ffplay

Langue: en

Version: 2010-10-05 (ubuntu - 24/10/10)

Section: 1 (Commandes utilisateur)

NAME

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

Generic options

These options are shared amongst the ff* tools.
-L
Show license.
-h, -?, -help, --help
Show help.
-version
Show version.
-formats
Show available formats.

The fields preceding the format names have the following meanings:

D
Decoding available
E
Encoding available
-codecs
Show available codecs.

The fields preceding the codec names have the following meanings:

D
Decoding available
E
Encoding available
V/A/S
Video/audio/subtitle codec
S
Codec supports slices
D
Codec supports direct rendering
T
Codec can handle input truncated at random locations instead of only at frame boundaries
-bsfs
Show available bitstream filters.
-protocols
Show available protocols.
-filters
Show available libavfilter filters.
-pix_fmts
Show available pixel formats.
-loglevel loglevel
Set the logging level used by the library. loglevel is a number or a string containing one of the following values:
quiet
panic
fatal
error
warning
info
verbose
debug

Main options

-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.
-t duration
play <duration> seconds of audio/video
-bytes
Seek by bytes.
-nodisp
Disable graphical display.
-f fmt
Force format.
-window_title title
Set window title (default is the input filename).
-loop number
Loops movie playback <number> times. 0 means forever.

Advanced options

-pix_fmt format
Set pixel format.
-stats
Show the stream duration, the codec parameters, the current position 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 meaningful 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.
-ast audio_stream_number
Select the desired audio stream number, counting from 0. The number refers to the list of all the input audio streams. If it is greater than the number of audio streams minus one, then the last one is selected, if it is negative the audio playback is disabled.
-vst video_stream_number
Select the desired video stream number, counting from 0. The number refers to the list of all the input video streams. If it is greater than the number of video streams minus one, then the last one is selected, if it is negative the video playback is disabled.
-sst subtitle_stream_number
Select the desired subtitle stream number, counting from 0. The number refers to the list of all the input subtitle streams. If it is greater than the number of subtitle streams minus one, then the last one is selected, if it is negative the subtitle rendering is disabled.

While playing

q, ESC
Quit.
f
Toggle full screen.
p, SPC
Pause.
a
Cycle audio channel.
v
Cycle video channel.
t
Cycle subtitle 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 ALSO

ffmpeg(1), ffserver(1) and the HTML documentation of ffmpeg.

AUTHOR

Fabrice Bellard