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authorStefano Sabatini <stefasab@gmail.com>2021-04-18 23:11:01 +0200
committerMarton Balint <cus@passwd.hu>2022-06-13 22:42:55 +0200
commitff07492cd800d2904816f6cf0c0cca21d3ccef1e (patch)
treec44db8a324972f83880ef8a9a007ab45c5e0e8a3 /doc
parent7cae3d8b7685dda77b14aeab3a0fee22547e8f1d (diff)
ffprobe: add -o option
This enables printing to a resource specified with -o OUTPUT. In case the output is not specified, prints to stdout as usual. Address issue: http://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8024 Signed-off-by: Marton Balint <cus@passwd.hu>
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diff --git a/doc/ffprobe.texi b/doc/ffprobe.texi
index c61b8979b1..4dc9f577bb 100644
--- a/doc/ffprobe.texi
+++ b/doc/ffprobe.texi
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ If a url is specified in input, ffprobe will try to open and
probe the url content. If the url cannot be opened or recognized as
a multimedia file, a positive exit code is returned.
+If no output is specified as output with @option{o} ffprobe will write
+to stdout.
+
ffprobe may be employed both as a standalone application or in
combination with a textual filter, which may perform more
sophisticated processing, e.g. statistical processing or plotting.
@@ -348,6 +351,10 @@ on the specific build.
@item -i @var{input_url}
Read @var{input_url}.
+@item -o @var{output_url}
+Write output to @var{output_url}. If not specified, the output is sent
+to stdout.
+
@end table
@c man end