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diff --git a/doc/outdevs.texi b/doc/outdevs.texi index 938909c784..371d63a116 100644 --- a/doc/outdevs.texi +++ b/doc/outdevs.texi @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ @chapter Output Devices @c man begin OUTPUT DEVICES -Output devices are configured elements in Libav which allow to write +Output devices are configured elements in FFmpeg which allow to write multimedia data to an output device attached to your system. -When you configure your Libav build, all the supported output devices +When you configure your FFmpeg build, all the supported output devices are enabled by default. You can list all available ones using the configure option "--list-outdevs". @@ -22,10 +22,133 @@ A description of the currently available output devices follows. ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) output device. +@section caca + +CACA output device. + +This output devices allows to show a video stream in CACA window. +Only one CACA window is allowed per application, so you can +have only one instance of this output device in an application. + +To enable this output device you need to configure FFmpeg with +@code{--enable-libcaca}. +libcaca is a graphics library that outputs text instead of pixels. + +For more information about libcaca, check: +@url{http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/libcaca} + +@subsection Options + +@table @option + +@item window_title +Set the CACA window title, if not specified default to the filename +specified for the output device. + +@item window_size +Set the CACA window size, can be a string of the form +@var{width}x@var{height} or a video size abbreviation. +If not specified it defaults to the size of the input video. + +@item driver +Set display driver. + +@item algorithm +Set dithering algorithm. Dithering is necessary +because the picture being rendered has usually far more colours than +the available palette. +The accepted values are listed with @code{-list_dither algorithms}. + +@item antialias +Set antialias method. Antialiasing smoothens the rendered +image and avoids the commonly seen staircase effect. +The accepted values are listed with @code{-list_dither antialiases}. + +@item charset +Set which characters are going to be used when rendering text. +The accepted values are listed with @code{-list_dither charsets}. + +@item color +Set color to be used when rendering text. +The accepted values are listed with @code{-list_dither colors}. + +@item list_drivers +If set to @option{true}, print a list of available drivers and exit. + +@item list_dither +List available dither options related to the argument. +The argument must be one of @code{algorithms}, @code{antialiases}, +@code{charsets}, @code{colors}. +@end table + +@subsection Examples + +@itemize +@item +The following command shows the @command{ffmpeg} output is an +CACA window, forcing its size to 80x25: +@example +ffmpeg -i INPUT -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt rgb24 -window_size 80x25 -f caca - +@end example + +@item +Show the list of available drivers and exit: +@example +ffmpeg -i INPUT -pix_fmt rgb24 -f caca -list_drivers true - +@end example + +@item +Show the list of available dither colors and exit: +@example +ffmpeg -i INPUT -pix_fmt rgb24 -f caca -list_dither colors - +@end example +@end itemize + @section oss OSS (Open Sound System) output device. +@section sdl + +SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) output device. + +This output devices allows to show a video stream in an SDL +window. Only one SDL window is allowed per application, so you can +have only one instance of this output device in an application. + +To enable this output device you need libsdl installed on your system +when configuring your build. + +For more information about SDL, check: +@url{http://www.libsdl.org/} + +@subsection Options + +@table @option + +@item window_title +Set the SDL window title, if not specified default to the filename +specified for the output device. + +@item icon_title +Set the name of the iconified SDL window, if not specified it is set +to the same value of @var{window_title}. + +@item window_size +Set the SDL window size, can be a string of the form +@var{width}x@var{height} or a video size abbreviation. +If not specified it defaults to the size of the input video, +downscaled according to the aspect ratio. +@end table + +@subsection Examples + +The following command shows the @command{ffmpeg} output is an +SDL window, forcing its size to the qcif format: +@example +ffmpeg -i INPUT -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -window_size qcif -f sdl "SDL output" +@end example + @section sndio sndio audio output device. |