From 10c3329627262044b902cb2bef1f265f31b772d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefano Sabatini Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:42:47 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc/ffmpeg: extend documentation for -(no)stdin option Fix trac ticket #1665. --- doc/ffmpeg.texi | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/ffmpeg.texi b/doc/ffmpeg.texi index ec8bed3c9d..49d2c0e76c 100644 --- a/doc/ffmpeg.texi +++ b/doc/ffmpeg.texi @@ -363,11 +363,13 @@ progress information is always "progress". @item -stdin Enable interaction on standard input. On by default unless standard input is -used as an input. +used as an input. To explicitly disable interaction you need to specify +@code{-nostdin}. -Useful, for example, if ffmpeg is in the background process group. Roughly -the same result can be achieved with @code{ffmpeg ... < /dev/null} but it -requires a shell. +Disabling interaction on standard input is useful, for example, if +ffmpeg is in the background process group. Roughly the same result can +be achieved with @code{ffmpeg ... < /dev/null} but it requires a +shell. @item -debug_ts (@emph{global}) Print timestamp information. It is off by default. This option is