(you can seek to positions in the past on each live feed, provided you
specify a big enough feed storage in ffserver.conf).
-ffserver runs in daemon mode by default; that is, it puts itself in
-the background and detaches from its TTY, unless it is launched in
-debug mode or a NoDaemon option is specified in the configuration
-file.
-
This documentation covers only the streaming aspects of ffserver /
ffmpeg. All questions about parameters for ffmpeg, codec questions,
etc. are not covered here. Read @file{ffmpeg.html} for more
For example: @samp{http://localhost:8080/test.asf?date=2002-07-26T23:05:00}.
@c man end
+@section What is FFM, FFM2
+
+FFM and FFM2 are formats used by ffserver. They allow storing a wide varity of
+video and audio streams and encoding options, and can store a moving time segment
+of an infinite movie or a whole movie.
+
+FFM is version specific, and there is limited compatibility of FFM files
+generated by one version of ffmpeg/ffserver and another version of
+ffmpeg/ffserver. It may work but its not guaranteed to work.
+
+FFM2 is extensible while maintaining compatibility and should work between
+differing versions of tools. FFM2 is the default.
+
@chapter Options
@c man begin OPTIONS
any ffmpeg instances, you will have to launch them manually.
@item -d
Enable debug mode. This option increases log verbosity, directs log
-messages to stdout and causes ffserver to run in the foreground
-rather than as a daemon.
+messages to stdout.
@end table
@c man end