All the numerical options, if not specified otherwise, accept in input
a string representing a number, which may contain one of the
-International System number postfixes, for example 'K', 'M', 'G'.
-If 'i' is appended after the postfix, powers of 2 are used instead of
-powers of 10. The 'B' postfix multiplies the value for 8, and can be
-appended after another postfix or used alone. This allows using for
-example 'KB', 'MiB', 'G' and 'B' as postfix.
+SI unit prefixes, for example 'K', 'M', 'G'.
+If 'i' is appended after the prefix, binary prefixes are used,
+which are based on powers of 1024 instead of powers of 1000.
+The 'B' postfix multiplies the value by 8, and can be
+appended after a unit prefix or used alone. This allows using for
+example 'KB', 'MiB', 'G' and 'B' as number postfix.
Options which do not take arguments are boolean options, and set the
corresponding value to true. They can be set to false by prefixing
with "no" the option name, for example using "-nofoo" in the
-commandline will set to false the boolean option with name "foo".
+command line will set to false the boolean option with name "foo".
+@anchor{Stream specifiers}
@section Stream specifiers
Some options are applied per-stream, e.g. bitrate or codec. Stream specifiers
are used to precisely specify which stream(s) does a given option belong to.
A stream specifier is a string generally appended to the option name and
separated from it by a colon. E.g. @code{-codec:a:1 ac3} option contains
-@code{a:1} stream specifer, which matches the second audio stream. Therefore it
+@code{a:1} stream specifier, which matches the second audio stream. Therefore it
would select the ac3 codec for the second audio stream.
A stream specifier can match several stream, the option is then applied to all
@item p:@var{program_id}[:@var{stream_index}]
If @var{stream_index} is given, then matches stream number @var{stream_index} in
program with id @var{program_id}. Otherwise matches all streams in this program.
+@item i:@var{stream_id}
+Match the stream by stream id (e.g. PID in MPEG-TS container).
+@item m:@var{key}[:@var{value}]
+Matches streams with the metadata tag @var{key} having the specified value. If
+@var{value} is not given, matches streams that contain the given tag with any
+value.
+@item u
+Matches streams with usable configuration, the codec must be defined and the
+essential information such as video dimension or audio sample rate must be present.
+
+Note that in @command{avconv}, matching by metadata will only work properly for
+input files.
@end table
@section Generic options
@item -L
Show license.
-@item -h, -?, -help, --help
-Show help.
+@item -h, -?, -help, --help [@var{arg}]
+Show help. An optional parameter may be specified to print help about a specific
+item.
+
+Possible values of @var{arg} are:
+@table @option
+@item decoder=@var{decoder_name}
+Print detailed information about the decoder named @var{decoder_name}. Use the
+@option{-decoders} option to get a list of all decoders.
+
+@item encoder=@var{encoder_name}
+Print detailed information about the encoder named @var{encoder_name}. Use the
+@option{-encoders} option to get a list of all encoders.
+
+@item demuxer=@var{demuxer_name}
+Print detailed information about the demuxer named @var{demuxer_name}. Use the
+@option{-formats} option to get a list of all demuxers and muxers.
+
+@item muxer=@var{muxer_name}
+Print detailed information about the muxer named @var{muxer_name}. Use the
+@option{-formats} option to get a list of all muxers and demuxers.
+
+@item filter=@var{filter_name}
+Print detailed information about the filter name @var{filter_name}. Use the
+@option{-filters} option to get a list of all filters.
+
+@end table
@item -version
Show version.
@end table
@item -codecs
-Show available codecs.
+Show all codecs known to libavcodec.
-The fields preceding the codec names have the following meanings:
-@table @samp
-@item D
-Decoding available
-@item E
-Encoding available
-@item V/A/S
-Video/audio/subtitle codec
-@item S
-Codec supports slices
-@item D
-Codec supports direct rendering
-@item T
-Codec can handle input truncated at random locations instead of only at frame boundaries
-@end table
+Note that the term 'codec' is used throughout this documentation as a shortcut
+for what is more correctly called a media bitstream format.
+
+@item -decoders
+Show available decoders.
+
+@item -encoders
+Show all available encoders.
@item -bsfs
Show available bitstream filters.
@item info
@item verbose
@item debug
+@item trace
@end table
By default the program logs to stderr, if coloring is supported by the
terminal, colors are used to mark errors and warnings. Log coloring
can be disabled setting the environment variable
-@env{FFMPEG_FORCE_NOCOLOR} or @env{NO_COLOR}, or can be forced setting
-the environment variable @env{FFMPEG_FORCE_COLOR}.
+@env{AV_LOG_FORCE_NOCOLOR} or @env{NO_COLOR}, or can be forced setting
+the environment variable @env{AV_LOG_FORCE_COLOR}.
The use of the environment variable @env{NO_COLOR} is deprecated and
will be dropped in a following Libav version.
+@item -cpuflags mask (@emph{global})
+Set a mask that's applied to autodetected CPU flags. This option is intended
+for testing. Do not use it unless you know what you're doing.
+
@end table
@section AVOptions
Note2 old undocumented way of specifying per-stream AVOptions by prepending
v/a/s to the options name is now obsolete and will be removed soon.
+
+@include avoptions_codec.texi
+@include avoptions_format.texi
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