From 205a4502d3da9de2db75d2c965c9d065574e9266 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Martin=20Storsj=C3=B6?= Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 12:13:08 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Clarify the avconv section about -re MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Martin Storsjö --- doc/avconv.texi | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/avconv.texi b/doc/avconv.texi index 7e9b77e41d..d137fe2738 100644 --- a/doc/avconv.texi +++ b/doc/avconv.texi @@ -719,7 +719,10 @@ Dump each input packet to stderr. @item -hex (@emph{global}) When dumping packets, also dump the payload. @item -re (@emph{input}) -Read input at native frame rate. Mainly used to simulate a grab device. +Read input at native frame rate. Mainly used to simulate a grab device +or live input stream (e.g. when reading from a file). Should not be used +with actual grab devices or live input streams (where it can cause packet +loss). @item -vsync @var{parameter} Video sync method.