(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
@section What is FFM, FFM2
-FFM and FFM2 are formats used by ffserver, they allow storing a wide varity of
-video and audio streams, encoding options and can store a moving time segment
-of a infinite movie or a whole movie.
+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, there is limited compatibility of FFM files
+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 guranteed to work.
+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.
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