[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Document null muxer.

Stefano Sabatini stefano.sabatini-lala
Tue Feb 1 11:39:38 CET 2011


On date Tuesday 2011-02-01 08:13:43 +0100, Diego Biurrun encoded:
> On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 01:09:43AM +0100, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> > ---
> >  doc/muxers.texi |   13 +++++++++++++
> >  1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/doc/muxers.texi b/doc/muxers.texi
> > index d98abef..7076959 100644
> > --- a/doc/muxers.texi
> > +++ b/doc/muxers.texi
> > @@ -109,4 +109,17 @@ ffmpeg -i file.mpg -acodec copy -vcodec copy \
> >       -y out.ts
> >  @end example
> >  
> > + at section null
> > +
> > +Rawvideo null video format.
> 
> raw video null video?
> 
> What does this mean exactly?  I don't think it's clear to a non-expert
> reader.

Indeed it was misleading, changed to "Null muxer".

> > +Rawvideo null video format.
> > +
> > +This muxer does not generate any output file, it is mainly useful for
> > +testing or benchmarking purposes.
> 
> You always start your text with a non-sentence giving a catchy description
> of the muxer and then continue with "this muxer...".  To my ear it would
> sound better if the two were merged into one, i.e. "The rawvideo null
> video format muxer does not...".

Done for consistency with the other files (in/outdevs,demuxers).
Feel free to change it globally.

Added more explanation and another example.
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