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All the numerical options, if not specified otherwise, accept in input
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a string representing a number, which may contain one of the
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SI unit prefixes, for example 'K', 'M', 'G'.
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If 'i' is appended after the prefix, binary prefixes are used,
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which are based on powers of 1024 instead of powers of 1000.
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The 'B' postfix multiplies the value by 8, and can be
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appended after a unit prefix or used alone. This allows using for
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example 'KB', 'MiB', 'G' and 'B' as number postfix.
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Options which do not take arguments are boolean options, and set the
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corresponding value to true. They can be set to false by prefixing
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with "no" the option name, for example using "-nofoo" in the
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command line will set to false the boolean option with name "foo".
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@anchor{Stream specifiers}
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@section Stream specifiers
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Some options are applied per-stream, e.g. bitrate or codec. Stream specifiers
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are used to precisely specify which stream(s) does a given option belong to.
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A stream specifier is a string generally appended to the option name and
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separated from it by a colon. E.g. @code{-codec:a:1 ac3} option contains
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@code{a:1} stream specifier, which matches the second audio stream. Therefore it
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would select the ac3 codec for the second audio stream.
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A stream specifier can match several streams, the option is then applied to all
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of them. E.g. the stream specifier in @code{-b:a 128k} matches all audio
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streams.
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An empty stream specifier matches all streams, for example @code{-codec copy}
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or @code{-codec: copy} would copy all the streams without reencoding.
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Possible forms of stream specifiers are:
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@table @option
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@item @var{stream_index}
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Matches the stream with this index. E.g. @code{-threads:1 4} would set the
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thread count for the second stream to 4.
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@item @var{stream_type}[:@var{stream_index}]
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@var{stream_type} is one of: 'v' for video, 'a' for audio, 's' for subtitle,
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'd' for data and 't' for attachments. If @var{stream_index} is given, then
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matches stream number @var{stream_index} of this type. Otherwise matches all
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streams of this type.
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@item p:@var{program_id}[:@var{stream_index}]
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If @var{stream_index} is given, then matches stream number @var{stream_index} in
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program with id @var{program_id}. Otherwise matches all streams in this program.
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@item #@var{stream_id}
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Matches the stream by format-specific ID.
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@end table
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@section Generic options
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These options are shared amongst the ff* tools.
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@table @option
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@item -L
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Show license.
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@item -h, -?, -help, --help [@var{arg}]
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Show help. An optional parameter may be specified to print help about a specific
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item.
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Possible values of @var{arg} are:
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@table @option
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@item decoder=@var{decoder_name}
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Print detailed information about the decoder named @var{decoder_name}. Use the
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@option{-decoders} option to get a list of all decoders.
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@item encoder=@var{encoder_name}
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Print detailed information about the encoder named @var{encoder_name}. Use the
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@option{-encoders} option to get a list of all encoders.
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@item demuxer=@var{demuxer_name}
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Print detailed information about the demuxer named @var{demuxer_name}. Use the
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@option{-formats} option to get a list of all demuxers and muxers.
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@item muxer=@var{muxer_name}
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Print detailed information about the muxer named @var{muxer_name}. Use the
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@option{-formats} option to get a list of all muxers and demuxers.
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@end table
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@item -version
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Show version.
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@item -formats
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Show available formats.
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The fields preceding the format names have the following meanings:
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@table @samp
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@item D
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Decoding available
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@item E
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Encoding available
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@end table
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@item -codecs
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Show all codecs known to libavcodec.
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Note that the term 'codec' is used throughout this documentation as a shortcut
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for what is more correctly called a media bitstream format.
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@item -decoders
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Show available decoders.
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@item -encoders
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Show all available encoders.
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@item -bsfs
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Show available bitstream filters.
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@item -protocols
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Show available protocols.
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@item -filters
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Show available libavfilter filters.
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@item -pix_fmts
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Show available pixel formats.
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@item -sample_fmts
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Show available sample formats.
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@item -layouts
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Show channel names and standard channel layouts.
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@item -loglevel @var{loglevel} | -v @var{loglevel}
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Set the logging level used by the library.
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@var{loglevel} is a number or a string containing one of the following values:
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@table @samp
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@item quiet
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@item panic
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@item fatal
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@item error
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@item warning
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@item info
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@item verbose
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@item debug
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@end table
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By default the program logs to stderr, if coloring is supported by the
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terminal, colors are used to mark errors and warnings. Log coloring
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can be disabled setting the environment variable
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@env{AV_LOG_FORCE_NOCOLOR} or @env{NO_COLOR}, or can be forced setting
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the environment variable @env{AV_LOG_FORCE_COLOR}.
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The use of the environment variable @env{NO_COLOR} is deprecated and
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will be dropped in a following FFmpeg version.
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@item -report
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Dump full command line and console output to a file named
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@code{@var{program}-@var{YYYYMMDD}-@var{HHMMSS}.log} in the current
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directory.
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This file can be useful for bug reports.
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It also implies @code{-loglevel verbose}.
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Setting the environment variable @code{FFREPORT} to any value has the
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same effect. If the value is a ':'-separated key=value sequence, these
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options will affect the report; options values must be escaped if they
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contain special characters or the options delimiter ':' (see the
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``Quoting and escaping'' section in the ffmpeg-utils manual). The
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following option is recognized:
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@table @option
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@item file
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set the file name to use for the report; @code{%p} is expanded to the name
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of the program, @code{%t} is expanded to a timestamp, @code{%%} is expanded
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to a plain @code{%}
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@end table
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Errors in parsing the environment variable are not fatal, and will not
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appear in the report.
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@item -cpuflags flags (@emph{global})
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Allows setting and clearing cpu flags. This option is intended
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for testing. Do not use it unless you know what you're doing.
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@example
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ffmpeg -cpuflags -sse+mmx ...
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ffmpeg -cpuflags mmx ...
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ffmpeg -cpuflags 0 ...
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@end example
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@end table
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@section AVOptions
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These options are provided directly by the libavformat, libavdevice and
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libavcodec libraries. To see the list of available AVOptions, use the
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@option{-help} option. They are separated into two categories:
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@table @option
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@item generic
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These options can be set for any container, codec or device. Generic options
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are listed under AVFormatContext options for containers/devices and under
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AVCodecContext options for codecs.
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@item private
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These options are specific to the given container, device or codec. Private
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options are listed under their corresponding containers/devices/codecs.
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@end table
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For example to write an ID3v2.3 header instead of a default ID3v2.4 to
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an MP3 file, use the @option{id3v2_version} private option of the MP3
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muxer:
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@example
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ffmpeg -i input.flac -id3v2_version 3 out.mp3
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@end example
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All codec AVOptions are obviously per-stream, so the chapter on stream
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specifiers applies to them
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Note @option{-nooption} syntax cannot be used for boolean AVOptions,
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use @option{-option 0}/@option{-option 1}.
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Note2 old undocumented way of specifying per-stream AVOptions by prepending
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v/a/s to the options name is now obsolete and will be removed soon.
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