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diff --git a/DOCS/man/mpv.rst b/DOCS/man/mpv.rst index ec68d9a9da..5ce5d43e25 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/mpv.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/mpv.rst @@ -803,6 +803,19 @@ PROTOCOLS ``PATH`` itself should start with a third ``/`` to make the path an absolute path. +``appending://PATH`` + + Play a local file, but assume it's being appended to. This is useful for + example for files that are currently being downloaded to disk. This will + block playback, and stop playback only if no new data was appended after + a timeout of about 2 seconds. + + Using this is still a bit of a bad idea, because there is no way to detect + if a file is actually being appended, or if it's still written. If you're + trying to play the output of some program, consider using a pipe + (``something | mpv -``). If it really has to be a file on disk, use tail to + make it wait forever, e.g. ``tail -f -c +0 file.mkv | mpv -``. + ``fd://123`` Read data from the given file descriptor (for example 123). This is similar |