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authorStefano Sabatini2011-10-02 11:26:07 +0200
committerStefano Sabatini2011-10-09 16:03:13 +0200
commitcb50ada4f87bc6f735b76f798fddc8d3e6045497 (patch)
tree6450f295279e62091d0b33269cfa55acca08738e /doc/ffprobe.texi
parent9806dda8a8b707b90c10074f0b5bfd54b7c6a97e (diff)
ffprobe: parse arguments for -print_format writer
This allows -print_format to accept string of the form WRITER=OPTIONS, as required by the pending compact writer patch.
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diff --git a/doc/ffprobe.texi b/doc/ffprobe.texi
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@@ -80,9 +80,12 @@ Use sexagesimal format HH:MM:SS.MICROSECONDS for time values.
Prettify the format of the displayed values, it corresponds to the
options "-unit -prefix -byte_binary_prefix -sexagesimal".
-@item -print_format @var{format}
+@item -print_format @var{writer_name}[=@var{writer_options}]
Set the output printing format.
+@var{writer_name} specifies the name of the writer, and
+@var{writer_options} specifies the options to be passed to the writer.
+
For example for printing the output in JSON format, specify:
@example
-print_format json