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authorStefano Sabatini <stefasab@gmail.com>2023-10-15 11:25:23 +0200
committerStefano Sabatini <stefasab@gmail.com>2023-10-20 18:42:41 +0200
commit7bf414408e4f07c0f48d452e014b630165287f94 (patch)
tree9305fcdbc572bfe5c20a9dc89da8203a0cfd3c65
parent0d11a6bc1219335e61af8b3abcdf2f4dd904eb20 (diff)
downloadffmpeg-7bf414408e4f07c0f48d452e014b630165287f94.tar.gz
ffprobe: add -output_format as an alias of -of
Currently we have -of and -print_format, which is a bit confusing. Add -output_format as an alias of -of to match the short name.
-rw-r--r--Changelog1
-rw-r--r--doc/ffprobe.texi6
-rw-r--r--fftools/ffprobe.c17
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 259180e190..cceee46215 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ version <next>:
- VAAPI AV1 encoder
- ffprobe XML output schema changed to account for multiple
variable-fields elements within the same parent element
+- ffprobe -output_format option added as an alias of -of
version 6.0:
diff --git a/doc/ffprobe.texi b/doc/ffprobe.texi
index 4dc9f577bb..b74ff650ac 100644
--- a/doc/ffprobe.texi
+++ b/doc/ffprobe.texi
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ ffprobe will show it.
ffprobe output is designed to be easily parsable by a textual filter,
and consists of one or more sections of a form defined by the selected
-writer, which is specified by the @option{print_format} option.
+writer, which is specified by the @option{output_format} option.
Sections may contain other nested sections, and are identified by a
name (which may be shared by other sections), and an unique
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Use sexagesimal format HH:MM:SS.MICROSECONDS for time values.
Prettify the format of the displayed values, it corresponds to the
options "-unit -prefix -byte_binary_prefix -sexagesimal".
-@item -of, -print_format @var{writer_name}[=@var{writer_options}]
+@item -output_format, -of, -print_format @var{writer_name}[=@var{writer_options}]
Set the output printing format.
@var{writer_name} specifies the name of the writer, and
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Set the output printing format.
For example for printing the output in JSON format, specify:
@example
--print_format json
+-output_format json
@end example
For more details on the available output printing formats, see the
diff --git a/fftools/ffprobe.c b/fftools/ffprobe.c
index 1e76a6e3af..c185cd823b 100644
--- a/fftools/ffprobe.c
+++ b/fftools/ffprobe.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static int show_private_data = 1;
#define SHOW_OPTIONAL_FIELDS_ALWAYS 1
static int show_optional_fields = SHOW_OPTIONAL_FIELDS_AUTO;
-static char *print_format;
+static char *output_format;
static char *stream_specifier;
static char *show_data_hash;
@@ -4086,9 +4086,10 @@ static const OptionDef real_options[] = {
"use sexagesimal format HOURS:MM:SS.MICROSECONDS for time units" },
{ "pretty", 0, {.func_arg = opt_pretty},
"prettify the format of displayed values, make it more human readable" },
- { "print_format", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &print_format },
+ { "output_format", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &output_format },
"set the output printing format (available formats are: default, compact, csv, flat, ini, json, xml)", "format" },
- { "of", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &print_format }, "alias for -print_format", "format" },
+ { "print_format", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &output_format }, "alias for -output_format (deprecated)" },
+ { "of", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &output_format }, "alias for -output_format", "format" },
{ "select_streams", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &stream_specifier }, "select the specified streams", "stream_specifier" },
{ "sections", OPT_EXIT, {.func_arg = opt_sections}, "print sections structure and section information, and exit" },
{ "show_data", OPT_BOOL, { &do_show_data }, "show packets data" },
@@ -4209,13 +4210,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
writer_register_all();
- if (!print_format)
- print_format = av_strdup("default");
- if (!print_format) {
+ if (!output_format)
+ output_format = av_strdup("default");
+ if (!output_format) {
ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
goto end;
}
- w_name = av_strtok(print_format, "=", &buf);
+ w_name = av_strtok(output_format, "=", &buf);
if (!w_name) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR,
"No name specified for the output format\n");
@@ -4284,7 +4285,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
}
end:
- av_freep(&print_format);
+ av_freep(&output_format);
av_freep(&read_intervals);
av_hash_freep(&hash);