Video filters and outputs strings (Refs:#438)

modules/video_filter/adjust.c

@@ -57,18 +57,20 @@ static int  SendEvents( vlc_object_t *, char const *,
  * Module descriptor
  *****************************************************************************/
 
-#define THRES_TEXT N_("Enable brightness threshold")
-#define THRES_LONGTEXT N_("Show black and white pixels with brightness as threshold value")
+#define THRES_TEXT N_("Brightness threshold")
+#define THRES_LONGTEXT N_("When this mode is enabled, pixels will be " \
+        "shown as black or white. The treshold value will be the brighness " \
+        "defined below." )
 #define CONT_TEXT N_("Image contrast (0-2)")
-#define CONT_LONGTEXT N_("Set the image contrast, between 0 and 2. Defaults to 1")
+#define CONT_LONGTEXT N_("Set the image contrast, between 0 and 2. Defaults to 1.")
 #define HUE_TEXT N_("Image hue (0-360)")
-#define HUE_LONGTEXT N_("Set the image hue, between 0 and 360. Defaults to 0")
+#define HUE_LONGTEXT N_("Set the image hue, between 0 and 360. Defaults to 0.")
 #define SAT_TEXT N_("Image saturation (0-3)")
-#define SAT_LONGTEXT N_("Set the image saturation, between 0 and 3. Defaults to 1")
+#define SAT_LONGTEXT N_("Set the image saturation, between 0 and 3. Defaults to 1.")
 #define LUM_TEXT N_("Image brightness (0-2)")
-#define LUM_LONGTEXT N_("Set the image brightness, between 0 and 2. Defaults to 1")
+#define LUM_LONGTEXT N_("Set the image brightness, between 0 and 2. Defaults to 1.")
 #define GAMMA_TEXT N_("Image gamma (0-10)")
-#define GAMMA_LONGTEXT N_("Set the image gamma, between 0.01 and 10. Defaults to 1")
+#define GAMMA_LONGTEXT N_("Set the image gamma, between 0.01 and 10. Defaults to 1.")
 
 
 vlc_module_begin();

modules/video_filter/clone.c

@@ -53,11 +53,12 @@ static int  SendEvents( vlc_object_t *, char const *,
  * Module descriptor
  *****************************************************************************/
 #define COUNT_TEXT N_("Number of clones")
-#define COUNT_LONGTEXT N_("Select the number of video windows in which to "\
+#define COUNT_LONGTEXT N_("Number of video windows in which to "\
     "clone the video.")
 
-#define VOUTLIST_TEXT N_("List of video output modules")
-#define VOUTLIST_LONGTEXT N_("Select the specific video output modules that you want to activate.")
+#define VOUTLIST_TEXT N_("Video output modules")
+#define VOUTLIST_LONGTEXT N_("You can use specific video output modules " \
+        "for the clones. Use a comma-separated list of modules." )
 
 vlc_module_begin();
     set_description( _("Clone video filter") );

modules/video_filter/crop.c

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static int  SendEvents( vlc_object_t *, char const *,
 #define GEOMETRY_LONGTEXT N_("Set the geometry of the zone to crop. This is set as <width> x <height> + <left offset> + <top offset>.")
 
 #define AUTOCROP_TEXT N_("Automatic cropping")
-#define AUTOCROP_LONGTEXT N_("Activate automatic black border cropping.")
+#define AUTOCROP_LONGTEXT N_("Automatic black border cropping.")
 
 vlc_module_begin();
     set_description( _("Crop video filter") );

modules/video_filter/deinterlace.c

@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ static int FilterCallback ( vlc_object_t *, char const *,
  * Module descriptor
  *****************************************************************************/
 #define MODE_TEXT N_("Deinterlace mode")
-#define MODE_LONGTEXT N_("Default deinterlace method to use for local playback")
+#define MODE_LONGTEXT N_("Deinterlace method to use for local playback.")
 
-#define SOUT_MODE_TEXT N_("Deinterlace mode")
-#define SOUT_MODE_LONGTEXT N_("Default deinterlace methode to use for streaming")
+#define SOUT_MODE_TEXT N_("Streaming deinterlace mode")
+#define SOUT_MODE_LONGTEXT N_("Deinterlace method to use for streaming.")
 
 #define FILTER_CFG_PREFIX "sout-deinterlace-"
 

modules/video_filter/distort.c

@@ -65,10 +65,12 @@ static int  SendEvents   ( vlc_object_t *, char const *,
 #define MODE_LONGTEXT N_("Distort mode, one of \"wave\", \"ripple\", \"gradient\", \"edge\", \"hough\" and \"psychedelic\"")
 
 #define GRADIENT_TEXT N_("Gradient image type")
-#define GRADIENT_LONGTEXT N_("Gradient image type (0 or 1)")
+#define GRADIENT_LONGTEXT N_("Gradient image type (0 or 1). 0 will " \
+        "turn the image to white while 1 will keep colors." )
 
 #define CARTOON_TEXT N_("Apply cartoon effect")
-#define CARTOON_LONGTEXT N_("Apply cartoon effect. Used by \"gradient\" and \"edge\".")
+#define CARTOON_LONGTEXT N_("Apply cartoon effect. Used by \"gradient\" " \
+                            "and \"edge\".")
 
