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DOCS/man/options.rst: update description of `hwdec=auto` behaviour 

When I introduced the behaviour of `auto` trying every hwdec down the list
instead of giving up after the first one fails, I forgot to update this
part of the docs.
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Philip Langdale 2024-06-23 10:03:00 -07:00
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:rkmpp: requires ``--vo=gpu`` (some RockChip devices only) :rkmpp: requires ``--vo=gpu`` (some RockChip devices only)
``auto`` tries to automatically enable hardware decoding using the first ``auto`` tries to automatically enable hardware decoding using the first
available method. This still depends what VO you are using. For example, available method. This still depends what VO you are using. See the list
if you are not using ``--vo=gpu`` or ``--vo=vdpau``, vdpau decoding will above, for which ``--vo`` and ``gpu-context`` is required for a given
never be enabled. Also note that if the first found method doesn't actually hwdec. It will go down the list of available hwdecs until one is
work, it will always fall back to software decoding, instead of trying the successfully initialised. If all of them fail, it will fallback to software
next method (might matter on some Linux systems). decoding.
``auto-safe`` is similar to ``auto``, but allows only whitelisted methods ``auto-safe`` is similar to ``auto``, but allows only whitelisted methods
that are considered "safe". This is supposed to be a reasonable way to that are considered "safe". This is supposed to be a reasonable way to