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author | Leo Izen <leo.izen@gmail.com> | 2021-01-03 12:13:35 -0500 |
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committer | Leo Izen <leo.izen@gmail.com> | 2021-01-07 09:15:29 -0500 |
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manpage: document off-by-one loop-file behavior
loop-file counts the number of zero-seeks, not playthroughs,
which makes its counter off by one compared to loop-playlist.
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diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst index 3beda8b00d..16625fe0c4 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/options.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst @@ -392,6 +392,11 @@ Playback Control difference between the two option is that this option performs a seek on loop, instead of reloading the file. + Note that ``--loop-file`` counts the number of times it causes the player to + seek to the beginning of the file, not the number of full playthroughs. This + means ``--loop-file=1`` will end up playing the file twice. Contrast with + ``--loop-playlist``, which counts the number of full playthroughs. + ``--loop`` is an alias for this option. ``--ab-loop-a=<time>``, ``--ab-loop-b=<time>`` |