 static char *mode_list[] = { "wave", "ripple", "gradient", "edge", "hough",
                              "psychedelic" };

modules/video_filter/logo.c

@@ -66,24 +66,29 @@ static int LogoCallback( vlc_object_t *, char const *,
  * Module descriptor
  *****************************************************************************/
 #define FILE_TEXT N_("Logo filenames")
-#define FILE_LONGTEXT N_("Full path of the image files to use. Format is <image>[,<delay in ms>[,<alpha>]][;<image>[,<delay>[,<alpha>]]][;...] .")
+#define FILE_LONGTEXT N_("Full path of the image files to use. Format is " \
+"<image>[,<delay in ms>[,<alpha>]][;<image>[,<delay>[,<alpha>]]][;...]. " \
+"If you only have one file, simply enter its filename.")
 #define REPEAT_TEXT N_("Logo animation # of loops")
-#define REPEAT_LONGTEXT N_("How many times to animate the logo images, -1 = continuous, 0 = disabled")
+#define REPEAT_LONGTEXT N_("Number of loops for the logo animation." \
+        "1 = continuous, 0 = disabled")
 #define DELAY_TEXT N_("Logo individual image time in ms")
-#define DELAY_LONGTEXT N_("Individual image display time of 0 - 60000 ms")
-
-#define POSX_TEXT N_("X coordinate of the logo")
-#define POSX_LONGTEXT N_("You can move the logo by left-clicking on it." )
-#define POSY_TEXT N_("Y coordinate of the logo")
-#define POSY_LONGTEXT N_("You can move the logo by left-clicking on it." )
+#define DELAY_LONGTEXT N_("Individual image display time of 0 - 60000 ms.")
+
+#define POSX_TEXT N_("X coordinate")
+#define POSX_LONGTEXT N_("X coordinate of the logo. You can move the logo " \
+                "by left-clicking it." )
+#define POSY_TEXT N_("Y coordinate")
+#define POSY_LONGTEXT N_("Y coordinate of the logo. You can move the logo " \
+                "by left-clicking it." )
 #define TRANS_TEXT N_("Transparency of the logo")
-#define TRANS_LONGTEXT N_("You can set the logo transparency value here " \
+#define TRANS_LONGTEXT N_("Logo transparency value " \
   "(from 0 for full transparency to 255 for full opacity)." )
 #define POS_TEXT N_("Logo position")
 #define POS_LONGTEXT N_( \
-  "You can enforce the logo position on the video " \
+  "Enforce the logo position on the video " \
   "(0=center, 1=left, 2=right, 4=top, 8=bottom, you can " \
-  "also use combinations of these values).")
+  "also use combinations of these values, eg 6 = top-right).")
 
 static int pi_pos_values[] = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 5, 6, 9, 10 };
 static char *ppsz_pos_descriptions[] =

modules/video_filter/marq.c

@@ -73,33 +73,34 @@ struct filter_sys_t
     vlc_bool_t b_need_update;
 };
 
-#define MSG_TEXT N_("Marquee text")
+#define MSG_TEXT N_("Text")
 #define MSG_LONGTEXT N_("Marquee text to display")
-#define POSX_TEXT N_("X offset, from left")
+#define POSX_TEXT N_("X offset")
 #define POSX_LONGTEXT N_("X offset, from the left screen edge" )
-#define POSY_TEXT N_("Y offset, from the top")
+#define POSY_TEXT N_("Y offset")
 #define POSY_LONGTEXT N_("Y offset, down from the top" )
-#define TIMEOUT_TEXT N_("Marquee timeout")
-#define TIMEOUT_LONGTEXT N_("Defines the time the marquee must remain " \
-                            "displayed, in milliseconds. Default value is " \
-                            "0 (remain forever).")
+#define TIMEOUT_TEXT N_("Timeout")
+#define TIMEOUT_LONGTEXT N_("Number of milliseconds the marquee must remain " \
+                            "display. Default value is " \
+                            "0 (remains forever).")
 #define OPACITY_TEXT N_("Opacity")
-#define OPACITY_LONGTEXT N_("The opacity (inverse of transparency) of " \
+#define OPACITY_LONGTEXT N_("Opacity (inverse of transparency) of " \
     "overlay text. 0 = transparent, 255 = totally opaque. " )
 #define SIZE_TEXT N_("Font size, pixels")
-#define SIZE_LONGTEXT N_("Specify the font size, in pixels, " \
-    "with -1 = use freetype-fontsize" )
+#define SIZE_LONGTEXT N_("Font size, in pixels. Default is -1 (use default " \
+    "font size)." )
 
-#define COLOR_TEXT N_("Text Default Color")
-#define COLOR_LONGTEXT N_("The color of overlay text. 1 byte for each color, hexadecimal. " \
-    "#000000 = all colors off, " \
-    "0xFF0000 = just Red, 0xFFFFFF = all color on [White]" )
+#define COLOR_TEXT N_("Color")
+#define COLOR_LONGTEXT N_("Color of the text that will be rendered on "\
+    "the video. This must be an hexadecimal (like HTML colors). The first two "\
+    "chars are for red, then green, then blue. #000000 = black, #FF0000 = red,"\
+    " #00FF00 = green, #FFFF00 = yellow (red + green), #FFFFFF = white" )
 
 #define POS_TEXT N_("Marquee position")
 #define POS_LONGTEXT N_( \
   "You can enforce the marquee position on the video " \
   "(0=center, 1=left, 2=right, 4=top, 8=bottom, you can " \
-  "also use combinations of these values by adding them).")
+  "also use combinations of these values, eg 6 = top-right).")
 
