[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Show examples to avoid to decode audio streams in pass 1

[Víctor Paesa]

Hi,

compn said:
> On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 18:28:19 +0200 (CEST), V??ctor Paesa wrote:
>>Well, the FAQ humbly mentions the "copy" Windows command as closest
>> equivalent of "cat".
>
> wait, copy is the same as cp on nix.
> 'type' is what windows uses to send a file to stdout.
> type file1 file2 > file3 looks like it works in windows.
> type file | mplayer - does not. at least not in cmd.exe

"type file.flv | ffmpeg -f flv -i -" worked fine on WinXP.

> E:\mplayer-testclips>type vp6test.avi sp5x_problem.avi > mix.avi
> vp6test.avi
> sp5x_problem.avi
> E:\mplayer-testclips>dir mix.avi sp5x_problem.avi vp6test.avi
> 11/25/2002  07:00p              49,848 sp5x_problem.avi
> 09/13/2006  10:48a             390,416 vp6test.avi
> 08/13/2008  02:12p             440,264 mix.avi
>
> E:\mplayer-testclips\ffmpeg>cat version.h
> #define FFMPEG_VERSION "SVN-r8992"
>
> E:\mplayer-testclips\ffmpeg>type version.h
> #define FFMPEG_VERSION "SVN-r8992"
>
> E:\mplayer-testclips\ffmpeg>copy version.h
> The file cannot be copied onto itself.
>         0 file(s) copied.

I suggested to use "copy" to concatenate because "copy /?" says:

"To append files, specify a single file for destination, but multiple
files for source (using wildcards or file1+file2+file3 format)."

But indeed "type" mimics better "cat", at least on WinXP works well with
binary files, though I faintly recall that in the past it would work fine
only with text files.

And patch welcome! ;-)

Regards,
V?ctor