[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] man page grammar fixes

Bryce Harrington bryce at bryceharrington.org
Tue Aug 13 04:31:52 CEST 2013


From: Bryce Harrington <b.harrington at samsung.com>

The first sentence of each of these man pages are worded a bit
awkwardly.  I think these minor copy-edits should make them
clearer.

Signed-off-by: Bryce Harrington <b.harrington at samsung.com>
---
 doc/demuxers.texi  |    4 ++--
 doc/ffmpeg.texi    |    2 +-
 doc/outdevs.texi   |    4 ++--
 doc/protocols.texi |    3 +--
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/demuxers.texi b/doc/demuxers.texi
index e18448f..33a6cac 100644
--- a/doc/demuxers.texi
+++ b/doc/demuxers.texi
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 @chapter Demuxers
 @c man begin DEMUXERS
 
-Demuxers are configured elements in FFmpeg which allow to read the
-multimedia streams from a particular type of file.
+Demuxers can read the multimedia streams from a particular type of
+file.
 
 When you configure your FFmpeg build, all the supported demuxers
 are enabled by default. You can list all available ones using the
diff --git a/doc/ffmpeg.texi b/doc/ffmpeg.texi
index a923f97..8bf5feb 100644
--- a/doc/ffmpeg.texi
+++ b/doc/ffmpeg.texi
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ then it will search for the file @file{libvpx-1080p.ffpreset}.
 
 @itemize
 @item
-For streaming at very low bitrate application, use a low frame rate
+For streaming at very low bitrates, use a low frame rate
 and a small GOP size. This is especially true for RealVideo where
 the Linux player does not seem to be very fast, so it can miss
 frames. An example is:
diff --git a/doc/outdevs.texi b/doc/outdevs.texi
index 796797b..2c977b2 100644
--- a/doc/outdevs.texi
+++ b/doc/outdevs.texi
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 @chapter Output Devices
 @c man begin OUTPUT DEVICES
 
-Output devices are configured elements in FFmpeg which allow to write
-multimedia data to an output device attached to your system.
+Output devices write multimedia data to an output device attached to
+your system.
 
 When you configure your FFmpeg build, all the supported output devices
 are enabled by default. You can list all available ones using the
diff --git a/doc/protocols.texi b/doc/protocols.texi
index 9c834f4..9a3c4fe 100644
--- a/doc/protocols.texi
+++ b/doc/protocols.texi
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 @chapter Protocols
 @c man begin PROTOCOLS
 
-Protocols are configured elements in FFmpeg which allow to access
-resources which require the use of a particular protocol.
+Protocols enable access to resources that require specific protocols.
 
 When you configure your FFmpeg build, all the supported protocols are
 enabled by default. You can list all available ones using the
-- 
1.7.9.5



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