 static int pi_pos_values[] = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 5, 6, 9, 10 };
 static char *ppsz_pos_descriptions[] =

modules/video_filter/mosaic.c

@@ -87,38 +87,80 @@ struct filter_sys_t
 /*****************************************************************************
  * Module descriptor
  *****************************************************************************/
-#define ALPHA_TEXT N_("Alpha blending")
-#define ALPHA_LONGTEXT N_("Alpha blending (0 -> 255). Default is 255")
-
-#define HEIGHT_TEXT N_("Height in pixels")
-#define WIDTH_TEXT N_("Width in pixels")
-#define XOFFSET_TEXT N_("Top left corner x coordinate")
-#define YOFFSET_TEXT N_("Top left corner y coordinate")
-#define VBORDER_TEXT N_("Vertical border width in pixels")
-#define HBORDER_TEXT N_("Horizontal border width in pixels")
-#define ALIGN_TEXT N_("Mosaic alignment")
+#define ALPHA_TEXT N_("Transparency")
+#define ALPHA_LONGTEXT N_("Transparency of the mosaic foreground pictures. " \
+        "0 means transparent, 255 opaque (default)." )
+
+#define HEIGHT_TEXT N_("Height")
+#define HEIGHT_LONGTEXT N_( "Total height of the mosaic, in pixels." )
+#define WIDTH_TEXT N_("Width")
+#define WIDTH_LONGTEXT N_( "Total width of the mosaic, in pixels." )
+
+#define XOFFSET_TEXT N_("Top left corner X coordinate")
+#define XOFFSET_LONGTEXT N_("X Coordinate of the top-left corner of the mosaic.")
+#define YOFFSET_TEXT N_("Top left corner Y coordinate")
+#define YOFFSET_LONGTEXT N_("Y Coordinate of the top-left corner of the mosaic.")
+#define VBORDER_TEXT N_("Vertical border width")
+#define VBORDER_LONGTEXT N_( "With in pixels of the border than can be drawn " \
+        "vertically around the mosaic" )
+#define HBORDER_TEXT N_("Horizontal border width")
+#define HBORDER_LONGTEXT N_( "With in pixels of the border than can be drawn " \
+        "horizontally around the mosaic" )
+
+#define ALIGN_TEXT N_("Mosaic alignment" )
+#define ALIGN_LONGTEXT N_( \
+  "You can enforce the mosaic alignment on the video " \
+  "(0=center, 1=left, 2=right, 4=top, 8=bottom, you can " \
+  "also use combinations of these values, eg 6 = top-right).")
 
 #define POS_TEXT N_("Positioning method")
-#define POS_LONGTEXT N_("Positioning method. auto: automatically choose " \
-        "the best number of rows and columns. fixed: use the user-defined " \
-        "number of rows and columns.")
+#define POS_LONGTEXT N_("Positioning method for the mosaic. auto: " \
+        "automatically choose the best number of rows and columns. " \
+        "fixed: use the user-defined number of rows and columns.")
+
 #define ROWS_TEXT N_("Number of rows")
+#define ROWS_LONGTEXT N_("Number of image rows in the mosaic (only used if "\
+        "positionning method is set to \"fixed\"." )
 #define COLS_TEXT N_("Number of columns")
-#define AR_TEXT N_("Keep aspect ratio when resizing")
+#define COLS_LONGTEXT N_("Number of image columns in the mosaic (only used if "\
+        "positionning method is set to \"fixed\"." )
+
+#define AR_TEXT N_("Keep aspect ratio")
+#define AR_LONGTEXT N_("Keep the original aspect ratio when resizing " \
+        "mosaic elements." )
 #define KEEP_TEXT N_("Keep original size")
+#define KEEP_LONGTEXT N_("Keep the original size of mosaic elements." )
 
-#define ORDER_TEXT N_("Order as a comma separated list of picture-id(s)")
+#define ORDER_TEXT N_("Elements order" )
+#define ORDER_LONGTEXT N_( "You can enforce the order of the elements on " \
+        "the mosaic. You must give a comma-separated list of picture ID(s)." \
+        "These IDs are assigned in the \"mosaic-bridge\" module." )
 
 #define DELAY_TEXT N_("Delay")
-#define DELAY_LONGTEXT N_("Pictures coming from the picture video outputs " \
-        "will be delayed accordingly (in milliseconds). For high " \
-        "values you will need to raise file-caching and others.")
-
-#define BLUESCREEN_TEXT N_("Enable bluescreen (aka greenscreen or chroma key) video background replacing")
-#define BLUESCREENU_TEXT N_("Bluescreen chroma key U (0-255)")
-#define BLUESCREENV_TEXT N_("Bluescreen chroma key V (0-255)")
-#define BLUESCREENUTOL_TEXT N_("Bluescreen chroma key U tolerance")
-#define BLUESCREENVTOL_TEXT N_("Bluescreen chroma key V tolerance")
+#define DELAY_LONGTEXT N_("Pictures coming from the mosaic elements " \
+        "will be delayed according to this value (in milliseconds). For high " \
+        "values you will need to raise caching at input.")
+
+#define BLUESCREEN_TEXT N_("Bluescreen" )
+#define BLUESCREEN_LONGTEXT N_( "This effect, also known as \"greenscreen\" "\
+   "or \"chroma key\" blends the \"blue parts\" of the foreground images of " \
+   "the mosaic on the background (like wheather forecast presenters). You " \
+   "can choose the \"key\" color for blending (blue by default)." )
+
+#define BLUESCREENU_TEXT N_("Bluescreen U value")
+#define BLUESCREENU_LONGTEXT N_("\"U\" value for the bluescreen key color " \
+        "(in YUV values). From 0 to 255. Defaults to 120 for blue." )
+#define BLUESCREENV_TEXT N_("Bluescreen V value")
+#define BLUESCREENV_LONGTEXT N_("\"V\" value for the bluescreen key color " \
+        "(in YUV values). From 0 to 255. Defaults to 90 for blue." )
+#define BLUESCREENUTOL_TEXT N_("Bluescreen U tolerance")
+#define BLUESCREENUTOL_LONGTEXT N_("Tolerance of the bluescreen blender " \
+        "on color variations for the U plane. A value between 10 and 20 " \
+        "seems sensible." )
+#define BLUESCREENVTOL_TEXT N_("Bluescreen V tolerance")
+#define BLUESCREENVTOL_LONGTEXT N_("Tolerance of the bluescreen blender " \
+        "on color variations for the V plane. A value between 10 and 20 " \
+        "seems sensible." )
 
