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@chapter Protocols
@c man begin PROTOCOLS
-Protocols are configured elements in Libav which allow to access
+Protocols are configured elements in FFmpeg which allow to access
resources which require the use of a particular protocol.
-When you configure your Libav build, all the supported protocols are
+When you configure your FFmpeg build, all the supported protocols are
enabled by default. You can list all available ones using the
configure option "--list-protocols".
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ resource to be concatenated, each one possibly specifying a distinct
protocol.
For example to read a sequence of files @file{split1.mpeg},
-@file{split2.mpeg}, @file{split3.mpeg} with @file{avplay} use the
+@file{split2.mpeg}, @file{split3.mpeg} with @command{ffplay} use the
command:
@example
-avplay concat:split1.mpeg\|split2.mpeg\|split3.mpeg
+ffplay concat:split1.mpeg\|split2.mpeg\|split3.mpeg
@end example
Note that you may need to escape the character "|" which is special for
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ File access protocol.
Allow to read from or read to a file.
-For example to read from a file @file{input.mpeg} with @command{avconv}
+For example to read from a file @file{input.mpeg} with @command{ffmpeg}
use the command:
@example
-avconv -i file:input.mpeg output.mpeg
+ffmpeg -i file:input.mpeg output.mpeg
@end example
The ff* tools default to the file protocol, that is a resource
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ be used to test muxers without writing an actual file.
Some examples follow.
@example
# Write the MD5 hash of the encoded AVI file to the file output.avi.md5.
-avconv -i input.flv -f avi -y md5:output.avi.md5
+ffmpeg -i input.flv -f avi -y md5:output.avi.md5
# Write the MD5 hash of the encoded AVI file to stdout.
-avconv -i input.flv -f avi -y md5:
+ffmpeg -i input.flv -f avi -y md5:
@end example
Note that some formats (typically MOV) require the output protocol to
@@ -138,18 +138,18 @@ pipe (e.g. 0 for stdin, 1 for stdout, 2 for stderr). If @var{number}
is not specified, by default the stdout file descriptor will be used
for writing, stdin for reading.
-For example to read from stdin with @command{avconv}:
+For example to read from stdin with @command{ffmpeg}:
@example
-cat test.wav | avconv -i pipe:0
+cat test.wav | ffmpeg -i pipe:0
# ...this is the same as...
-cat test.wav | avconv -i pipe:
+cat test.wav | ffmpeg -i pipe:
@end example
-For writing to stdout with @command{avconv}:
+For writing to stdout with @command{ffmpeg}:
@example
-avconv -i test.wav -f avi pipe:1 | cat > test.avi
+ffmpeg -i test.wav -f avi pipe:1 | cat > test.avi
# ...this is the same as...
-avconv -i test.wav -f avi pipe: | cat > test.avi
+ffmpeg -i test.wav -f avi pipe: | cat > test.avi
@end example
Note that some formats (typically MOV), require the output protocol to
@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@ application specified in @var{app}, may be prefixed by "mp4:".
@end table
-For example to read with @file{avplay} a multimedia resource named
+For example to read with @command{ffplay} a multimedia resource named
"sample" from the application "vod" from an RTMP server "myserver":
@example
-avplay rtmp://myserver/vod/sample
+ffplay rtmp://myserver/vod/sample
@end example
@section rtmp, rtmpe, rtmps, rtmpt, rtmpte
@@ -223,14 +223,14 @@ meaning as specified for the RTMP native protocol.
See the librtmp manual page (man 3 librtmp) for more information.
For example, to stream a file in real-time to an RTMP server using
-@command{avconv}:
+@command{ffmpeg}:
@example
-avconv -re -i myfile -f flv rtmp://myserver/live/mystream
+ffmpeg -re -i myfile -f flv rtmp://myserver/live/mystream
@end example
-To play the same stream using @file{avplay}:
+To play the same stream using @command{ffplay}:
@example
-avplay "rtmp://myserver/live/mystream live=1"
+ffplay "rtmp://myserver/live/mystream live=1"
@end example
@section rtp
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ The required syntax for a RTSP url is:
rtsp://@var{hostname}[:@var{port}]/@var{path}
@end example
-The following options (set on the @command{avconv}/@file{avplay} command
+The following options (set on the @command{ffmpeg}/@command{ffplay} command
line, or set in code via @code{AVOption}s or in @code{avformat_open_input}),
are supported:
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ When receiving data over UDP, the demuxer tries to reorder received packets
order for this to be enabled, a maximum delay must be specified in the
@code{max_delay} field of AVFormatContext.
