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diff --git a/doc/hackersguide/stream.docbook b/doc/hackersguide/stream.docbook index d9a5471bd..b9690d9fe 100644 --- a/doc/hackersguide/stream.docbook +++ b/doc/hackersguide/stream.docbook @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ <chapter id="stream"> <title>xine's stream layer</title> - + <sect1> <title>Input layer</title> <para> Many media players expect streams to be stored within files on - some local medium. In actual fact, media may be streamed over a + some local medium. In actual fact, media may be streamed over a network (e.g. via HTTP or RTP), encoded onto a specialized medium (e.g. DVD), etc. To allow you to access all this media, xine supports the concept of an "input plugin". The tasks performed by an @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ <para> xine's demuxer layer is responsible for taking apart multimedia files or streams so that the engine can decode them and present them to the user. - "Demuxer" is short for demultiplexor, which is the opposite of + "Demuxer" is short for demultiplexor, which is the opposite of multiplexing. This refers to the process of combining 2 or more things into one. Multimedia streams usually, at a minimum, multiplex an audio stream and a video stream together into one stream. Sometimes, there are @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ <programlisting> void demux_send_headers(demux_plugin_t *this_gen);</programlisting> This function generally reads the headers of the stream, does whatever it has to do to figure out what audio and video codecs are used in the file, - and asks the xine engine to initialize the correct decoders with the + and asks the xine engine to initialize the correct decoders with the proper parameters (like width and height for video, sample rate and channels for audio). </para> |