 static int pi_pos_values[] = { 0, 1 };
 static char * ppsz_pos_descriptions[] =
@@ -139,36 +181,36 @@ vlc_module_begin();
     set_callbacks( CreateFilter, DestroyFilter );
 
     add_integer( "mosaic-alpha", 255, NULL, ALPHA_TEXT, ALPHA_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
-    add_integer( "mosaic-height", 100, NULL, HEIGHT_TEXT, HEIGHT_TEXT, VLC_FALSE );
-    add_integer( "mosaic-width", 100, NULL, WIDTH_TEXT, WIDTH_TEXT, VLC_FALSE );
-    add_integer( "mosaic-align", 5, NULL, ALIGN_TEXT, ALIGN_TEXT, VLC_TRUE);
+    add_integer( "mosaic-height", 100, NULL, HEIGHT_TEXT, HEIGHT_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
+    add_integer( "mosaic-width", 100, NULL, WIDTH_TEXT, WIDTH_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
+    add_integer( "mosaic-align", 5, NULL, ALIGN_TEXT, ALIGN_LONGTEXT, VLC_TRUE);
         change_integer_list( pi_align_values, ppsz_align_descriptions, 0 );
-    add_integer( "mosaic-xoffset", 0, NULL, XOFFSET_TEXT, XOFFSET_TEXT, VLC_TRUE );
-    add_integer( "mosaic-yoffset", 0, NULL, YOFFSET_TEXT, YOFFSET_TEXT, VLC_TRUE );
-    add_integer( "mosaic-vborder", 0, NULL, VBORDER_TEXT, VBORDER_TEXT, VLC_TRUE );
-    add_integer( "mosaic-hborder", 0, NULL, HBORDER_TEXT, HBORDER_TEXT, VLC_TRUE );
+    add_integer( "mosaic-xoffset", 0, NULL, XOFFSET_TEXT, XOFFSET_LONGTEXT, VLC_TRUE );
+    add_integer( "mosaic-yoffset", 0, NULL, YOFFSET_TEXT, YOFFSET_LONGTEXT, VLC_TRUE );
+    add_integer( "mosaic-vborder", 0, NULL, VBORDER_TEXT, VBORDER_LONGTEXT, VLC_TRUE );
+    add_integer( "mosaic-hborder", 0, NULL, HBORDER_TEXT, HBORDER_LONGTEXT, VLC_TRUE );
 
     add_integer( "mosaic-position", 0, NULL, POS_TEXT, POS_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
         change_integer_list( pi_pos_values, ppsz_pos_descriptions, 0 );
-    add_integer( "mosaic-rows", 2, NULL, ROWS_TEXT, ROWS_TEXT, VLC_FALSE );
-    add_integer( "mosaic-cols", 2, NULL, COLS_TEXT, COLS_TEXT, VLC_FALSE );
-    add_bool( "mosaic-keep-aspect-ratio", 0, NULL, AR_TEXT, AR_TEXT, VLC_FALSE );
-    add_bool( "mosaic-keep-picture", 0, NULL, KEEP_TEXT, KEEP_TEXT, VLC_FALSE );
-    add_string( "mosaic-order", "", NULL, ORDER_TEXT, ORDER_TEXT, VLC_FALSE );
+    add_integer( "mosaic-rows", 2, NULL, ROWS_TEXT, ROWS_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
+    add_integer( "mosaic-cols", 2, NULL, COLS_TEXT, COLS_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
+    add_bool( "mosaic-keep-aspect-ratio", 0, NULL, AR_TEXT, AR_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
+    add_bool( "mosaic-keep-picture", 0, NULL, KEEP_TEXT, KEEP_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
+    add_string( "mosaic-order", "", NULL, ORDER_TEXT, ORDER_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
 
     add_integer( "mosaic-delay", 0, NULL, DELAY_TEXT, DELAY_LONGTEXT,
                  VLC_FALSE );
 
     add_bool( "mosaic-bs", 0, NULL, BLUESCREEN_TEXT,
-              BLUESCREEN_TEXT, VLC_FALSE );
+              BLUESCREEN_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
     add_integer( "mosaic-bsu", 120, NULL, BLUESCREENU_TEXT,
-                 BLUESCREENU_TEXT, VLC_FALSE );
+                 BLUESCREENU_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
     add_integer( "mosaic-bsv", 90, NULL, BLUESCREENV_TEXT,
-                 BLUESCREENV_TEXT, VLC_FALSE );
+                 BLUESCREENV_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
     add_integer( "mosaic-bsut", 17, NULL, BLUESCREENUTOL_TEXT,
-                 BLUESCREENUTOL_TEXT, VLC_FALSE );
+                 BLUESCREENUTOL_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
     add_integer( "mosaic-bsvt", 17, NULL, BLUESCREENVTOL_TEXT,
-                 BLUESCREENVTOL_TEXT, VLC_FALSE );
+                 BLUESCREENVTOL_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
 
