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authorAnton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net>2012-08-11 15:23:22 +0200
committerAnton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net>2012-08-18 08:48:30 +0200
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cmdutils: refactor -codecs option.
Make it print a list of AVCodecDescriptors. Add new -decoders and -encoders options that print lists of decoders and encoders respectively.
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diff --git a/doc/avtools-common-opts.texi b/doc/avtools-common-opts.texi
index 0be9cf0634..375e4b041c 100644
--- a/doc/avtools-common-opts.texi
+++ b/doc/avtools-common-opts.texi
@@ -69,23 +69,16 @@ Encoding available
@end table
@item -codecs
-Show available codecs.
+Show all codecs known to libavcodec.
-The fields preceding the codec names have the following meanings:
-@table @samp
-@item D
-Decoding available
-@item E
-Encoding available
-@item V/A/S
-Video/audio/subtitle codec
-@item S
-Codec supports slices
-@item D
-Codec supports direct rendering
-@item T
-Codec can handle input truncated at random locations instead of only at frame boundaries
-@end table
+Note that the term 'codec' is used throughout this documentation as a shortcut
+for what is more correctly called a media bitstream format.
+
+@item -decoders
+Show available decoders.
+
+@item -encoders
+Show all available encoders.
@item -bsfs
Show available bitstream filters.