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diff --git a/doc/demuxers.texi b/doc/demuxers.texi index 27a9409db9..50b5688388 100644 --- a/doc/demuxers.texi +++ b/doc/demuxers.texi @@ -129,6 +129,25 @@ directive) will be reduced based on their specified In point. Because of potential packets before the specified In point, packet timestamps may overlap between two concatenated files. +@item @code{outpoint @var{timestamp}} +Out point of the file. When the demuxer reaches the specified decoding +timestamp in any of the streams, it handles it as an end of file condition and +skips the current and all the remaining packets from all streams. + +Out point is exclusive, which means that the demuxer will not output packets +with a decoding timestamp greater or equal to Out point. + +This directive works best with intra frame codecs and formats where all streams +are tightly interleaved. For non-intra frame codecs you will usually get +additional packets with presentation timestamp after Out point therefore the +decoded content will most likely contain frames after Out point too. If your +streams are not tightly interleaved you may not get all the packets from all +streams before Out point and you may only will be able to decode the earliest +stream until Out point. + +The duration of the files (if not specified by the @code{duration} +directive) will be reduced based on their specified Out point. + @item @code{stream} Introduce a stream in the virtual file. All subsequent stream-related directives apply to the last introduced |