avconv: print an error on applying options of the wrong type.

I.e. input options to output files or vice versa.

3 files changed, 119 insertions, 63 deletions

diff --git a/avconv_opt.c b/avconv_opt.c
index 5bb7fb75f5..98c38ae524 100644
--- a/avconv_opt.c
+++ b/avconv_opt.c
@@ -1864,8 +1864,8 @@ enum OptGroup {
 };
 
 static const OptionGroupDef groups[] = {
-    [GROUP_OUTFILE] = { "output file",  NULL },
-    [GROUP_INFILE]  = { "input file",   "i"  },
+    [GROUP_OUTFILE] = { "output file",  NULL, OPT_OUTPUT },
+    [GROUP_INFILE]  = { "input file",   "i",  OPT_INPUT },
 };
 
 static int open_files(OptionGroupList *l, const char *inout,
@@ -1951,38 +1951,49 @@ fail:
 const OptionDef options[] = {
     /* main options */
 #include "cmdutils_common_opts.h"
-    { "f",              HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_OFFSET,           { .off       = OFFSET(format) },
+    { "f",              HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_OFFSET |
+                        OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,                      { .off       = OFFSET(format) },
         "force format", "fmt" },
     { "y",              OPT_BOOL,                                    {              &file_overwrite },
         "overwrite output files" },
-    { "c",              HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC,             { .off       = OFFSET(codec_names) },
+    { "c",              HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC |
+                        OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,                      { .off       = OFFSET(codec_names) },
         "codec name", "codec" },
-    { "codec",          HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC,             { .off       = OFFSET(codec_names) },
+    { "codec",          HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC |
+                        OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,                      { .off       = OFFSET(codec_names) },
         "codec name", "codec" },
-    { "pre",            HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC,             { .off       = OFFSET(presets) },
+    { "pre",            HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC |
+                        OPT_OUTPUT,                                  { .off       = OFFSET(presets) },
         "preset name", "preset" },
-    { "map",            HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_PERFILE,          { .func_arg = opt_map },
+    { "map",            HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_PERFILE |
+                        OPT_OUTPUT,                                  { .func_arg = opt_map },
         "set input stream mapping",
         "[-]input_file_id[:stream_specifier][,sync_file_id[:stream_specifier]]" },
-    { "map_metadata",   HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC,             { .off       = OFFSET(metadata_map) },
+    { "map_metadata",   HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC |
+                        OPT_OUTPUT,                                  { .off       = OFFSET(metadata_map) },
         "set metadata information of outfile from infile",
         "outfile[,metadata]:infile[,metadata]" },
-    { "map_chapters",   HAS_ARG | OPT_INT | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_OFFSET, { .off = OFFSET(chapters_input_file) },
+    { "map_chapters",   HAS_ARG | OPT_INT | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_OFFSET |
+                        OPT_OUTPUT,                                  { .off = OFFSET(chapters_input_file) },
         "set chapters mapping", "input_file_index" },
-    { "t",              HAS_ARG | OPT_TIME | OPT_OFFSET,             { .off = OFFSET(recording_time) },
+    { "t",              HAS_ARG | OPT_TIME | OPT_OFFSET | OPT_OUTPUT, { .off = OFFSET(recording_time) },
         "record or transcode \"duration\" seconds of audio/video",
         "duration" },
-    { "fs",             HAS_ARG | OPT_INT64 | OPT_OFFSET,            { .off = OFFSET(limit_filesize) },
+    { "fs",             HAS_ARG | OPT_INT64 | OPT_OFFSET | OPT_OUTPUT, { .off = OFFSET(limit_filesize) },
         "set the limit file size in bytes", "limit_size" },
-    { "ss",             HAS_ARG | OPT_TIME | OPT_OFFSET,             { .off = OFFSET(start_time) },
+    { "ss",             HAS_ARG | OPT_TIME | OPT_OFFSET |
+                        OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,                      { .off = OFFSET(start_time) },
         "set the start time offset", "time_off" },
-    { "itsoffset",      HAS_ARG | OPT_TIME | OPT_OFFSET | OPT_EXPERT,{ .off = OFFSET(input_ts_offset) },
+    { "itsoffset",      HAS_ARG | OPT_TIME | OPT_OFFSET |
+                        OPT_EXPERT | OPT_INPUT,                      { .off = OFFSET(input_ts_offset) },
         "set the input ts offset", "time_off" },
-    { "itsscale",       HAS_ARG | OPT_DOUBLE | OPT_SPEC | OPT_EXPERT,{ .off = OFFSET(ts_scale) },
+    { "itsscale",       HAS_ARG | OPT_DOUBLE | OPT_SPEC |
+                        OPT_EXPERT | OPT_INPUT,                      { .off = OFFSET(ts_scale) },
         "set the input ts scale", "scale" },
-    { "metadata",       HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC,             { .off = OFFSET(metadata) },
+    { "metadata",       HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC | OPT_OUTPUT, { .off = OFFSET(metadata) },
         "add metadata", "string=string" },
-    { "dframes",        HAS_ARG | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_EXPERT,          { .func_arg = opt_data_frames },
+    { "dframes",        HAS_ARG | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_EXPERT |
