[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 8/6] doc/protocols: Fill in missing HTTP options

Stefano Sabatini stefasab at gmail.com
Tue Apr 16 20:13:24 EEST 2024


On date Tuesday 2024-04-16 14:55:55 +0100, Derek Buitenhuis wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Derek Buitenhuis <derek.buitenhuis at gmail.com>
> ---
>  doc/protocols.texi | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/protocols.texi b/doc/protocols.texi
> index 5ce1ddc8f4..60c6d831dd 100644
> --- a/doc/protocols.texi
> +++ b/doc/protocols.texi
> @@ -492,6 +492,10 @@ contains the last non-empty metadata packet sent by the server. It should be
>  polled in regular intervals by applications interested in mid-stream metadata
>  updates.
>  
> + at item metadata
> +An exported dictionary containing Icecast metadata from the bitstream, if present.
> +Only useful with the C API.

Probably best to use impersonal verbal mode:
Set an exported ...

> +
>  @item auth_type
>  
>  Set HTTP authentication type. No option for Digest, since this method requires
> @@ -519,6 +523,10 @@ Send an Expect: 100-continue header for POST. If set to 1 it will send, if set
>  to 0 it won't, if set to -1 it will try to send if it is applicable. Default
>  value is -1.
>  

> + at item location
> +An exported dictionary containing the content location. Only useful with the C
> +API.

Ditto

> +
>  @item offset
>  Set initial byte offset.
>  
> @@ -535,6 +543,9 @@ be given a Bad Request response.
>  When unset the HTTP method is not checked for now. This will be replaced by
>  autodetection in the future.
>  
> + at item reconnect
> +Reconnect automatically when disconnected before EOF is hit.
> +
>  @item reconnect_at_eof
>  If set then eof is treated like an error and causes reconnection, this is useful
>  for live / endless streams.
> @@ -552,6 +563,14 @@ If set then even streamed/non seekable streams will be reconnected on errors.
>  @item reconnect_delay_max
>  Sets the maximum delay in seconds after which to give up reconnecting
>  

> + at item reconnect_max_retries
> +Sets the maximum number of times to retry a connection. Default unset.

Set the ...

> +
> + at item respect_retry_after
> +If enabled, and a Retry-After header is encountered, its requested reconnection
> +delay will be honored, rather than using exponential backoff. Useful for 429 and
> +503 errors. Default enabled.
> +
>  @item listen
>  If set to 1 enables experimental HTTP server. This can be used to send data when
>  used as an output option, or read data from a client with HTTP POST when used as
> @@ -578,6 +597,17 @@ ffmpeg -i somefile.ogg -chunked_post 0 -c copy -f ogg http://@var{server}:@var{p
>  wget --post-file=somefile.ogg http://@var{server}:@var{port}
>  @end example
>  

> + at item resource
> +The resource requested by a client, when the experimental HTTP server is in use.

Set the ...

also this might be more explicit (what is a resource in this context?)

> +
> + at item reply_code
> +The HTTP code returned to the client, when the experimental HTTP server is in use.
> +
> + at item short_seek_size
> +The threshold, in bytes, for when a readahead should be prefered over a seek and
> +new HTTP request. This is useful, for example, to make sure the same connection
> +is used for reading large video packets with small audio packets in between.

Set the ...
for consistency reasons

[...]

Should be good otherwise, thanks.


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