Config and CmdLine

Warning: this is some old brainstorming about how the sub-option handling could be improved. It does not reflect current syntax.

Command line example 1:

--include=local.conf
--softvol=yes
--ass=yes
--embeddedfonts=yes
--vf-add=screenshot
--vo=vdpau=[ deint=-4 pullup ]
--vc=[ item=ffmpeg12vdpau item=ffwmv3vdpau item=ffc1vdpau item=ffh264vdpau SUPER ]
--vc-pre=ffh264vdpau
--vc-pre=[ item=ffc1vdpau ]
--vc-pre=ffwmv3vdpau
--vc-pre=ffmpeg12vdpau
--vo=xv
--lavdopts=[ threads=4 ]
--ao=alsa
--include=/usr/share/doc/mplayer/examples/encoding-example-profiles.conf
--profile=enc-to-iphone
--vf-add=ass
--ass-force-style="Fontname=sans"
--ovcopts-add=[ tune=animation threads=4 ]

Config example 1:

include = local.conf
# softvol = yes
# softvol-max = 1200
ass = yes
embeddedfonts = yes
vf-add = screenshot
#vo = vdpau = [
#       deint = -4
#       pullup
#]
#vc = [
#       item = ffmpeg12vdpau
#       item = ffwmv3vdpau
#       item = ffc1vdpau
#       item = ffh264vdpau
#       SUPER
#]
# latter doing the same as
#vc-pre = ffh264vdpau
#vc-pre = ffc1vdpau
#vc-pre = ffwmv3vdpau
#vc-pre = ffmpeg12vdpau
vo = xv
lavdopts = [
        threads = 4
]
ao = alsa
include = /usr/share/doc/mplayer/examples/encoding-example-profiles.conf
[enc]
profile = enc-to-iphone
vf-add = ass
ass-force-style = "Fontname=sans"
ovcopts-add = [
        tune = animation
        threads = 4
]
# NOTE:
# general shortcut for list options:
#
# listoption = FOO,BAR
# means
# listoption = [
#       item = FOO
#       item = BAR
# ]
#
# listoption-add = [
#       XYZZY
# ]
# means
# listoption = [
#       SUPER
#       XYZZY
# ]
#
# listoption-pre = [
#       XYZZY
# ]
# means
# listoption = [
#       XYZZY
#       SUPER
# ]

Command line example 2 (list starters are their own argument; an ambiguity ensues and is resolved by "if [ can be a list starter, it is and starts a list in the innermost scope possible"); we basically replaced =[ by space and [:

--include=local.conf
--softvol=yes
--ass=yes
--embeddedfonts=yes
--vf-add=screenshot
--vo=vdpau [ deint=-4 pullup ]
--vc [ item=ffmpeg12vdpau item=ffwmv3vdpau item=ffc1vdpau item=ffh264vdpau SUPER ]
--vc-pre=ffh264vdpau
--vc-pre [ item=ffc1vdpau ]
--vc-pre ffwmv3vdpau
--vc-pre ffmpeg12vdpau
--vo=xv
--lavdopts [ threads=4 ]
--ao=alsa
--include=/usr/share/doc/mplayer/examples/encoding-example-profiles.conf
--profile=enc-to-iphone
--vf-add=ass
--ass-force-style="Fontname=sans"
--ovcopts-add [ tune=animation threads=4 ]

Config example 2 (basically = [ replaced by mere [):

include = local.conf
# softvol = yes
# softvol-max = 1200
ass = yes
embeddedfonts = yes
vf-add = screenshot
#vo = vdpau [
#       deint = -4
#       pullup
#]
#vc [
#       item = ffmpeg12vdpau
#       item = ffwmv3vdpau
#       item = ffc1vdpau
#       item = ffh264vdpau
#       SUPER
#]
# latter doing the same as
#vc-pre = ffh264vdpau
#vc-pre = ffc1vdpau
#vc-pre = ffwmv3vdpau
#vc-pre = ffmpeg12vdpau
vo = xv
lavdopts [
        threads = 4
]
ao = alsa
include = /usr/share/doc/mplayer/examples/encoding-example-profiles.conf
[enc]
profile = enc-to-iphone
vf-add = ass
ass-force-style = "Fontname=sans"
ovcopts-add [
        tune = animation
        threads = 4
]
# NOTE:
# general shortcut for list options:
#
# listoption = FOO,BAR
# means
# listoption [
#       item = FOO
#       item = BAR
# ]
#
# listoption-add [
#       XYZZY
# ]
# means
# listoption [
#       SUPER
#       XYZZY
# ]
#
# listoption-pre [
#       XYZZY
# ]
# means
# listoption [
#       XYZZY
#       SUPER
# ]