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| author | James Zern <jzern@google.com> | 2011-02-11 16:02:45 -0800 |
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| committer | Janne Grunau <janne-ffmpeg@jannau.net> | 2011-02-17 00:04:31 +0100 |
| commit | 0fa904c9d845d4a47372e619067e21991bb39b06 (patch) | |
| tree | 90243a98ce289eed8f2a8de30711bb71005230eb /doc/encoders.texi | |
| parent | 009026efb1e3b3a5f05fd9934019a6300b25f364 (diff) | |
documentation: add encoders chapter
Signed-off-by: Janne Grunau <janne-ffmpeg@jannau.net>
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diff --git a/doc/encoders.texi b/doc/encoders.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cab98fb0bd --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/encoders.texi @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +@chapter Encoders +@c man begin ENCODERS + +Encoders are configured elements in FFmpeg which allow the encoding of +multimedia streams. + +When you configure your FFmpeg build, all the supported native encoders +are enabled by default. Encoders requiring an external library must be enabled +manually via the corresponding @code{--enable-lib} option. You can list all +available encoders using the configure option @code{--list-encoders}. + +You can disable all the encoders with the configure option +@code{--disable-encoders} and selectively enable / disable single encoders +with the options @code{--enable-encoder=@var{ENCODER}} / +@code{--disable-encoder=@var{ENCODER}}. + +The option @code{-codecs} of the ff* tools will display the list of +enabled encoders. + +@c man end ENCODERS |