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diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst index 87f7eb54b2..d2b062109c 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/options.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst @@ -198,20 +198,12 @@ Playback Control (i.e. not with stdin, pipe, etc). ``--load-unsafe-playlists`` - Normally, something like ``mpv playlist.m3u`` won't load the playlist. This - is because the playlist code is unsafe. (This is the same in all other - variations of MPlayer.) - - See ``--playlist`` for details. - - Note: this option will allow opening playlists using the ``playlist`` - special demuxer. The ``--playlist`` uses different code, and supports more - playlist formats than the playlist demuxer. This means that for now, the - ``--playlist`` option should always be used if you intend to open playlists. - Background: the special demuxer contains newly written code, while the - ``--playlist`` option uses the old MPlayer code. Adding support for more - playlist formats to the special demuxer is work in progress, and eventually - the old code should disappear. + Load URLs from playlists which are considered unsafe (default: no). This + includes special protocols and anything that doesn't refer to normal files. + Local files and http links on the other hand are always considered safe. + + Note that ``--playlist`` always loads all entries, so you use that instead + if you really have the need for this functionality. ``--loop-file`` Loop a single file. The difference to ``--loop=inf`` is that this doesn't |