Add a note that full paths are required in MRLs.

CVS patchset: 8174
CVS date: 2006/08/11 01:07:06

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/doc/man/en/xine.5 b/doc/man/en/xine.5
index b8d96cd20..98e6d721d 100644
--- a/doc/man/en/xine.5
+++ b/doc/man/en/xine.5
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 xine \- a free video player
 .SH MRL (media resource locator)
 MRLs are similar to URLs in your web browser. They describe the media
-to read from. valid MRLs may be plain file names or one of the following:
+to read from. Valid MRLs may be plain file names or one of the following:
 .TP
 \(bu Filesystem:
 .br
@@ -74,13 +74,17 @@ to read from. valid MRLs may be plain file names or one of the following:
 .BR rtsp://<host>... " (requires Real codecs)"
 .br
 .LP
+\fBNOTE:\fP where a file name is required, the \fIfull path must be
+provided\fP - from a shell, you can use \fB$PWD/file\fP if the file
+is in the current directory.
+
 Several MRLs may be specified in order to play a number of consecutive
 streams. Additional input plugins will provide additional MRL types. The ones
 listed above are available with stock libxine...
-.br
+
 As of xine-lib 1.1.3, the DVD title number may be 0 (select navigation) and
 the chapter number may be 0 (full title).
-.br
+
 .SS VCD MRL Syntax
 A simple \fBvcd:/\fP runs the default item (e.g. perhaps track 1 or entry 0)
 using the default VCD device (perhaps /dev/cdrom). Both the default item and