Ticket #613 (closed defect: fixed)

Opened 19 months ago

Last modified 18 months ago

Missing documentation for -b flag

Reported by: foo Owned by: stefano
Priority: normal Component: documentation
Version: git-master Keywords:
Cc: Blocked By:
Blocking: Reproduced by developer: no
Analyzed by developer: no

Description

The ffmpeg documentation at  http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html contains numerous examples of setting the bitrate using '-b', but no actual documentation for it.

It still appears to work in recent builds, so probably the documentation for it should be brought back. Otherwise, it should be dropped from the examples.

Change History

comment:1 in reply to: ↑ description Changed 19 months ago by llogan

Replying to foo:

The ffmpeg documentation at  http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html contains numerous examples of setting the bitrate using '-b', but no actual documentation for it.

Where do you see no documentation for -b? Or do you mean man ffmpeg?

$ ffmpeg -h | grep -w "\-b"
-b bitrate          video bitrate (please use -b:v)

I didn't see any mention of -ab however.

It still appears to work in recent builds, so probably the documentation for it should be brought back. Otherwise, it should be dropped from the examples.

The doc source has been updated to change -b to -b:v and -b:a:
 http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=a14708d4acd5ef53a635126479c0522944dd1d03

comment:2 Changed 18 months ago by llogan

  • Status changed from new to closed
  • Version changed from unspecified to git-master
  • Resolution set to fixed

Closing as fixed. Please comment if you believe the update to ffmpeg.html is insufficient.

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