@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
CMDUTILS_COMMON_OPTIONS
{ "f", OPT_TYPE_STRING, OPT_OFFSET | OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,
{ .off = OFFSET(format) },
- "force format", "fmt" },
+ "force container format (auto-detected otherwise)", "fmt" },
{ "y", OPT_TYPE_BOOL, 0,
{ &file_overwrite },
"overwrite output files" },
@@ -1494,11 +1494,11 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
"allow recasting stream type in order to force a decoder of different media type" },
{ "c", OPT_TYPE_STRING, OPT_PERSTREAM | OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT | OPT_HAS_CANON,
{ .off = OFFSET(codec_names) },
- "codec name", "codec",
+ "select encoder/decoder ('copy' to copy stream without reencoding)", "codec",
.u1.name_canon = "codec", },
{ "codec", OPT_TYPE_STRING, OPT_PERSTREAM | OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_HAS_ALT,
{ .off = OFFSET(codec_names) },
- "codec name", "codec",
+ "alias for -c (select encoder/decoder)", "codec",
.u1.names_alt = alt_codec, },
{ "pre", OPT_TYPE_STRING, OPT_PERSTREAM | OPT_OUTPUT | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_HAS_ALT,
{ .off = OFFSET(presets) },
@@ -1517,17 +1517,18 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
"set chapters mapping", "input_file_index" },
{ "t", OPT_TYPE_TIME, OPT_OFFSET | OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,
{ .off = OFFSET(recording_time) },
- "record or transcode \"duration\" seconds of audio/video",
+ "stop transcoding after specified duration",
"duration" },
{ "to", OPT_TYPE_TIME, OPT_OFFSET | OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,
{ .off = OFFSET(stop_time) },
- "record or transcode stop time", "time_stop" },
+ "stop transcoding after specified time is reached",
+ "time_stop" },
{ "fs", OPT_TYPE_INT64, OPT_OFFSET | OPT_OUTPUT | OPT_EXPERT,
{ .off = OFFSET(limit_filesize) },
"set the limit file size in bytes", "limit_size" },
{ "ss", OPT_TYPE_TIME, OPT_OFFSET | OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,
{ .off = OFFSET(start_time) },
- "set the start time offset", "time_off" },
+ "start transcoding at specified time", "time_off" },
{ "sseof", OPT_TYPE_TIME, OPT_OFFSET | OPT_INPUT | OPT_EXPERT,
{ .off = OFFSET(start_time_eof) },
"set the start time offset relative to EOF", "time_off" },
@@ -1551,7 +1552,7 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
"set the recording timestamp ('now' to set the current time)", "time" },
{ "metadata", OPT_TYPE_STRING, OPT_SPEC | OPT_OUTPUT,
{ .off = OFFSET(metadata) },
- "add metadata", "string=string" },
+ "add metadata", "key=value" },
{ "program", OPT_TYPE_STRING, OPT_SPEC | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_OUTPUT,
{ .off = OFFSET(program) },
"add program with specified streams", "title=string:st=number..." },
@@ -1659,7 +1660,7 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
"set profile", "profile" },
{ "filter", OPT_TYPE_STRING, OPT_PERSTREAM | OPT_OUTPUT | OPT_HAS_ALT,
{ .off = OFFSET(filters) },
- "set stream filtergraph", "filter_graph",
+ "apply specified filters to audio/video", "filter_graph",
.u1.names_alt = alt_filter, },
{ "filter_threads", OPT_TYPE_FUNC, OPT_FUNC_ARG | OPT_EXPERT,
{ .func_arg = opt_filter_threads },
@@ -1751,7 +1752,7 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
.u1.name_canon = "frames", },
{ "r", OPT_TYPE_STRING, OPT_VIDEO | OPT_PERSTREAM | OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,
{ .off = OFFSET(frame_rates) },
- "set frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation)", "rate" },
+ "override input framerate/convert to given output framerate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation)", "rate" },
{ "fpsmax", OPT_TYPE_STRING, OPT_VIDEO | OPT_PERSTREAM | OPT_OUTPUT | OPT_EXPERT,
{ .off = OFFSET(max_frame_rates) },