+                        OPT_OUTPUT,                                  { .func_arg = opt_data_frames },
         "set the number of data frames to record", "number" },
     { "benchmark",      OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT,                       { &do_benchmark },
         "add timings for benchmarking" },
@@ -1992,9 +2003,10 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
         "dump each input packet" },
     { "hex",            OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT,                       { &do_hex_dump },
         "when dumping packets, also dump the payload" },
-    { "re",             OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_OFFSET,          { .off = OFFSET(rate_emu) },
+    { "re",             OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_OFFSET |
+                        OPT_INPUT,                                   { .off = OFFSET(rate_emu) },
         "read input at native frame rate", "" },
-    { "target",         HAS_ARG | OPT_PERFILE,                       { .func_arg = opt_target },
+    { "target",         HAS_ARG | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_OUTPUT,          { .func_arg = opt_target },
         "specify target file type (\"vcd\", \"svcd\", \"dvd\","
         " \"dv\", \"dv50\", \"pal-vcd\", \"ntsc-svcd\", ...)", "type" },
     { "vsync",          HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT,                        { opt_vsync },
@@ -2007,57 +2019,71 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
         "copy timestamps" },
     { "copytb",         OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT,                       { &copy_tb },
         "copy input stream time base when stream copying" },
-    { "shortest",       OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_OFFSET,          { .off = OFFSET(shortest) },
+    { "shortest",       OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_OFFSET |
+                        OPT_OUTPUT,                                  { .off = OFFSET(shortest) },
         "finish encoding within shortest input" },
     { "dts_delta_threshold", HAS_ARG | OPT_FLOAT | OPT_EXPERT,       { &dts_delta_threshold },
         "timestamp discontinuity delta threshold", "threshold" },
     { "xerror",         OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT,                       { &exit_on_error },
         "exit on error", "error" },
-    { "copyinkf",       OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_SPEC,            { .off = OFFSET(copy_initial_nonkeyframes) },
+    { "copyinkf",       OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_SPEC |
+                        OPT_OUTPUT,                                  { .off = OFFSET(copy_initial_nonkeyframes) },
         "copy initial non-keyframes" },
-    { "frames",         OPT_INT64 | HAS_ARG | OPT_SPEC,              { .off = OFFSET(max_frames) },
+    { "frames",         OPT_INT64 | HAS_ARG | OPT_SPEC | OPT_OUTPUT, { .off = OFFSET(max_frames) },
         "set the number of frames to record", "number" },
-    { "tag",            OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG | OPT_SPEC | OPT_EXPERT,{ .off = OFFSET(codec_tags) },
+    { "tag",            OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG | OPT_SPEC |
+                        OPT_EXPERT | OPT_OUTPUT,                     { .off = OFFSET(codec_tags) },
         "force codec tag/fourcc", "fourcc/tag" },
-    { "q",              HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_DOUBLE | OPT_SPEC,{ .off = OFFSET(qscale) },
+    { "q",              HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_DOUBLE |
+                        OPT_SPEC | OPT_OUTPUT,                       { .off = OFFSET(qscale) },
         "use fixed quality scale (VBR)", "q" },
-    { "qscale",         HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_DOUBLE | OPT_SPEC,{ .off = OFFSET(qscale) },
+    { "qscale",         HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_DOUBLE |
+                        OPT_SPEC | OPT_OUTPUT,                       { .off = OFFSET(qscale) },
         "use fixed quality scale (VBR)", "q" },
-    { "filter",         HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC,             { .off = OFFSET(filters) },
+    { "filter",         HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC | OPT_OUTPUT, { .off = OFFSET(filters) },
         "set stream filterchain", "filter_list" },
     { "filter_complex", HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT,                        { .func_arg = opt_filter_complex },
         "create a complex filtergraph", "graph_description" },
     { "stats",          OPT_BOOL,                                    { &print_stats },
         "print progress report during encoding", },
-    { "attach",         HAS_ARG | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_EXPERT,          { .func_arg = opt_attach },
+    { "attach",         HAS_ARG | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_EXPERT |
+                        OPT_OUTPUT,                                  { .func_arg = opt_attach },
         "add an attachment to the output file", "filename" },
-    { "dump_attachment", HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC |OPT_EXPERT,{ .off = OFFSET(dump_attachment) },
+    { "dump_attachment", HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC |
+                         OPT_EXPERT | OPT_INPUT,                     { .off = OFFSET(dump_attachment) },
         "extract an attachment into a file", "filename" },
     { "cpuflags",       HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT,                        { .func_arg = opt_cpuflags },
         "set CPU flags mask", "mask" },
 
