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@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ You can encode files from one format/codec to another using this facility.
Specifies the output format options for libavformat.
See ``--ofopts=help`` for a full list of supported options.
- Options are managed in lists. There are a few commands to manage the
- options list.
+ This is a key/value list option. See `List Options`_ for details.
- ``--ofopts-add=<options1[,options2,...]>``
- Appends the options given as arguments to the options list.
+ ``--ofopts-add=<option>``
+ Appends the option given as an argument to the options list. (Passing
+ multiple options is currently still possible, but deprecated.)
``--ofopts=""``
Completely empties the options list.
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ You can encode files from one format/codec to another using this facility.
Specifies the output audio codec. See ``--oac=help`` for a full list of
supported codecs.
-``--oaoffset=<value>``
- Shifts audio data by the given time (in seconds) by adding/removing
- samples at the start. Deprecated.
-
``--oacopts=<options>``
Specifies the output audio codec options for libavcodec.
See ``--oacopts=help`` for a full list of supported options.
@@ -41,27 +37,19 @@ You can encode files from one format/codec to another using this facility.
"``--oac=libmp3lame --oacopts=b=128000``"
selects 128 kbps MP3 encoding.
- Options are managed in lists. There are a few commands to manage the
- options list.
+ This is a key/value list option. See `List Options`_ for details.
- ``--oacopts-add=<options1[,options2,...]>``
- Appends the options given as arguments to the options list.
+ ``--oacopts-add=<option>``
+ Appends the option given as an argument to the options list. (Passing
+ multiple options is currently still possible, but deprecated.)
``--oacopts=""``
Completely empties the options list.
-``--oafirst``
- Force the audio stream to become the first stream in the output.
- By default, the order is unspecified. Deprecated.
-
``--ovc=<codec>``
Specifies the output video codec. See ``--ovc=help`` for a full list of
supported codecs.
-``--ovoffset=<value>``
- Shifts video data by the given time (in seconds) by shifting the pts
- values. Deprecated.
-
``--ovcopts=<options>``
Specifies the output video codec options for libavcodec.
See --ovcopts=help for a full list of supported options.
@@ -74,28 +62,23 @@ You can encode files from one format/codec to another using this facility.
``"--ovc=libx264 --ovcopts=crf=23"``
selects VBR quality factor 23 for H.264 encoding.
- Options are managed in lists. There are a few commands to manage the
- options list.
+ This is a key/value list option. See `List Options`_ for details.
- ``--ovcopts-add=<options1[,options2,...]>``
- Appends the options given as arguments to the options list.
+ ``--ovcopts-add=<option>``
+ Appends the option given as an argument to the options list. (Passing
+ multiple options is currently still possible, but deprecated.)
``--ovcopts=""``
Completely empties the options list.
-``--ovfirst``
- Force the video stream to become the first stream in the output.
- By default, the order is unspecified. Deprecated.
-
``--orawts``
Copies input pts to the output video (not supported by some output
container formats, e.g. AVI). In this mode, discontinuities are not fixed
and all pts are passed through as-is. Never seek backwards or use multiple
input files in this mode!
-``--no-ocopy-metadata``
- Turns off copying of metadata from input files to output files when
- encoding (which is enabled by default).
+``--ocopy-metadata=<yes|no>``
+ Copy metadata from input files to output files when encoding (default: yes).
``--oset-metadata=<metadata-tag[,metadata-tag,...]>``
Specifies metadata to include in the output file.
@@ -103,6 +86,8 @@ You can encode files from one format/codec to another using this facility.
FLAC allow almost arbitrary keys, while support in MP4 and MP3 is more
limited.
+ This is a key/value list option. See `List Options`_ for details.
+
.. admonition:: Example
"``--oset-metadata=title="Output title",comment="Another tag"``"
@@ -112,6 +97,8 @@ You can encode files from one format/codec to another using this facility.
Specifies metadata to exclude from the output file when copying from the
input file.
+ This is a string list option. See `List Options`_ for details.
+
.. admonition:: Example
"``--oremove-metadata=comment,genre``"