From c778a9657dc8a425ac65f89d81d64709f2090a9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tobias Rapp Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 11:17:39 +0100 Subject: doc/muxers: add AVI muxer documentation Reviewed-by: Michael Niedermayer Signed-off-by: Tobias Rapp --- doc/muxers.texi | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/muxers.texi') diff --git a/doc/muxers.texi b/doc/muxers.texi index 26a8f2dbc3..4372078585 100644 --- a/doc/muxers.texi +++ b/doc/muxers.texi @@ -57,6 +57,39 @@ fragmentation or muxer overhead depending on your source. Default value is @end table +@anchor{avi} +@section avi + +Audio Video Interleaved muxer. + +@subsection Options + +It accepts the following options: + +@table @option +@item reserve_index_space +Reserve the specified amount of bytes for the OpenDML master index of each +stream within the file header. By default additional master indexes are +embedded within the data packets if there is no space left in the first master +index and are linked together as a chain of indexes. This index structure can +cause problems for some use cases, e.g. third-party software strictly relying +on the OpenDML index specification or when file seeking is slow. Reserving +enough index space in the file header avoids these problems. + +The required index space depends on the output file size and should be about 16 +bytes per gigabyte. When this option is omitted or set to zero the necessary +index space is guessed. + +@item write_channel_mask +Write the channel layout mask into the audio stream header. + +This option is enabled by default. Disabling the channel mask can be useful in +specific scenarios, e.g. when merging multiple audio streams into one for +compatibility with software that only supports a single audio stream in AVI +(see @ref{amerge,,the "amerge" section in the ffmpeg-filters manual,ffmpeg-filters}). + +@end table + @anchor{chromaprint} @section chromaprint -- cgit v1.2.3