From f67f485b365b744d2ae669fd51aff6b7aa7472a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Verkamp <daniel@drv.nu>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:47:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Document 'ffmpeg -formats', patch by Daniel Verkamp, daniel
 drv nu.

Originally committed as revision 17536 to svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/trunk
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 doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi b/doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi
index bb093f7..46150c7 100644
--- a/doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi
+++ b/doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi
@@ -229,7 +229,23 @@ Show help.
 Show version.
 
 @item -formats
-Show available formats, codecs, protocols, ...
+Show available formats, codecs, bitstream filters, protocols, and frame size and frame rate abbreviations.
+
+The fields preceding the format and codec names have the following meanings:
+@table @samp
+@item D
+Decoding available
+@item E
+Encoding available
+@item V/A/S
+Video/audio/subtitle codec
+@item S
+Codec supports slices
+@item D
+Codec supports direct rendering
+@item T
+Codec can handle input truncated at random locations instead of only at frame boundaries
+@end table
 
 @item -f @var{fmt}
 Force format.
-- 
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