     var_Create( p_module->p_libvlc, "mosaic-lock", VLC_VAR_MUTEX );
 vlc_module_end();

modules/video_filter/osdmenu.c

@@ -39,38 +39,38 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 /* FIXME: Future extension make the definition file in XML format. */
-#define OSD_FILE_TEXT N_("OSD menu configuration file")
+#define OSD_FILE_TEXT N_("Configuration file")
 #define OSD_FILE_LONGTEXT N_( \
-    "An OSD menu configuration file that menu actions with button images" )
-
+    "Configuration file for the OSD Menu" )
 #define OSD_PATH_TEXT N_("Path to OSD menu images")
 #define OSD_PATH_LONGTEXT N_( \
-    "Specify another path to the OSD menu images. This will override the path as defined in the " \
+    "Path to the OSD menu images. This will override the path defined in the " \
     "OSD configuration file." )
 
-#define POSX_TEXT N_("X coordinate of the OSD menu")
+#define POSX_TEXT N_("X coordinate")
 #define POSX_LONGTEXT N_("You can move the OSD menu by left-clicking on it." )
 
-#define POSY_TEXT N_("Y coordinate of the OSD menu")
+#define POSY_TEXT N_("Y coordinate")
 #define POSY_LONGTEXT N_("You can move the OSD menu by left-clicking on it." )
 
-#define POS_TEXT N_("OSD menu position")
+#define POS_TEXT N_("Menu position")
 #define POS_LONGTEXT N_( \
   "You can enforce the OSD menu position on the video " \
   "(0=center, 1=left, 2=right, 4=top, 8=bottom, you can " \
-  "also use combinations of these values).")
+  "also use combinations of these values, eg. 6 = top-right).")
 
-#define TIMEOUT_TEXT N_("Timeout of OSD menu")
+#define TIMEOUT_TEXT N_("Menu timeout")
 #define TIMEOUT_LONGTEXT N_( \
     "OSD menu pictures get a default timeout of 15 seconds added to their " \
     "remaining time. This will ensure that they are at least the specified " \
     "time visible.")
 
-#define OSD_UPDATE_TEXT N_("Update speed of OSD menu")
+#define OSD_UPDATE_TEXT N_("Menu update interval" )
 #define OSD_UPDATE_LONGTEXT N_( \
-    "Update the OSD menu picture every 200 ms (default). Shorten the update time for " \
-    "environments that experience transmissions errors. Be careful with this option " \
-    "because encoding OSD menu pictures is very computing intensive. The range is 0 - 1000 ms." )
+    "The default is to update the OSD menu picture every 200 ms. Shorten the" \
+    " update time for environments that experience transmissions errors. " \
+    "Be careful with this option as encoding OSD menu pictures is very " \
+    "computing intensive. The range is 0 - 1000 ms." )
 
 static int pi_pos_values[] = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 5, 6, 9, 10 };
 static char *ppsz_pos_descriptions[] =

modules/video_filter/rss.c

@@ -118,38 +118,42 @@ struct filter_sys_t
     int i_cur_char;
 };
 
-#define MSG_TEXT N_("RSS/Atom feed URLs")
-#define MSG_LONGTEXT N_("RSS/Atom feed '|' (pipe) seperated URLs")
-#define SPEED_TEXT N_("RSS/Atom feed speed")
-#define SPEED_LONGTEXT N_("RSS/Atom feed speed (bigger is slower)")
-#define LENGTH_TEXT N_("RSS/Atom feed max number of chars displayed")
-#define LENGTH_LONGTEXT N_("RSS/Atom feed max number of chars displayed")
-#define TTL_TEXT N_("Number of seconds between each forced refresh of the feeds")
-#define TTL_LONGTEXT N_("Number of seconds between each forced refresh of the feeds. If 0, the feeds will never be updated.")
-#define IMAGE_TEXT N_("Display feed images if available")
-#define IMAGE_LONGTEXT N_("Display feed images if available")
-
-#define POSX_TEXT N_("X offset, from left")
-#define POSX_LONGTEXT N_("X offset, from the left screen edge" )
-#define POSY_TEXT N_("Y offset, from the top")
-#define POSY_LONGTEXT N_("Y offset, down from the top" )
+#define MSG_TEXT N_("Feed URLs")
+#define MSG_LONGTEXT N_("RSS/Atom feed '|' (pipe) seperated URLs.")
+#define SPEED_TEXT N_("Feeds speed")
+#define SPEED_LONGTEXT N_("RSS/Atom feeds speed (bigger is slower).")
+#define LENGTH_TEXT N_("Max length")
+#define LENGTH_LONGTEXT N_("Maximum number of characters displayed on the " \
+                "screen." )
+#define TTL_TEXT N_("Refresh time")
+#define TTL_LONGTEXT N_("Number of seconds between each forced refresh " \
+        "of the feeds. 0 means that the feeds are never updated." )
+#define IMAGE_TEXT N_("Feed images")
+#define IMAGE_LONGTEXT N_("Display feed images if available.")
+
+#define POSX_TEXT N_("X offset")
+#define POSX_LONGTEXT N_("X offset, from the left screen edge." )
+#define POSY_TEXT N_("Y offset")
+#define POSY_LONGTEXT N_("Y offset, down from the top." )
 #define OPACITY_TEXT N_("Opacity")
-#define OPACITY_LONGTEXT N_("The opacity (inverse of transparency) of " \
+#define OPACITY_LONGTEXT N_("Opacity (inverse of transparency) of " \
     "overlay text. 0 = transparent, 255 = totally opaque. " )
+
 #define SIZE_TEXT N_("Font size, pixels")
-#define SIZE_LONGTEXT N_("Specify the font size, in pixels, " \
-    "with -1 = use freetype-fontsize" )
+#define SIZE_LONGTEXT N_("Font size, in pixels. Default is -1 (use default " \
+    "font size)." )
 
