
buffer a certain number of seconds of material so that they can display the
signal continuously. However, ffserver (by default) starts sending data
in realtime. This means that there is a pause of a few seconds while the
buffering is being done by the player. The good news is that this can be
cured by adding a '?buffer=5' to the end of the URL. This meanss that the
cured by adding a '?buffer=5' to the end of the URL. This means that the
stream should start 5 seconds in the past -- and so the first 5 seconds
of the stream are sent as fast as the network will allow. It will then
slow down to real time. This noticeably improves the startup experience.
@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ of the following formats (the 'T' is literal):
@end example
You can omit the YYYY-MM-DD, and then it refers to the current day. However
note that @samp{?date=16:00:00} refers to 4pm on the current day -- this may be
in the future and so is unlikely to be useful.
note that @samp{?date=16:00:00} refers to 16:00 on the current day -- this
may be in the future and so is unlikely to be useful.
You use this by adding the ?date= to the end of the URL for the stream.
For example: @samp{http://localhost:8080/test.asf?date=2002-07-26T23:05:00}.