[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Improve documentation and error reporting for the -pass option

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Sunday 2008-11-30 11:32:10 +0100, V?ctor Paesa encoded:
> Hi,
> 
> > --- doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi        (revision 15955)
> > +++ doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi        (working copy)
> > @@ -443,6 +443,9 @@
> >  encoding. The statistics of the video are recorded in the first
> >  pass and the video is generated at the exact requested bitrate
> >  in the second pass.
> > +Statistics are collected into a log file (see also the option
> > +-passlogfile) which is written during the first pass, and read during
> > +the second pass.
> >  On pass 1, you may just deactivate audio and set output to null,
> >  examples for Windows and Unix:
> >  @example
> > @@ -451,7 +454,9 @@
> >  @end example
> 
> Maybe a bit redundant with previous paragraph.
> What about:
> 
>  encoding. The statistics of the video are recorded in the first
> -pass and the video is generated at the exact requested bitrate
> -in the second pass.
> +pass into a log file (see also the option -passlogfile),
> +and in the second pass that log file is read to generate the video
> +at the exact requested bitrate.
>  On pass 1, you may just deactivate audio and set output to null,
>  examples for Windows and Unix:

Yes, it's better, thanks.

Regards.
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FFmpeg = Friendly and Frenzy Monstrous Portable Efficient God
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