fate: fix MSS2 tests on big endian

[ffmpeg] / doc / protocols.texi

diff --git a/doc/protocols.texi b/doc/protocols.texi
index de157f7cddb101bade5dd714a25ab7d01b006420..f37feeb6595964337a622b32aa005dfbe2ff6f13 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/protocols.texi
+++ b/doc/protocols.texi
@@ -117,7 +117,19 @@ ffmpeg -i "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhCAAIAMIEAAAAAAAA//8AAP//AP/////////////
 
 File access protocol.
 
-Allow to read from or read to a file.
+Allow to read from or write to a file.
+
+A file URL can have the form:
+@example
+file:@var{filename}
+@end example
+
+where @var{filename} is the path of the file to read.
+
+An URL that does not have a protocol prefix will be assumed to be a
+file URL. Depending on the build, an URL that looks like a Windows
+path with the drive letter at the beginning will also be assumed to be
+a file URL (usually not the case in builds for unix-like systems).
 
 For example to read from a file @file{input.mpeg} with @command{ffmpeg}
 use the command:
@@ -125,10 +137,6 @@ use the command:
 ffmpeg -i file:input.mpeg output.mpeg
 @end example
 
-The ff* tools default to the file protocol, that is a resource
-specified with the name "FILE.mpeg" is interpreted as the URL
-"file:FILE.mpeg".
-
 This protocol accepts the following options:
 
 @table @option