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ffplay - FFplay media player
SYNOPSIS
ffplay [options] input_file
DESCRIPTION
FFplay is a very simple and portable media player using the FFmpeg
libraries and the SDL library. It is mostly used as a testbed for the
various FFmpeg APIs.
OPTIONS
Main options
-h Show help.
-version
Show version.
-L Show license.
-formats
Show available formats, codecs, protocols, ...
-x width
Force displayed width.
-y height
Force displayed height.
-s size
Set frame size (WxH or abbreviation), needed for videos which don't
contain a header with the frame size like raw YUV.
-an Disable audio.
-vn Disable video.
-ss pos
Seek to a given position in seconds.
-bytes
Seek by bytes.
-nodisp
Disable graphical display.
-f fmt
Force format.
Advanced options
-pix_fmt format
Set pixel format.
-stats
Show the stream duration, the codec parameters, the current posi‐
tion in the stream and the audio/video synchronisation drift.
-debug
Print specific debug info.
-bug
Work around bugs.
-vismv
Visualize motion vectors.
-fast
Non-spec-compliant optimizations.
-genpts
Generate pts.
-rtp_tcp
Force RTP/TCP protocol usage instead of RTP/UDP. It is only mean‐
ingful if you are streaming with the RTSP protocol.
-sync type
Set the master clock to audio ("type=audio"), video ("type=video")
or external ("type=ext"). Default is audio. The master clock is
used to control audio-video synchronization. Most media players use
audio as master clock, but in some cases (streaming or high quality
broadcast) it is necessary to change that. This option is mainly
used for debugging purposes.
-threads count
Set the thread count.
While playing
q, ESC
Quit.
f Toggle full screen.
p, SPC
Pause.
a Cycle audio channel.
v Cycle video channel.
w Show audio waves.
left/right
Seek backward/forward 10 seconds.
down/up
Seek backward/forward 1 minute.
mouse click
Seek to percentage in file corresponding to fraction of width.
SEE ALSOffmpeg(1), ffserver(1) and the HTML documentation of ffmpeg.
AUTHOR
Fabrice Bellard
2008-08-28 FFPLAY(1)