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diff --git a/DOCS/man/input.rst b/DOCS/man/input.rst index 94e1ea0b1f..6aa566294f 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/input.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/input.rst @@ -186,11 +186,10 @@ List of Input Commands second argument (and did not have flags). This syntax is still understood, but deprecated and might be removed in the future. - Setting the ``async`` flag will make encoding and writing the actual image - file asynchronous in most cases. (``each-frame`` mode ignores this flag - currently.) Requesting async screenshots too early or too often could lead - to the same filenames being chosen, and overwriting each others in undefined - order. + If you combine this command with another one using ``;``, you can use the + ``async`` flag to make encoding/writing the image file asynchronous. For + normal standalone commands, this is always asynchronous, and the flag has + no effect. (This behavior changed with mpv 0.29.0.) ``screenshot-to-file "<filename>" [subtitles|video|window]`` Take a screenshot and save it to a given file. The format of the file will @@ -204,9 +203,6 @@ List of Input Commands Like all input command parameters, the filename is subject to property expansion as described in `Property Expansion`_. - The ``async`` flag has an effect on this command (see ``screenshot`` - command). - ``playlist-next [weak|force]`` Go to the next entry on the playlist. @@ -905,13 +901,13 @@ command behaves by itself. There are the following cases: have an asynchronous implementation. The async libmpv API still never blocks the caller in these cases. -The only exception is the current legacy behavior with screenshot commands, -which will be fixed later. Using the ``async`` prefix makes them run the file -saving code in a detached manner. +Before mpv 0.29.0, the ``async`` prefix was only used by screenshot commands, +and made them run the file saving code in a detached manner. This is the +default now, and ``async`` changes behavior only in the ways mentioned above. Currently the following commands have different waiting characteristics with sync vs. async: sub-add, audio-add, sub-reload, audio-reload, -rescan-external-files. +rescan-external-files, screenshot, screenshot-to-file. Input Sections -------------- |