-#define COLOR_TEXT N_("Text Default Color")
-#define COLOR_LONGTEXT N_("The color of overlay text. 1 byte for each color, hexadecimal. " \
-    "#000000 = all colors off, " \
-    "0xFF0000 = just Red, 0xFFFFFF = all color on [White]" )
+#define COLOR_TEXT N_("Color")
+#define COLOR_LONGTEXT N_("Color of the text that will be rendered on "\
+    "the video. This must be an hexadecimal (like HTML colors). The first two "\
+    "chars are for red, then green, then blue. #000000 = black, #FF0000 = red,"\
+    " #00FF00 = green, #FFFF00 = yellow (red + green), #FFFFFF = white" )
 
-#define POS_TEXT N_("Marquee position")
+#define POS_TEXT N_("Text position")
 #define POS_LONGTEXT N_( \
-  "You can enforce the marquee position on the video " \
+  "You can enforce the text position on the video " \
   "(0=center, 1=left, 2=right, 4=top, 8=bottom, you can " \
-  "also use combinations of these values by adding them).")
+  "also use combinations of these values, eg 6 = top-right).")
 
 static int pi_pos_values[] = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 5, 6, 9, 10 };
 static char *ppsz_pos_descriptions[] =

modules/video_filter/swscale/filter.c

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static int GetSwscaleChroma( vlc_fourcc_t );
  * Module descriptor
  *****************************************************************************/
 #define MODE_TEXT N_("Scaling mode")
-#define MODE_LONGTEXT N_("You can choose the default scaling mode.")
+#define MODE_LONGTEXT N_("Scaling mode to use.")
 
 static int pi_mode_values[] = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 5, 6, 9, 10 };
 static char *ppsz_mode_descriptions[] =

modules/video_filter/time.c

@@ -70,26 +70,29 @@ struct filter_sys_t
 
 #define MSG_TEXT N_("Time format string (%Y%m%d %H%M%S)")
 #define MSG_LONGTEXT N_("Time format string (%Y = year, %m = month, %d = day, %H = hour, %M = minute, %S = second")
-#define POSX_TEXT N_("X offset, from left")
+#define POSX_TEXT N_("X offset")
 #define POSX_LONGTEXT N_("X offset, from the left screen edge" )
-#define POSY_TEXT N_("Y offset, from the top")
+#define POSY_TEXT N_("Y offset")
 #define POSY_LONGTEXT N_("Y offset, down from the top" )
 #define OPACITY_TEXT N_("Opacity")
-#define OPACITY_LONGTEXT N_("The opacity (inverse of transparency) of " \
+#define OPACITY_LONGTEXT N_("Opacity (inverse of transparency) of " \
     "overlay text. 0 = transparent, 255 = totally opaque. " )
+
 #define SIZE_TEXT N_("Font size, pixels")
-#define SIZE_LONGTEXT N_("Specify the font size, in pixels, " \
-    "with -1 = use freetype-fontsize" )
-
-#define COLOR_TEXT N_("Text Default Color")
-#define COLOR_LONGTEXT N_("The color of overlay text. 1 byte for each color, hexadecimal. " \
-    "#000000 = all colors off, " \
-    "0xFF0000 = just Red, 0xFFFFFF = all color on [White]" )
-#define POS_TEXT N_("Time position")
+#define SIZE_LONGTEXT N_("Font size, in pixels. Default is -1 (use default " \
+    "font size)." )
+
+#define COLOR_TEXT N_("Color")
+#define COLOR_LONGTEXT N_("Color of the text that will be rendered on "\
+    "the video. This must be an hexadecimal (like HTML colors). The first two "\
+    "chars are for red, then green, then blue. #000000 = black, #FF0000 = red,"\
+    " #00FF00 = green, #FFFF00 = yellow (red + green), #FFFFFF = white" )
+
+#define POS_TEXT N_("Text position")
 #define POS_LONGTEXT N_( \
-  "You can enforce the time position on the video " \
+  "You can enforce the text position on the video " \
   "(0=center, 1=left, 2=right, 4=top, 8=bottom, you can " \
-  "also use combinations of these values by adding them).")
+  "also use combinations of these values, eg 6 = top-right).")
 
 static int pi_pos_values[] = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 5, 6, 9, 10 };
 static char *ppsz_pos_descriptions[] =

modules/video_filter/wall.c

@@ -51,19 +51,20 @@ static int  SendEvents( vlc_object_t *, char const *,
  * Module descriptor
  *****************************************************************************/
 #define COLS_TEXT N_("Number of columns")
-#define COLS_LONGTEXT N_("Select the number of horizontal video windows in " \
+#define COLS_LONGTEXT N_("Number of horizontal windows in " \
     "which to split the video.")
 
