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authorwm4 <wm4@nowhere>2017-08-14 20:01:08 +0200
committerwm4 <wm4@nowhere>2017-08-14 20:01:08 +0200
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options: change --loop semantics
As announced by the previous deprecation.
Diffstat (limited to 'DOCS')
-rw-r--r--DOCS/interface-changes.rst3
-rw-r--r--DOCS/man/options.rst8
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
index 2163fc4066..e3ef936551 100644
--- a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
+++ b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ Interface changes
weird behavior.
- add --track-auto-selection to help with scripts/applications that
make exclusive use of --lavfi-complex.
+ - undeprecate --loop, and map it from --loop-playlist to --loop-file (the
+ deprecation was to make sure no API user gets broken by a sudden behavior
+ change)
--- mpv 0.26.0 ---
- remove remaining deprecated audio device options, like --alsa-device
Some of them were removed in earlier releases.
diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index 3de554f07c..79a4d52568 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -299,11 +299,7 @@ Playback Control
time trying to loop a file that doesn't exist. But it might be useful for
playing webradios under very bad network conditions.
-``--loop``
- Currently a deprecated alias to ``--loop-playlist``. After a deprecation
- period, it will be undeprecated, but changed to alias ``--loop-file``.
-
-``--loop-file=<N|inf|no>``
+``--loop-file=<N|inf|no>``, ``--loop=<N|inf|no>``
Loop a single file N times. ``inf`` means forever, ``no`` means normal
playback. For compatibility, ``--loop-file`` and ``--loop-file=yes`` are
also accepted, and are the same as ``--loop-file=inf``.
@@ -313,6 +309,8 @@ Playback Control
difference between the two option is that this option performs a seek on
loop, instead of reloading the file.
+ ``--loop`` is an alias for this option.
+
``--ab-loop-a=<time>``, ``--ab-loop-b=<time>``
Set loop points. If playback passes the ``b`` timestamp, it will seek to
the ``a`` timestamp. Seeking past the ``b`` point doesn't loop (this is