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diff --git a/doc/ffmpeg.texi b/doc/ffmpeg.texi index 1ee42d82b4..905e5f31a3 100644 --- a/doc/ffmpeg.texi +++ b/doc/ffmpeg.texi @@ -1253,17 +1253,15 @@ composed of three digits padded with zeroes to express the sequence number. It is the same syntax supported by the C printf function, but only formats accepting a normal integer are suitable. -When importing an image sequence, -i also supports expanding shell-like -wildcard patterns (globbing) internally. To lower the chance of interfering -with your actual file names and the shell's glob expansion, you are required -to activate glob meta characters by prefixing them with a single @code{%} -character, like in @code{foo-%*.jpeg}, @code{foo-%?%?%?.jpeg} or -@code{foo-00%[234%]%*.jpeg}. -If your filename actually contains a character sequence of a @code{%} character -followed by a glob character, you must double the @code{%} character to escape -it. Imagine your files begin with @code{%?-foo-}, then you could use a glob -pattern like @code{%%?-foo-%*.jpeg}. For input patterns that could be both a -printf or a glob pattern, ffmpeg will assume it is a glob pattern. +When importing an image sequence, -i also supports expanding +shell-like wildcard patterns (globbing) internally, by selecting the +image2-specific @code{-pattern_type glob} option. + +For example, for creating a video from filenames matching the glob pattern +@code{foo-*.jpeg}: +@example +ffmpeg -f image2 -pattern_type glob -i 'foo-*.jpeg' -r 12 -s WxH foo.avi +@end example @item You can put many streams of the same type in the output: |