* Remove/reword first person sentences.

* Acknowledge Windows Media Player and Apple QuickTime trademarks on
  first use.
* Remove several ridiculous sentences ("Most of the above is true.")
* Other grammar fixes.

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@@ -1164,12 +1164,13 @@ You can enable XAnim DLL support by defining WITH_XANIM.
 
 	<para>The command options for <command>mplayer</command> are
 	  listed in the manual page.  For even more detail there is HTML
-	  documentation.  In this section, we will give some of the
+	  documentation.  In this section, we will describe only a few
-	  common use cases.</para>
+	  common uses.</para>
 
-	<para>To play from file, such as
+	<para>To play a file, such as
-	  <filename>testfile.avi</filename> through one of the various
+	  <filename><replaceable>testfile.avi</replaceable></filename>,
-	  video interfaces set the <option>-vo</option>:
+	  through one of the various video interfaces set the
+	  <option>-vo</option> option:
 
 	  <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>mplayer -vo xv testfile.avi</userinput></screen>
 	  <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>mplayer -vo sdl testfile.avi</userinput></screen>
@@ -1208,7 +1209,8 @@ fs=yes
 zoom=yes</programlisting>
 
 	<para>Finally, <command>mplayer</command> can be used to rip a
-	  DVD title into a <filename>.vob</filename> file.  To dump out title 2 from a DVD:</para>
+	  DVD title into a <filename>.vob</filename> file.  To dump
+	  out the second title from a DVD, type this:</para>
 
 	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile out.vob -dvd 2 /dev/dvd</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -1224,13 +1226,12 @@ zoom=yes</programlisting>
 	</indexterm>
 
 	<para>If you opt to install <command>mencoder</command> when
-	 you build, be forewarned that it is still quite
+	 you build <application>MPlayer</application>, be forewarned
-	 experimental.</para>
+	 that it is still an experimental component.  Before using 
-
+         <command>mencoder</command> it is a good idea to
-	<para>To use <command>mencoder</command> it is a good idea to
 	 familiarize yourself with the options from the HTML
 	 documentation.  There is a manual page, but it is not very
-	 useful without the HTML.  There are innumerable ways to
+	 useful without the HTML documentation.  There are innumerable ways to
 	 improve quality, lower bitrate, and change formats, and some
 	 of these tricks may make the difference between good
 	 or bad performance.  Here are a couple of examples to get
@@ -1238,7 +1239,8 @@ zoom=yes</programlisting>
 
 	 <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>mencoder input.avi -oac copy -ovc copy -o output.avi</userinput></screen>
 
-         <para>It is easy to find examples where the output is
+         <para>Improper combinations of command line options can yield
+	 output files that are
 	 unplayable even by <command>mplayer</command>.  Thus, if you
 	 just want to rip to a file, stick to the <option>-dumpfile</option>
 	 in <command>mplayer</command>.</para>
@@ -1270,7 +1272,7 @@ zoom=yes</programlisting>
      plugins.  It comes both as a package and as a port, <filename
      role="package">multimedia/xine</filename>.</para>
 
-    <para>The good news is that the above is pretty much true.  The <application>xine</application> player
+    <para>The <application>xine</application> player
      is still very rough around the edges, but it is clearly off to a
      good start.  In practice, <application>xine</application> requires either a fast CPU with a
      fast video card, or support for the XVideo extension.  The GUI is
@@ -1283,18 +1285,17 @@ zoom=yes</programlisting>
 
     <para>Compared to <application>MPlayer</application>, <application>xine</application> does more for the user, but at the
       same time, takes some of the more fine-grained control away from
-      the user.  The <application>xine</application> video player also may perform much worse on the non-XVideo
+      the user.  The <application>xine</application> video player
-      interfaces and has very few good alternatives to it.  The <application>xine</application>
+      performs best on XVideo interfaces.</para>
-      FAQ highly recommends that you have a video card which supports
-      it.</para>
      
-    <para>The <application>xine</application> player can be started by itself:</para>
+    <para>By default, <application>xine</application> player will
+    start up in a graphical user interface.  The menus can then be
+    used to open a specific file:</para>
 
       <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>xine</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>The menus can then be used to open a file, or it can be
+    <para>Alternatively, it may be invoked to play a file immediately
-      started to play a file immediately without the GUI
+      without the GUI interface with the command:</para>
-      with the command:</para>
 
       <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>xine -g -p mymovie.avi</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -1337,15 +1338,18 @@ zoom=yes</programlisting>
 &prompt.user; <userinput>tcmplex -o output.mpg -i output.tmp.m1v -p output.tmp.mpa -m 1</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>There is a manual page for <command>transcode</command>, but
-      for the various <command>tc*</command> utilities (such as
+      there is little documentation for the various <command>tc*</command> utilities (such as
-      <command>tcmplex</command>) which are also installed, there is
+      <command>tcmplex</command>) which are also installed.
-      only a curt <option>-h</option> output.</para>
+      However, the <option>-h</option> command line option can
+      always be given to get curt usage instructions for a
+      command.</para>
 
     <para>In comparison, <command>transcode</command> runs
       significantly slower than <command>mencoder</command>, but it
-      has a better chance of producing a more widely playable file.  I
+      has a better chance of producing a more widely playable file.
-      can play <command>transcode</command> MPEGs on older copies of
+      MPEGs created by <command>transcode</command> have been known to
-      <application>Windows Media Player</application> and Apple's <application>Quicktime</application>, for example.</para>
+      play on older copies of
+      <application><trademark class="registered">Windows Media</trademark> Player</application> and Apple's <application><trademark class="registered">QuickTime</trademark></application>, for example.</para>
 
     </sect3>
 
@@ -1354,17 +1358,14 @@ zoom=yes</programlisting>
   <sect2 id="video-further-reading">
     <title>Further Reading</title>
 
-    <para>I have no doubt that within a year, much that is in this
+    <para>The various video software packages for FreeBSD are
-     chapter will be out of date.  Video will probably be much less
+      developing rapidly.  It is quite possible that in the near
-     problematic to get working well and a port will be in the
+      future many of the problems discussed here will have been
-     collection which turns a FreeBSD system into a DVD-playing, PVR,
+      resolved.  In the mean time, those who
-     and virtual A/V studio.  Until that day arrives, those who
      want to get the very most out of FreeBSD's A/V capabilities will
      have to cobble together knowledge from several FAQs and tutorials
-     and use a few different applications.</para>
+     and use a few different applications.  This section exists to
-  
+      give the reader pointers to such additional information.</para>
-    <para>This section exists to give the reader some links to learn
-     more in case this chapter was just helpful enough.</para>
 
     <para>The 
       <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/">MPlayer documentation</ulink>