"set max frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation)", "rate" },
@@ -1784,7 +1785,7 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
"rate control override for specific intervals", "override" },
{ "vcodec", OPT_TYPE_FUNC, OPT_VIDEO | OPT_FUNC_ARG | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT | OPT_HAS_CANON,
{ .func_arg = opt_video_codec },
- "force video codec ('copy' to copy stream)", "codec",
+ "alias for -c:v (select encoder/decoder for video streams)", "codec",
.u1.name_canon = "codec", },
{ "timecode", OPT_TYPE_FUNC, OPT_VIDEO | OPT_FUNC_ARG | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_OUTPUT | OPT_EXPERT,
{ .func_arg = opt_timecode },
@@ -1806,7 +1807,7 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
"Version of the vstats format to use."},
{ "vf", OPT_TYPE_FUNC, OPT_VIDEO | OPT_FUNC_ARG | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_OUTPUT | OPT_HAS_CANON,
{ .func_arg = opt_video_filters },
- "set video filters", "filter_graph",
+ "alias for -filter:v (apply filters to video streams)", "filter_graph",
.u1.name_canon = "filter", },
{ "intra_matrix", OPT_TYPE_STRING, OPT_VIDEO | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_PERSTREAM | OPT_OUTPUT,
{ .off = OFFSET(intra_matrices) },
@@ -1879,11 +1880,11 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
"disable audio" },
{ "acodec", OPT_TYPE_FUNC, OPT_AUDIO | OPT_FUNC_ARG | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT | OPT_HAS_CANON,
{ .func_arg = opt_audio_codec },
- "force audio codec ('copy' to copy stream)", "codec",
+ "alias for -c:a (select encoder/decoder for audio streams)", "codec",
.u1.name_canon = "codec", },
{ "ab", OPT_TYPE_FUNC, OPT_AUDIO | OPT_FUNC_ARG | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_OUTPUT,
{ .func_arg = opt_bitrate },
- "audio bitrate (please use -b:a)", "bitrate" },
+ "alias for -b:a (select bitrate for audio streams)", "bitrate" },
{ "atag", OPT_TYPE_FUNC, OPT_AUDIO | OPT_FUNC_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_OUTPUT | OPT_HAS_CANON,
{ .func_arg = opt_old2new },
"force audio tag/fourcc", "fourcc/tag",
@@ -1901,7 +1902,7 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
.u1.name_canon = "channel_layout", },
{ "af", OPT_TYPE_FUNC, OPT_AUDIO | OPT_FUNC_ARG | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_OUTPUT | OPT_HAS_CANON,
{ .func_arg = opt_audio_filters },
- "set audio filters", "filter_graph",
+ "alias for -filter:a (apply filters to audio streams)", "filter_graph",
.u1.name_canon = "filter", },
{ "guess_layout_max", OPT_TYPE_INT, OPT_AUDIO | OPT_PERSTREAM | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_INPUT,
{ .off = OFFSET(guess_layout_max) },
@@ -1913,7 +1914,7 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
"disable subtitle" },
{ "scodec", OPT_TYPE_FUNC, OPT_SUBTITLE | OPT_FUNC_ARG | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT | OPT_HAS_CANON,
{ .func_arg = opt_subtitle_codec },
- "force subtitle codec ('copy' to copy stream)", "codec",
+ "alias for -c:s (select encoder/decoder for subtitle streams)", "codec",
.u1.name_canon = "codec", },
{ "stag", OPT_TYPE_FUNC, OPT_SUBTITLE | OPT_FUNC_ARG | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_OUTPUT | OPT_HAS_CANON,
{ .func_arg = opt_old2new }
@@ -1978,7 +1979,7 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
/* data codec support */
{ "dcodec", OPT_TYPE_FUNC, OPT_FUNC_ARG | OPT_DATA | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_EXPERT | OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT | OPT_HAS_CANON,
{ .func_arg = opt_data_codec },
- "force data codec ('copy' to copy stream)", "codec",
+ "alias for -c:d (select encoder/decoder for data streams)", "codec",
.u1.name_canon = "codec", },
{ "dn", OPT_TYPE_BOOL, OPT_DATA | OPT_OFFSET | OPT_INPUT | OPT_OUTPUT,
{ .off = OFFSET(data_disable) }, "disable data" },