     /* video options */
-    { "vframes",      OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE,                        { .func_arg = opt_video_frames },
+    { "vframes",      OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_OUTPUT,           { .func_arg = opt_video_frames },
         "set the number of video frames to record", "number" },
-    { "r",            OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC,              { .off = OFFSET(frame_rates) },
+    { "r",            OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC |
+                      OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,                                    { .off = OFFSET(frame_rates) },
         "set frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation)", "rate" },
-    { "s",            OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC,              { .off = OFFSET(frame_sizes) },
+    { "s",            OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC |
+                      OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,                                    { .off = OFFSET(frame_sizes) },
         "set frame size (WxH or abbreviation)", "size" },
-    { "aspect",       OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC,              { .off = OFFSET(frame_aspect_ratios) },
+    { "aspect",       OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC |
+                      OPT_OUTPUT,                                                { .off = OFFSET(frame_aspect_ratios) },
         "set aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9 or 1.3333, 1.7777)", "aspect" },
-    { "pix_fmt",      OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT  | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC, { .off = OFFSET(frame_pix_fmts) },
+    { "pix_fmt",      OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT  | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC |
+                      OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,                                    { .off = OFFSET(frame_pix_fmts) },
         "set pixel format", "format" },
-    { "vn",           OPT_VIDEO | OPT_BOOL  | OPT_OFFSET,                        { .off = OFFSET(video_disable) },
+    { "vn",           OPT_VIDEO | OPT_BOOL  | OPT_OFFSET | OPT_OUTPUT,           { .off = OFFSET(video_disable) },
         "disable video" },
     { "vdt",          OPT_VIDEO | OPT_INT | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT ,               { &video_discard },
         "discard threshold", "n" },
-    { "rc_override",  OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT  | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC, { .off = OFFSET(rc_overrides) },
+    { "rc_override",  OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT  | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC |
+                      OPT_OUTPUT,                                                { .off = OFFSET(rc_overrides) },
         "rate control override for specific intervals", "override" },
-    { "vcodec",       OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE,                        { .func_arg = opt_video_codec },
+    { "vcodec",       OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_INPUT |
+                      OPT_OUTPUT,                                                { .func_arg = opt_video_codec },
         "force video codec ('copy' to copy stream)", "codec" },
-    { "pass",         OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_SPEC | OPT_INT,                  { .off = OFFSET(pass) },
+    { "pass",         OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_SPEC | OPT_INT | OPT_OUTPUT,     { .off = OFFSET(pass) },
         "select the pass number (1 or 2)", "n" },
-    { "passlogfile",  OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_SPEC,  { .off = OFFSET(passlogfiles) },
+    { "passlogfile",  OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_SPEC |
+                      OPT_OUTPUT,                                                { .off = OFFSET(passlogfiles) },
         "select two pass log file name prefix", "prefix" },
 #if FF_API_DEINTERLACE
     { "deinterlace",  OPT_VIDEO | OPT_EXPERT ,                                   { .func_arg = opt_deinterlace },
@@ -2067,73 +2093,86 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
         "dump video coding statistics to file" },
     { "vstats_file",  OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT ,                         { opt_vstats_file },
         "dump video coding statistics to file", "file" },
-    { "vf",           OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE,                        { .func_arg = opt_video_filters },
+    { "vf",           OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_OUTPUT,           { .func_arg = opt_video_filters },
         "video filters", "filter list" },
-    { "intra_matrix", OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT  | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC, { .off = OFFSET(intra_matrices) },
+    { "intra_matrix", OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT  | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC |
+                      OPT_OUTPUT,                                                { .off = OFFSET(intra_matrices) },
         "specify intra matrix coeffs", "matrix" },
-    { "inter_matrix", OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT  | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC, { .off = OFFSET(inter_matrices) },
+    { "inter_matrix", OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT  | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC |
+                      OPT_OUTPUT,                                                { .off = OFFSET(inter_matrices) },
         "specify inter matrix coeffs", "matrix" },
-    { "top",          OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT  | OPT_INT| OPT_SPEC,     { .off = OFFSET(top_field_first) },
+    { "top",          OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT  | OPT_INT| OPT_SPEC |
+                      OPT_OUTPUT,                                                { .off = OFFSET(top_field_first) },
         "top=1/bottom=0/auto=-1 field first", "" },
     { "dc",           OPT_VIDEO | OPT_INT | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT ,               { &intra_dc_precision },
         "intra_dc_precision", "precision" },
-    { "vtag",         OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT  | OPT_PERFILE,           { .func_arg = opt_video_tag },
+    { "vtag",         OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT  | OPT_PERFILE |
+                      OPT_OUTPUT,                                                { .func_arg = opt_video_tag },
         "force video tag/fourcc", "fourcc/tag" },
     { "qphist",       OPT_VIDEO | OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT ,                        { &qp_hist },
         "show QP histogram" },
-    { "force_fps",    OPT_VIDEO | OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT  | OPT_SPEC,             { .off = OFFSET(force_fps) },
+    { "force_fps",    OPT_VIDEO | OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT  | OPT_SPEC |
+                      OPT_OUTPUT,                                                { .off = OFFSET(force_fps) },
         "force the selected framerate, disable the best supported framerate selection" },
-    { "streamid",     OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_PERFILE,            { .func_arg = opt_streamid },
+    { "streamid",     OPT_VIDEO | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_PERFILE |
+                      OPT_OUTPUT,                                                { .func_arg = opt_streamid },
         "set the value of an outfile streamid", "streamIndex:value" },
-    { "force_key_frames", OPT_VIDEO | OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT  | OPT_SPEC,
-        { .off = OFFSET(forced_key_frames) }, "force key frames at specified timestamps", "timestamps" },
+    { "force_key_frames", OPT_VIDEO | OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT |
+                          OPT_SPEC | OPT_OUTPUT,                                 { .off = OFFSET(forced_key_frames) },
+        "force key frames at specified timestamps", "timestamps" },
 
