[FFmpeg-user] Has FFplay no option for video size?

[Michael Koch]

Am 05.01.2022 um 13:22 schrieb Gyan Doshi:
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> On 2022-01-05 04:23 pm, Michael Koch wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> when I use the -s option in this command line
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>> ffplay -noborder -s vga -left 0 -top 200 udp://239.0.0.1:1234
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>> then I get this error message:
>> "Option -s is deprecated, use -video_size. Option video_size not found."
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>> When I use the -video_size option
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>> ffplay -noborder -video_size vga -left 0 -top 200 udp://239.0.0.1:1234
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>> then I get this error message:
>> "Option video_size not found."
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>> I can use the -x and -y options as a workaround, that works as expected.
>> But why does -video_size not work?
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> video_size is available for a few raw frame capture device demuxers, 
> and meant to signal the dimensions in formats without metadata.
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> It's not meant for ffplay playback window size. Those are -x and -y

ok, thank you!

Michael