[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Add FAQs about running in background

Moritz Barsnick barsnick at gmx.net
Tue Nov 14 13:25:15 EET 2017


On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 02:59:34 -0800, Jim DeLaHunt wrote:
> +To run ffmpeg as a background task, and prevent those input checks,
> +use the @url{ffmpeg.html#stdin-option, @code{-nostdin} option}

This is a bit misleading, as it does not make ffmpeg run as a
background task (the impression one may get from reading this
sentence), but assists when running ffmpeg as a background task.

> +or (on Linux and Mac OS):

Or any Unix-like shell. (I'm saying this is also valid on *BSD et.al.,
and in a Cygwin shell.)

Otherwise definitely nice to have such an entry.

Moritz


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