     /* audio options */
-    { "aframes",        OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE,                        { .func_arg = opt_audio_frames },
+    { "aframes",        OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_OUTPUT,           { .func_arg = opt_audio_frames },
         "set the number of audio frames to record", "number" },
-    { "aq",             OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE,                        { .func_arg = opt_audio_qscale },
+    { "aq",             OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_OUTPUT,           { .func_arg = opt_audio_qscale },
         "set audio quality (codec-specific)", "quality", },
-    { "ar",             OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_INT | OPT_SPEC,                 { .off = OFFSET(audio_sample_rate) },
+    { "ar",             OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_INT | OPT_SPEC |
+                        OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,                                    { .off = OFFSET(audio_sample_rate) },
         "set audio sampling rate (in Hz)", "rate" },
-    { "ac",             OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_INT | OPT_SPEC,                 { .off = OFFSET(audio_channels) },
+    { "ac",             OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_INT | OPT_SPEC |
+                        OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,                                    { .off = OFFSET(audio_channels) },
         "set number of audio channels", "channels" },
-    { "an",             OPT_AUDIO | OPT_BOOL | OPT_OFFSET,                         { .off = OFFSET(audio_disable) },
+    { "an",             OPT_AUDIO | OPT_BOOL | OPT_OFFSET | OPT_OUTPUT,            { .off = OFFSET(audio_disable) },
         "disable audio" },
-    { "acodec",         OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE,                        { .func_arg = opt_audio_codec },
+    { "acodec",         OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE |
+                        OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,                                    { .func_arg = opt_audio_codec },
         "force audio codec ('copy' to copy stream)", "codec" },
-    { "atag",           OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_PERFILE,           { .func_arg = opt_audio_tag },
+    { "atag",           OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_PERFILE |
+                        OPT_OUTPUT,                                                { .func_arg = opt_audio_tag },
         "force audio tag/fourcc", "fourcc/tag" },
     { "vol",            OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_INT,                            { &audio_volume },
         "change audio volume (256=normal)" , "volume" },
-    { "sample_fmt",     OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_SPEC | OPT_STRING, { .off = OFFSET(sample_fmts) },
+    { "sample_fmt",     OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_SPEC |
+                        OPT_STRING | OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,                       { .off = OFFSET(sample_fmts) },
         "set sample format", "format" },
-    { "channel_layout", OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_PERFILE,           { .func_arg = opt_channel_layout },
+    { "channel_layout", OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_PERFILE |
+                        OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,                                    { .func_arg = opt_channel_layout },
         "set channel layout", "layout" },
-    { "af",             OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE,                        { .func_arg = opt_audio_filters },
+    { "af",             OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_OUTPUT,           { .func_arg = opt_audio_filters },
         "audio filters", "filter list" },
 
