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authorwm4 <wm4@nowhere>2013-06-16 22:07:48 +0200
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Adjust the brightness of the video signal (default: 0). Not supported by
all video output drivers.
---cache=<kBytes>
- Enable caching of the input stream (if not already enabled) and set the
- size of the cache in kilobytes. Caching is enabled by default (with a
- default cache size) for network streams. May be useful when playing files
- from slow media, but can also have negative effects, especially with file
- formats that require a lot of seeking, such as mp4. See also ``--no-cache``.
+--cache=<kBytes|no|auto>
+ Set the size of the cache in kilobytes, disable it with ``no``, or
+ automatically enable it if needed with ``auto`` (default: ``auto``).
+ With ``auto``, the cache will usually be enabled for network streams,
+ using a default size.
+
+ May be useful when playing files from slow media, but can also have
+ negative effects, especially with file formats that require a lot of
+ seeking, such as mp4.
Note that half the cache size will be used to allow fast seeking back. This
is also the reason why a full cache is usually reported as 50% full. The
@@ -315,6 +318,12 @@
filled to this position rather than performing a stream seek (default:
50).
+ This matters for small forward seeks. With slow streams (especially http
+ streams) there is a tradeoff between skipping the data between current
+ position and seek destination, or performing an actual seek. Depending
+ on the situation, either of these might be slower than the other method.
+ This option allows control over this.
+
--cdda=<option1:option2>
This option can be used to tune the CD Audio reading feature of mpv.