@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ version <next>:
- VAAPI AV1 encoder
- ffprobe XML output schema changed to account for multiple
variable-fields elements within the same parent element
+- ffprobe -output_format option added as an alias of -of
version 6.0:
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ ffprobe will show it.
ffprobe output is designed to be easily parsable by a textual filter,
and consists of one or more sections of a form defined by the selected
-writer, which is specified by the @option{print_format} option.
+writer, which is specified by the @option{output_format} option.
Sections may contain other nested sections, and are identified by a
name (which may be shared by other sections), and an unique
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Use sexagesimal format HH:MM:SS.MICROSECONDS for time values.
Prettify the format of the displayed values, it corresponds to the
options "-unit -prefix -byte_binary_prefix -sexagesimal".
-@item -of, -print_format @var{writer_name}[=@var{writer_options}]
+@item -output_format, -of, -print_format @var{writer_name}[=@var{writer_options}]
Set the output printing format.
@var{writer_name} specifies the name of the writer, and
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Set the output printing format.
For example for printing the output in JSON format, specify:
@example
--print_format json
+-output_format json
@end example
For more details on the available output printing formats, see the
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static int show_private_data = 1;
#define SHOW_OPTIONAL_FIELDS_ALWAYS 1
static int show_optional_fields = SHOW_OPTIONAL_FIELDS_AUTO;
-static char *print_format;
+static char *output_format;
static char *stream_specifier;
static char *show_data_hash;
@@ -4094,9 +4094,10 @@ static const OptionDef real_options[] = {
"use sexagesimal format HOURS:MM:SS.MICROSECONDS for time units" },
{ "pretty", 0, {.func_arg = opt_pretty},
"prettify the format of displayed values, make it more human readable" },
- { "print_format", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &print_format },
+ { "output_format", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &output_format },
"set the output printing format (available formats are: default, compact, csv, flat, ini, json, xml)", "format" },
- { "of", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &print_format }, "alias for -print_format", "format" },
+ { "print_format", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &output_format }, "alias for -output_format (deprecated)" },
+ { "of", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &output_format }, "alias for -output_format", "format" },
{ "select_streams", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &stream_specifier }, "select the specified streams", "stream_specifier" },
{ "sections", OPT_EXIT, {.func_arg = opt_sections}, "print sections structure and section information, and exit" },
{ "show_data", OPT_BOOL, { &do_show_data }, "show packets data" },
@@ -4217,13 +4218,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
writer_register_all();
- if (!print_format)
- print_format = av_strdup("default");
- if (!print_format) {
+ if (!output_format)
+ output_format = av_strdup("default");
+ if (!output_format) {
ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
goto end;
}
- w_name = av_strtok(print_format, "=", &buf);
+ w_name = av_strtok(output_format, "=", &buf);
if (!w_name) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR,
"No name specified for the output format\n");
@@ -4292,7 +4293,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
}
end:
- av_freep(&print_format);
+ av_freep(&output_format);
av_freep(&read_intervals);
av_hash_freep(&hash);