     /* subtitle options */
-    { "sn",     OPT_SUBTITLE | OPT_BOOL | OPT_OFFSET, { .off = OFFSET(subtitle_disable) },
+    { "sn",     OPT_SUBTITLE | OPT_BOOL | OPT_OFFSET | OPT_OUTPUT, { .off = OFFSET(subtitle_disable) },
         "disable subtitle" },
-    { "scodec", OPT_SUBTITLE | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE, { .func_arg = opt_subtitle_codec },
+    { "scodec", OPT_SUBTITLE | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT, { .func_arg = opt_subtitle_codec },
         "force subtitle codec ('copy' to copy stream)", "codec" },
-    { "stag",   OPT_SUBTITLE | HAS_ARG  | OPT_EXPERT  | OPT_PERFILE, { .func_arg = opt_subtitle_tag }
+    { "stag",   OPT_SUBTITLE | HAS_ARG  | OPT_EXPERT  | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_OUTPUT, { .func_arg = opt_subtitle_tag }
         , "force subtitle tag/fourcc", "fourcc/tag" },
 
     /* grab options */
     { "isync", OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT, { &input_sync }, "this option is deprecated and does nothing", "" },
 
     /* muxer options */
-    { "muxdelay",   OPT_FLOAT | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_OFFSET, { .off = OFFSET(mux_max_delay) },
+    { "muxdelay",   OPT_FLOAT | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_OFFSET | OPT_OUTPUT, { .off = OFFSET(mux_max_delay) },
         "set the maximum demux-decode delay", "seconds" },
-    { "muxpreload", OPT_FLOAT | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_OFFSET, { .off = OFFSET(mux_preload) },
+    { "muxpreload", OPT_FLOAT | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_OFFSET | OPT_OUTPUT, { .off = OFFSET(mux_preload) },
         "set the initial demux-decode delay", "seconds" },
 
-    { "bsf", HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC | OPT_EXPERT, { .off = OFFSET(bitstream_filters) },
+    { "bsf", HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_OUTPUT, { .off = OFFSET(bitstream_filters) },
         "A comma-separated list of bitstream filters", "bitstream_filters" },
 
     /* data codec support */
-    { "dcodec", HAS_ARG | OPT_DATA | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_EXPERT, { .func_arg = opt_data_codec },
+    { "dcodec", HAS_ARG | OPT_DATA | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT, { .func_arg = opt_data_codec },
         "force data codec ('copy' to copy stream)", "codec" },
 
     { NULL, },
diff --git a/cmdutils.c b/cmdutils.c
index 4655681e4a..ff4b0270c3 100644
--- a/cmdutils.c
+++ b/cmdutils.c
@@ -351,6 +351,16 @@ int parse_optgroup(void *optctx, OptionGroup *g)
     for (i = 0; i < g->nb_opts; i++) {
         Option *o = &g->opts[i];
 
+        if (g->group_def->flags &&
+            !(g->group_def->flags & o->opt->flags)) {
+            av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Option %s (%s) cannot be applied to "
+                   "%s %s -- you are trying to apply an input option to an "
+                   "output file or vice versa. Move this option before the "
+                   "file it belongs to.\n", o->key, o->opt->help,
+                   g->group_def->name, g->arg);
+            return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+        }
+
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Applying option %s (%s) with argument %s.\n",
                o->key, o->opt->help, o->val);
 
diff --git a/cmdutils.h b/cmdutils.h
index cdcfc0728e..1ae1978ab2 100644
--- a/cmdutils.h
+++ b/cmdutils.h
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ typedef struct OptionDef {
                                    an int containing element count in the array. */
 #define OPT_TIME  0x10000
 #define OPT_DOUBLE 0x20000
+#define OPT_INPUT  0x40000
+#define OPT_OUTPUT 0x80000
      union {
         void *dst_ptr;
         int (*func_arg)(void *, const char *, const char *);
@@ -224,6 +226,11 @@ typedef struct OptionGroupDef {
      * are terminated by a non-option argument (e.g. avconv output files)
      */
     const char *sep;
+    /**
+     * Option flags that must be set on each option that is
+     * applied to this group
+     */
+    int flags;
 } OptionGroupDef;
 
 typedef struct OptionGroup {