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Note that you may need to escape the character "|" which is special for
many shells.
+@section data
+
+Data in-line in the URI. See @url{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_URI_scheme}.
+
+For example, to convert a GIF file given inline with @command{ffmpeg}:
+@example
+ffmpeg -i "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhCAAIAMIEAAAAAAAA//8AAP//AP///////////////ywAAAAACAAIAAADF0gEDLojDgdGiJdJqUX02iB4E8Q9jUMkADs=" smiley.png
+@end example
+
@section file
File access protocol.