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diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/options.rst b/DOCS/man/en/options.rst index 43482b5c70..c805e04002 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/en/options.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/en/options.rst @@ -103,9 +103,6 @@ configuration files specifying a list of fallbacks may make sense. See `audio_outputs` for details and descriptions of available drivers. ---ar, --no-ar - Enable/disable AppleIR remote support. Enabled by default. - --aspect=<ratio> Override movie aspect ratio, in case aspect information is incorrect or missing in the file being played. See also ``--no-aspect``. @@ -299,11 +296,6 @@ Some Blu-ray discs contain scenes that can be viewed from multiple angles. Here you can tell mpv which angles to use (default: 1). ---bluray-chapter=<ID> - (Blu-ray only) - Tells mpv which Blu-ray chapter to start the current title from - (default: 1). - --bluray-device=<path> (Blu-ray only) Specify the Blu-ray disc location. Must be a directory with Blu-ray @@ -324,6 +316,12 @@ 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``. + 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 + cache fill display does not include the part of the cache reserved for + seeking back. Likewise, when starting a file the cache will be at 100%, + because no space is reserved for seeking back yet. + --cache-pause=<no|percentage> If the cache percentage goes below the specified value, pause and wait until the percentage set by ``--cache-min`` is reached, then resume @@ -651,7 +649,10 @@ *NOTE*: Practical use of this feature is questionable. Disabled by default. --frames=<number> - Play/convert only first <number> frames, then quit. + Play/convert only first <number> video frames, then quit. For audio only, + run <number> iteration of the playback loop, which is most likely not what + you want. (This behavior also applies to the corner case when there are + less video frames than <number>, and audio is longer than the video.) --fullscreen, --fs Fullscreen playback (centers movie, and paints black bands around it). @@ -786,7 +787,8 @@ --heartbeat-cmd Command that is executed every 30 seconds during playback via *system()* - - i.e. using the shell. + i.e. using the shell. The time between the commands can be customized with + the ``--heartbeat-interval`` option. *NOTE*: mpv uses this command without any checking. It is your responsibility to ensure it does not cause security problems (e.g. make @@ -805,6 +807,9 @@ *EXAMPLE for GNOME screensaver*: ``mpv --heartbeat-cmd="gnome-screensaver-command -p" file`` +--heartbeat-interval=<sec> + Time between ``--heartbeat-cmd`` invocations in seconds (default: 30). + --help Show short summary of options. @@ -875,7 +880,7 @@ --idle Makes mpv wait idly instead of quitting when there is no file to play. Mostly useful in slave mode where mpv can be controlled through input - commands (see also ``--slave``). + commands (see also ``--slave-broken``). --idx Rebuilds index of files if no index was found, allowing seeking. Useful @@ -907,10 +912,6 @@ Specify input configuration file other than the default ``~/.mpv/input.conf``. ---input-ar-dev=<device> - Device to be used for Apple IR Remote (default is autodetected, Linux - only). - --input-ar-delay Delay in milliseconds before we start to autorepeat a key (0 to disable). @@ -932,7 +933,7 @@ --input-file=<filename> Read commands from the given file. Mostly useful with a FIFO. - See also ``--slave``. + See also ``--slave-broken``. *NOTE*: When the given file is a FIFO mpv opens both ends so you can do several `echo "seek 10" > mp_pipe` and the pipe will stay @@ -1169,6 +1170,29 @@ :fps=<value>: output fps (default: 25) :type=<value>: input file type (available: jpeg, png, tga, sgi) +--mkv-subtitle-preroll + Try harder to show embedded soft subtitles when seeking somewhere. Normally, + it can happen that the subtitle at the seek target is not shown due to how + some container file formats are designed. The subtitles appear only if + seeking before or exactly to the position a subtitle first appears. To + make this worse, subtitles are often timed to appear a very small amount + before the associated video frame, so that seeking to the video frame + typically does not demux the subtitle at that position. + + Enabling this option makes the demuxer start reading data a