 #define ROWS_TEXT N_("Number of rows")
-#define ROWS_LONGTEXT N_("Select the number of vertical video windows in " \
+#define ROWS_LONGTEXT N_("Number of vertical windows in " \
     "which to split the video.")
 
 #define ACTIVE_TEXT N_("Active windows")
-#define ACTIVE_LONGTEXT N_("Comma separated list of active windows, " \
+#define ACTIVE_LONGTEXT N_("Comma-separated list of active windows, " \
     "defaults to all")
 
 #define ASPECT_TEXT N_("Element aspect ratio")
-#define ASPECT_LONGTEXT N_("The aspect ratio of the individual displays building the display wall")
+#define ASPECT_LONGTEXT N_("Aspect ratio of the individual displays " \
+   "building the wall.")
 
 vlc_module_begin();
     set_description( _("Wall video filter") );

modules/video_output/fb.c

@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ static void GfxMode        ( int i_tty );
 
 #define DEVICE_TEXT N_("Framebuffer device")
 #define DEVICE_LONGTEXT N_( \
-    "You can select here the framebuffer device that will be used " \
-    "for rendering (usually /dev/fb0).")
+    "Framebuffer device to use for rendering (usually /dev/fb0).")
 
 vlc_module_begin();
     set_shortname( "Framebuffer" );

modules/video_output/ggi.c

@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ static void SetPalette     ( vout_thread_t *, uint16_t *, uint16_t *, uint16_t *
 /*****************************************************************************
  * Module descriptor
  *****************************************************************************/
-#define DISPLAY_TEXT N_("X11 display name")
+#define DISPLAY_TEXT N_("X11 display")
 #define DISPLAY_LONGTEXT N_( \
-            "Specify the X11 hardware display you want to use.\n" \
+            "X11 hardware display to use.\n" \
             "By default, VLC will use the value of the DISPLAY " \
             "environment variable.")
 

modules/video_output/image.c

@@ -46,18 +46,21 @@ static void Display   ( vout_thread_t *, picture_t * );
  * Module descriptor
  *****************************************************************************/
 #define FORMAT_TEXT N_( "Image format" )
-#define FORMAT_LONGTEXT N_( "Set the format of the output image." )
+#define FORMAT_LONGTEXT N_( "Format of the output images (png or jpg)." )
 
 #define RATIO_TEXT N_( "Recording ratio" )
-#define RATIO_LONGTEXT N_( "Set the ratio of images that are recorded. "\
+#define RATIO_LONGTEXT N_( "Ratio of images to record. "\
                            "3 means that one image out of three is recorded." )
 
 #define PREFIX_TEXT N_( "Filename prefix" )
-#define PREFIX_LONGTEXT N_( "Set the prefix of the filename. Output filename "\
-                            "will have the form prefixNUMBER.format" )
+#define PREFIX_LONGTEXT N_( "Prefix of the output images filenames. Output " \
+                            "filenames will have the \"prefixNUMBER.format\" "\
+                            "form." )
 
 #define REPLACE_TEXT N_( "Always write to the same file" )
-#define REPLACE_LONGTEXT N_( "Always write to the same file" )
+#define REPLACE_LONGTEXT N_( "Always write to the same file instead of " \
+                            "creating one file per image. In this case, " \
+                             "the number is not appended to the filename." )
 
 static char *psz_format_list[] = { "png", "jpeg" };
 static char *psz_format_list_text[] = { "PNG", "JPEG" };

modules/video_output/opengl.c

@@ -116,12 +116,11 @@ static int SendEvents( vlc_object_t *, char const *,
  * Module descriptor
  *****************************************************************************/
 #define SPEED_TEXT N_( "OpenGL cube rotation speed" )
-#define SPEED_LONGTEXT N_( "If the OpenGL cube effect is enabled, this " \
-                           "controls its rotation speed." )
+#define SPEED_LONGTEXT N_( "Rotation speed of the OpenGL cube effect, if "\                                "enabled." )
 
-#define EFFECT_TEXT N_("Select effect")
+#define EFFECT_TEXT N_("Effect")
 #define EFFECT_LONGTEXT N_( \
-    "Allows you to select different visual effects.")
+    "Several OpenGL visual effects are available." )
 
 static char *ppsz_effects[] = {
         "none", "cube", "transparent-cube" };

modules/video_output/qte/qte.cpp

@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ extern "C"
 /*****************************************************************************
  * Module descriptor
  *****************************************************************************/
-#define DISPLAY_TEXT N_("QT Embedded display name")
+#define DISPLAY_TEXT N_("QT Embedded display")
 #define DISPLAY_LONGTEXT N_( \
-    "Specify the Qt Embedded hardware display you want to use. " \
+    "Qt Embedded hardware display to use. " \
     "By default VLC will use the value of the DISPLAY environment variable.")
 
