README in sensible-cinema-0.20.1 vs README in sensible-cinema-0.20.5

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@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@ -Sensible-cinema (also known to us as "paranoid cinema" [inside joke ha ha] ) is a program that allows you to apply -programmed delete lists (i.e. Edit Decision Lists [2]) to DVD's you already own. +Sensible-cinema (also known to us as "paranoid cinema" [our own inside joke ha ha]) is a program that allows you to apply +pre-programmed delete lists (e.g. Edit Decision Lists [2]) to DVD's you already own. -I.e. you can edit a DVD to "mute out" or skip certain scenes. +I.e. you can play or edit a DVD to "mute out" or skip certain scenes. -It is essentially a linear editor [1] that applies Edit Decision Lists [2] to videos, by wrapping -a few freely available open source programs [3] -to accomplish the editing for you. Then you can sit back and relax as you watch the "sensible" -version of your DVD. +This allows you to sit back and relax as you watch a more "sensiblized" showing of your DVD. To use it, basically install it, insert an original DVD that you want to see edited, then run sensible cinema. -It will pop up some windows where you choose what to do for that DVD, hopefully easily. +It will pop up some windows where you choose what to do. +You can either watch it edited, or created an edited version of the DVD, on your hard drive. +You could burn that edited file to a new DVD, if you desire and have a DVD burner on your computer. +How? Sensible is essentially a linear editor [1] that applies Edit Decision Lists [2] to videos, by wrapping +a few freely available open source programs [3] +to accomplish the editing for you. + Note that the whole process can at times take hours, so budget some time for it. Also note that just because a video lacks profanity...does not immediately make it an inspiring experience. I'd suggest carefully evaluating your motives, and going with those. Sensible cinema does not a clean movie make of a dirty one. Don't watch it if it's not wholesome! Be nice to yourself! @@ -170,14 +173,14 @@ Also make sure you aren't out of disk space. Also you could try a different computer (desktop computers' DVD drives seem to work better at times than laptops') -Too slow? One big speedup would be getting a faster hard drive (SSD perhaps, though - sensible cinema mostly reads large files, so a speedy spinning disk might help, too). A second might be to get a faster DVD drive. - I'm not certain but I don't believe that a faster cpu (or even dual core, etc.), will help much, - though it might like 3% or something. - Also ping me if you think it's too slow and I'll see what I can do. +Also (for power users) make sure your version of ffmpeg is relatively new, as older versions (r19313) is known to crop wrong. +If you don't know what this means then you're probably ok and don't have to worry about it. + +"DVDNAV stream read error!" + this typically means a dirty or scratched DVD. == Feedback == Feedback, including feature requests, comments, etc. welcome. \ No newline at end of file