Commit 8b63a884 authored by Ganesh Ajjanagadde's avatar Ganesh Ajjanagadde Committed by Stefano Sabatini

doc/ffmpeg,doc/ffplay: reference timespec definitions

Reference time definition syntax in option descriptions when appropriate.

Fixes trac ticket #4595.
Signed-off-by: 's avatarGanesh Ajjanagadde <gajjanagadde@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: 's avatarStefano Sabatini <stefasab@gmail.com>
parent 4f74efa7
......@@ -280,13 +280,15 @@ data read from the input file.
When used as an output option (before an output filename), stop writing the
output after its duration reaches @var{duration}.
@var{duration} may be a number in seconds, or in @code{hh:mm:ss[.xxx]} form.
@var{duration} must be a time duration specification,
see @ref{time duration syntax,,the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual,ffmpeg-utils}.
-to and -t are mutually exclusive and -t has priority.
@item -to @var{position} (@emph{output})
Stop writing the output at @var{position}.
@var{position} may be a number in seconds, or in @code{hh:mm:ss[.xxx]} form.
@var{position} must be a time duration specification,
see @ref{time duration syntax,,the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual,ffmpeg-utils}.
-to and -t are mutually exclusive and -t has priority.
......@@ -305,7 +307,8 @@ will be preserved.
When used as an output option (before an output filename), decodes but discards
input until the timestamps reach @var{position}.
@var{position} may be either in seconds or in @code{hh:mm:ss[.xxx]} form.
@var{position} must be a time duration specification,
see @ref{time duration syntax,,the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual,ffmpeg-utils}.
@item -sseof @var{position} (@emph{input/output})
......@@ -325,7 +328,7 @@ the time duration specified in @var{offset}.
@item -timestamp @var{date} (@emph{output})
Set the recording timestamp in the container.
@var{date} must be a time duration specification,
@var{date} must be a date specification,
see @ref{date syntax,,the Date section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual,ffmpeg-utils}.
@item -metadata[:metadata_specifier] @var{key}=@var{value} (@emph{output,per-metadata})
......
......@@ -47,9 +47,17 @@ Disable video.
@item -sn
Disable subtitles.
@item -ss @var{pos}
Seek to a given position in seconds.
Seek to @var{pos}. Note that in most formats it is not possible to seek
exactly, so @command{ffplay} will seek to the nearest seek point to
@var{pos}.
@var{pos} must be a time duration specification,
see @ref{time duration syntax,,the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual,ffmpeg-utils}.
@item -t @var{duration}
play <duration> seconds of audio/video
Play @var{duration} seconds of audio/video.
@var{duration} must be a time duration specification,
see @ref{time duration syntax,,the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual,ffmpeg-utils}.
@item -bytes
Seek by bytes.
@item -nodisp
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