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authorGanesh Ajjanagadde <gajjanagadde@gmail.com>2015-08-11 13:00:46 -0400
committerStefano Sabatini <stefasab@gmail.com>2015-08-12 11:52:40 +0200
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doc/ffmpeg,doc/ffplay: reference timespec definitions
Reference time definition syntax in option descriptions when appropriate. Fixes trac ticket #4595. Signed-off-by: Ganesh Ajjanagadde <gajjanagadde@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Stefano Sabatini <stefasab@gmail.com>
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@@ -47,9 +47,17 @@ Disable video.
@item -sn
Disable subtitles.
@item -ss @var{pos}
-Seek to a given position in seconds.
+Seek to @var{pos}. Note that in most formats it is not possible to seek
+exactly, so @command{ffplay} will seek to the nearest seek point to
+@var{pos}.
+
+@var{pos} must be a time duration specification,
+see @ref{time duration syntax,,the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual,ffmpeg-utils}.
@item -t @var{duration}
-play <duration> seconds of audio/video
+Play @var{duration} seconds of audio/video.
+
+@var{duration} must be a time duration specification,
+see @ref{time duration syntax,,the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual,ffmpeg-utils}.
@item -bytes
Seek by bytes.
@item -nodisp