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| author | Andrey Utkin <andrey.krieger.utkin@gmail.com> | 2013-07-31 15:22:02 +0300 |
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| committer | Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at> | 2013-07-31 21:17:03 +0200 |
| commit | 681ad3a5b6962efc75c400c091c0b9eb29e43bc5 (patch) | |
| tree | 802823f9d9be9d82b6c58827db894d1b432057d6 /doc/protocols.texi | |
| parent | a8f171151f0f027abb06f72e48c44929616a84cb (diff) | |
| download | ffmpeg-681ad3a5b6962efc75c400c091c0b9eb29e43bc5.tar.gz | |
Document new 'blocksize' option of 'pipe' protocol
Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
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diff --git a/doc/protocols.texi b/doc/protocols.texi index e8427aa277..bae05d593f 100644 --- a/doc/protocols.texi +++ b/doc/protocols.texi @@ -325,6 +325,16 @@ ffmpeg -i test.wav -f avi pipe:1 | cat > test.avi ffmpeg -i test.wav -f avi pipe: | cat > test.avi @end example +This protocol accepts the following options: + +@table @option +@item blocksize +Set I/O operation maximum block size, in bytes. Default value is +@code{INT_MAX}, which results in not limiting the requested block size. +Setting this value reasonably low improves user termination request reaction +time, which is valuable if data transmission is slow. +@end table + Note that some formats (typically MOV), require the output protocol to be seekable, so they will fail with the pipe output protocol. |