bit before the + seek target, so that subtitles appear correctly. Note that this makes + seeking slower, and is not guaranteed to always work. It only works if the + subtitle is close enough to the seek target. + + Works with the internal Matroska demuxer only. Always enabled for absolute + and hr-seeks, and this option changes behavior with relative or imprecise + seeks only. + + See also ``--hr-seek-demuxer-offset`` option. This option can achieve a + similar effect, but only if hr-seek is active. It works with any demuxer, + but makes seeking much slower, as it has to decode audio and video data, + instead of just skipping over it. + --mixer=<device> Use a mixer device different from the default ``/dev/mixer``. For ALSA this is the mixer name. @@ -1248,6 +1272,12 @@ --name Set the window class name for X11-based video output methods. +--native-keyrepeat + Use system settings for keyrepeat delay and rate, instead of + ``--input-ar-delay`` and ``--input-ar-rate``. (Whether this applies + depends on the VO backend and how it handles keyboard input. Does not + apply to terminal input.) + --avi-ni (Internal AVI demuxer which is not used by default only) Force usage of non-interleaved AVI parser (fixes playback of some bad AVI @@ -1312,15 +1342,25 @@ prefixes, see ``Input command prefixes``. If you want to disable the OSD completely, use ``--osd-level=0``. ---osd-bar-align-x=<-1..1> +--osd-bar-align-x=<-1-1> Position of the OSD bar. -1 is far left, 0 is centered, 1 is far right. ---osd-bar-align-y=<-1..1> +--osd-bar-align-y=<-1-1> Position of the OSD bar. -1 is top, 0 is centered, 1 is bottom. +--osd-bar-w=<1-100> + Width of the OSD bar, in percentage of the screen width (default: 75). + A value of 0.5 means the bar is half the screen wide. + +--osd-bar-h=<0.1-50> + Height of the OSD bar, in percentage of the screen height (default: 3.125). + --osd-back-color=<#RRGGBB>, --sub-text-back-color=<#RRGGBB> See ``--osd-color``. Color used for OSD/sub text background. +--osd-blur=<0..20.0>, --sub-text-blur=<0..20.0> + Gaussian blur factor. 0 means no blur applied (default). + --osd-border-color=<#RRGGBB>, --sub-text-border-color=<#RRGGBB> See ``--osd-color``. Color used for the OSD/sub font border. @@ -1452,7 +1492,7 @@ *WARNING*: works with the deprecated ``mp_http://`` protocol only. --playing-msg=<string> - Print out a string before starting playback. The string is expanded for + Print out a string after starting playback. The string is expanded for properties, e.g. ``--playing-msg=file: ${filename}`` will print the string ``file:`` followed by a space and the currently played filename. @@ -1697,9 +1737,6 @@ *EXAMPLE*: - - ``mpv foreman.qcif --demuxer=rawvideo --rawvideo=qcif`` Play the - famous "foreman" sample video. - - ``mpv sample-720x576.yuv --demuxer=rawvideo --rawvideo=w=720:h=576`` Play a raw YUV sample. @@ -1709,6 +1746,30 @@ --referrer=<string> Specify a referrer path or URL for HTTP requests. +--reset-on-next-file=<all|option1,option2,...> + Normally, mpv will try to keep all settings when playing the next file on + the playlist, even if they were changed by the user during playback. (This + behavior is the opposite of MPlayer's, which tries to reset all settings + when starting next file.) + + This can be changed with this option. It accepts a list of options, and + mpv will reset the value of these options on playback start to the initial + value. The initial value is either the default value, or as set by the + config file or command line. + + In some cases, this might not work as expected. For example, ``--volume`` + will only be reset the volume if it's explicitly set in the config file + or the command line. + + The special name ``all`` resets as many options as possible. + + *EXAMPLE*: + + - ``--reset-on-next-file=fullscreen,speed`` Reset fullscreen and playback + speed settings if they were changed during playback. + - ``--reset-on-next-file=all`` Try to reset all settings that were changed + during playback. + --reuse-socket (udp:// only) Allows a socket to be reused by other processes as soon as it is closed. @@ -2341,9 +2402,6 @@ Set the startup volume. A value of -1 (the default) will not change the volume. See also ``--softvol``. ---no-vsync - Tries to disable vsync. (Effective with some video outputs only.) - --wid=<ID> (X11 and win32 only) This tells mpv to attach to an existing window. The ID is interpreted as |