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authorStefano Sabatini <stefasab@gmail.com>2013-01-12 16:16:36 +0100
committerStefano Sabatini <stefasab@gmail.com>2013-01-13 15:09:09 +0100
commit98247e3368fb34eefa8fd4b3ec87e8a564d940bd (patch)
treeadb1153fbf6031f31266c00042b7b032afcdab7b /doc/ffmpeg-formats.texi
parent78e27c44c3c2857a2ed24de551207013edfc42d2 (diff)
lavf: clarify/extend documentation for AVFormatContext::analyzeduration
"analyzeduration" is not used to detect the input duration, but to specify the max probe data duration. Fix option description and related doc entry accordingly.
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@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ Reduce the latency introduced by optional buffering
@end table
@item analyzeduration @var{integer} (@emph{input})
-Specify how many microseconds are analyzed to estimate duration.
+Specify how many microseconds are analyzed to probe the input. A
+higher value will allow to detect more accurate information, but will
+increase latency. It defaults to 5,000,000 microseconds = 5 seconds.
@item cryptokey @var{hexadecimal string} (@emph{input})
Set decryption key.