-When watching multi-bitrate Real-RTSP streams with @file{avplay}, the
+When watching multi-bitrate Real-RTSP streams with @command{ffplay}, the
streams to display can be chosen with @code{-vst} @var{n} and
@code{-ast} @var{n} for video and audio respectively, and can be switched
on the fly by pressing @code{v} and @code{a}.
@@ -302,19 +302,19 @@ Example command lines:
To watch a stream over UDP, with a max reordering delay of 0.5 seconds:
@example
-avplay -max_delay 500000 -rtsp_transport udp rtsp://server/video.mp4
+ffplay -max_delay 500000 -rtsp_transport udp rtsp://server/video.mp4
@end example
To watch a stream tunneled over HTTP:
@example
-avplay -rtsp_transport http rtsp://server/video.mp4
+ffplay -rtsp_transport http rtsp://server/video.mp4
@end example
To send a stream in realtime to a RTSP server, for others to watch:
@example
-avconv -re -i @var{input} -f rtsp -muxdelay 0.1 rtsp://server/live.sdp
+ffmpeg -re -i @var{input} -f rtsp -muxdelay 0.1 rtsp://server/live.sdp
@end example
@section sap
@@ -366,19 +366,19 @@ Example command lines follow.
To broadcast a stream on the local subnet, for watching in VLC:
@example
-avconv -re -i @var{input} -f sap sap://224.0.0.255?same_port=1
+ffmpeg -re -i @var{input} -f sap sap://224.0.0.255?same_port=1
@end example
-Similarly, for watching in avplay:
+Similarly, for watching in @command{ffplay}:
@example
-avconv -re -i @var{input} -f sap sap://224.0.0.255
+ffmpeg -re -i @var{input} -f sap sap://224.0.0.255
@end example
-And for watching in avplay, over IPv6:
+And for watching in @command{ffplay}, over IPv6:
@example
-avconv -re -i @var{input} -f sap sap://[ff0e::1:2:3:4]
+ffmpeg -re -i @var{input} -f sap sap://[ff0e::1:2:3:4]
@end example
@subsection Demuxer
@@ -400,13 +400,13 @@ Example command lines follow.
To play back the first stream announced on the normal SAP multicast address:
@example
-avplay sap://
+ffplay sap://
@end example
To play back the first stream announced on one the default IPv6 SAP multicast address:
@example
-avplay sap://[ff0e::2:7ffe]
+ffplay sap://[ff0e::2:7ffe]
@end example
@section tcp
@@ -424,8 +424,8 @@ tcp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}[?@var{options}]
Listen for an incoming connection
@example
-avconv -i @var{input} -f @var{format} tcp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}?listen
-avplay tcp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}
+ffmpeg -i @var{input} -f @var{format} tcp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}?listen
+ffplay tcp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}
@end example
@end table
@@ -476,21 +476,21 @@ For receiving, this gives the benefit of only receiving packets from
the specified peer address/port.
@end table
-Some usage examples of the udp protocol with @command{avconv} follow.
+Some usage examples of the udp protocol with @command{ffmpeg} follow.
To stream over UDP to a remote endpoint:
@example
-avconv -i @var{input} -f @var{format} udp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}
+ffmpeg -i @var{input} -f @var{format} udp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}
@end example
To stream in mpegts format over UDP using 188 sized UDP packets, using a large input buffer:
@example
-avconv -i @var{input} -f mpegts udp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}?pkt_size=188&buffer_size=65535
+ffmpeg -i @var{input} -f mpegts udp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}?pkt_size=188&buffer_size=65535
@end example
To receive over UDP from a remote endpoint:
@example
-avconv -i udp://[@var{multicast-address}]:@var{port}
+ffmpeg -i udp://[@var{multicast-address}]:@var{port}
@end example
@c man end PROTOCOLS