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@@ -382,7 +382,8 @@
format is RGB (if the video output driver supports RGB output, you can
force this with ``-vf scale,format=rgba``).
- If this option is set to ``auto`` (which is the default), the color space
+ If this option is set to ``auto`` (which is the default), the video's
+ color space flag will be used. If that flag is unset, the color space
will be selected automatically. This is done using a simple heuristic that
attempts to distinguish SD and HD video. If the video is larger than
1279x576 pixels, BT.709 (HD) will be used; otherwise BT.601 (SD) is
@@ -404,7 +405,8 @@
--colormatrix-input-range=<color-range>
YUV color levels used with YUV to RGB conversion. This option is only
necessary when playing broken files, which don't follow standard color
- levels.
+ levels or which are flagged wrong. If the video doesn't specify its
+ color range, it is assumed to be limited range.
The same limitations as with --colormatrix apply.