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diff --git a/DOCS/man/input.rst b/DOCS/man/input.rst index f83e72703c..bbfe2b7963 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/input.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/input.rst @@ -456,6 +456,16 @@ Input Commands that are Possibly Subject to Change random points. Instead, call ``overlay_add`` again (preferably with a different memory region to prevent tearing). + It is also possible to pass a raw memory address for use as bitmap memory + by passing a memory address as integer prefixed with a ``&`` character. + Passing the wrong thing here will crash the player. The ``offset`` parameter + is not used and must be 0. This mode might be useful for use with libmpv. + + On Windows, currently only raw memory addresses work. File mapping is not + implemented because a ``mmap`` compatibility layer is missing, and because + this kind of shared memory method would perhaps not be overly useful on + Windows. + ``offset`` is the offset of the first pixel in the source file. It is passed directly to ``mmap`` and is subject to certain restrictions (see ``man mmap`` for details). In particular, this value has to be a |