 /*****************************************************************************

modules/video_output/snapshot.c

@@ -57,17 +57,18 @@ static void Display   ( vout_thread_t *, picture_t * );
 /*****************************************************************************
  * Module descriptor
  *****************************************************************************/
-#define WIDTH_TEXT N_( "snapshot width" )
-#define WIDTH_LONGTEXT N_( "Set the width of the snapshot image." )
+#define WIDTH_TEXT N_( "Snapshot width" )
+#define WIDTH_LONGTEXT N_( "Width of the snapshot image." )
 
-#define HEIGHT_TEXT N_( "snapshot height" )
-#define HEIGHT_LONGTEXT N_( "Set the height of the snapshot image." )
+#define HEIGHT_TEXT N_( "Snapshot height" )
+#define HEIGHT_LONGTEXT N_( "Height of the snapshot image." )
 
-#define CHROMA_TEXT N_( "chroma" )
-#define CHROMA_LONGTEXT N_( "Set the desired chroma for the snapshot image (a 4 character string)." )
+#define CHROMA_TEXT N_( "Chroma" )
+#define CHROMA_LONGTEXT N_( "Output chroma for the snapshot image " \
+                            "(a 4 character string, like \"RV32\")." )
 
-#define CACHE_TEXT N_( "cache size (number of images)" )
-#define CACHE_LONGTEXT N_( "Set the cache size (number of images to keep)." )
+#define CACHE_TEXT N_( "Cache size (number of images)" )
+#define CACHE_LONGTEXT N_( "Snapshot cache size (number of images to keep)." )
 
 
 vlc_module_begin( );

modules/video_output/x11/glx.c

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static void SwitchContext( vout_thread_t * );
  *****************************************************************************/
 #define ADAPTOR_TEXT N_("XVideo adaptor number")
 #define ADAPTOR_LONGTEXT N_( \
-    "If you graphics card provides several adaptors, this option allows you " \
+    "If you graphics card provides several adaptors, you have " \
     "to choose which one will be used (you shouldn't have to change this).")
 
 #define ALT_FS_TEXT N_("Alternate fullscreen method")
@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@ static void SwitchContext( vout_thread_t * );
     "2) Completely bypass the window manager, but then nothing will be able " \
     "to show on top of the video.")
 
-#define DISPLAY_TEXT N_("X11 display name")
+#define DISPLAY_TEXT N_("X11 display")
 #define DISPLAY_LONGTEXT N_( \
-    "Specify the X11 hardware display you want to use. By default VLC will " \
+    "X11 hardware display to use. By default VLC will " \
     "use the value of the DISPLAY environment variable.")
 
-#define SCREEN_TEXT N_("Screen to be used for fullscreen mode.")
+#define SCREEN_TEXT N_("Screen for fullscreen mode.")
 #define SCREEN_LONGTEXT N_( \
-    "Choose the screen you want to use in fullscreen mode. For instance " \
+    "Screen to use in fullscreen mode. For instance " \
     "set it to 0 for first screen, 1 for the second.")
 
 vlc_module_begin();

modules/video_output/x11/x11.c

@@ -49,18 +49,18 @@ extern void E_(Deactivate) ( vlc_object_t * );
     "2) Completely bypass the window manager, but then nothing will be able " \
     "to show on top of the video.")
 
-#define DISPLAY_TEXT N_("X11 display name")
+#define DISPLAY_TEXT N_("X11 display")
 #define DISPLAY_LONGTEXT N_( \
-    "Specify the X11 hardware display you want to use. By default VLC will " \
+    "X11 hardware display to use. By default VLC will " \
     "use the value of the DISPLAY environment variable.")
 
 #define SHM_TEXT N_("Use shared memory")
 #define SHM_LONGTEXT N_( \
     "Use shared memory to communicate between VLC and the X server.")
 
-#define SCREEN_TEXT N_("choose the screen to be used for fullscreen mode.")
+#define SCREEN_TEXT N_("Screen for fullscreen mode.")
 #define SCREEN_LONGTEXT N_( \
-    "Choose the screen you want to use in fullscreen mode. For instance " \
+    "Screen to use in fullscreen mode. For instance " \
     "set it to 0 for first screen, 1 for the second.")
 
 vlc_module_begin();

modules/video_output/x11/xvideo.c

@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ extern void E_(Deactivate) ( vlc_object_t * );
  *****************************************************************************/
 #define ADAPTOR_TEXT N_("XVideo adaptor number")
 #define ADAPTOR_LONGTEXT N_( \
-    "If you graphics card provides several adaptors, this option allows you " \
-    "to choose which one will be used (you shouldn't have to change this).")
+    "If you graphics card provides several adaptors, you need to choose " \
+    "which one will be used (you shouldn't have to change this).")
 
 #define ALT_FS_TEXT N_("Alternate fullscreen method")
 #define ALT_FS_LONGTEXT N_( \
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ extern void E_(Deactivate) ( vlc_object_t * );
     "2) Completely bypass the window manager, but then nothing will be able " \
     "to show on top of the video.")
 
-#define DISPLAY_TEXT N_("X11 display name")
+#define DISPLAY_TEXT N_("X11 display")
 #define DISPLAY_LONGTEXT N_( \
-    "Specify the X11 hardware display you want to use. By default VLC will " \
+    "X11 hardware display to use. By default VLC will " \
     "use the value of the DISPLAY environment variable.")
 
 #define CHROMA_TEXT N_("XVimage chroma format")
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ extern void E_(Deactivate) ( vlc_object_t * );
 #define SHM_LONGTEXT N_( \
     "Use shared memory to communicate between VLC and the X server.")
 
-#define SCREEN_TEXT N_("Screen to be used for fullscreen mode.")
+#define SCREEN_TEXT N_("Screen for fullscreen mode.")
 #define SCREEN_LONGTEXT N_( \
-    "Choose the screen you want to use in fullscreen mode. For instance " \
+    "Screen to use in fullscreen mode. For instance " \
     "set it to 0 for first screen, 1 for the second.")
 
 vlc_module_begin();