doc/ffmpeg: update -map documentation

Make it match reality (current text was not updated for stream
specifiers), extend and clarify the text.
pull/388/head
Anton Khirnov 2 years ago
parent fee249b30a
commit 889b4b2f60
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      doc/ffmpeg.texi

@ -1413,14 +1413,16 @@ Set the size of the canvas used to render subtitles.
@table @option
@item -map [-]@var{input_file_id}[:@var{stream_specifier}][?] | @var{[linklabel]} (@emph{output})
Designate one or more input streams as a source for the output file. Each input
stream is identified by the input file index @var{input_file_id} and
the input stream index @var{input_stream_id} within the input
file. Both indices start at 0.
Create one or more streams in the output file. This option has two forms for
specifying the data source(s): the first selects one or more streams from some
input file (specified with @code{-i}), the second takes an output from some
complex filtergraph (specified with @code{-filter_complex} or
@code{-filter_complex_script}).
The first @code{-map} option on the command line specifies the
source for output stream 0, the second @code{-map} option specifies
the source for output stream 1, etc.
In the first form, an output stream is created for every stream from the input
file with the index @var{input_file_id}. If @var{stream_specifier} is given,
only those streams that match the specifier are used (see the
@ref{Stream specifiers} section for the @var{stream_specifier} syntax).
A @code{-} character before the stream identifier creates a "negative" mapping.
It disables matching streams from already created mappings.
@ -1434,39 +1436,56 @@ An alternative @var{[linklabel]} form will map outputs from complex filter
graphs (see the @option{-filter_complex} option) to the output file.
@var{linklabel} must correspond to a defined output link label in the graph.
For example, to map ALL streams from the first input file to output
This option may be specified multiple times, each adding more streams to the
output file. Any given input stream may also be mapped any number of times as a
source for different output streams, e.g. in order to use different encoding
options and/or filters. The streams are created in the output in the same order
in which the @code{-map} options are given on the commandline.
Using this option disables the default mappings for this output file.
Examples:
@table @emph
@item map everything
To map ALL streams from the first input file to output
@example
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0 output
@end example
For example, if you have two audio streams in the first input file,
these streams are identified by "0:0" and "0:1". You can use
@code{-map} to select which streams to place in an output file. For
example:
@item select specific stream
If you have two audio streams in the first input file, these streams are
identified by @var{0:0} and @var{0:1}. You can use @code{-map} to select which
streams to place in an output file. For example:
@example
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0:1 out.wav
@end example
will map the input stream in @file{INPUT} identified by "0:1" to
the (single) output stream in @file{out.wav}.
will map the second input stream in @file{INPUT} to the (single) output stream
in @file{out.wav}.
For example, to select the stream with index 2 from input file
@file{a.mov} (specified by the identifier "0:2"), and stream with
index 6 from input @file{b.mov} (specified by the identifier "1:6"),
and copy them to the output file @file{out.mov}:
@item create multiple streams
To select the stream with index 2 from input file @file{a.mov} (specified by the
identifier @var{0:2}), and stream with index 6 from input @file{b.mov}
(specified by the identifier @var{1:6}), and copy them to the output file
@file{out.mov}:
@example
ffmpeg -i a.mov -i b.mov -c copy -map 0:2 -map 1:6 out.mov
@end example
@item create multiple streams 2
To select all video and the third audio stream from an input file:
@example
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0:v -map 0:a:2 OUTPUT
@end example
@item negative map
To map all the streams except the second audio, use negative mappings
@example
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0 -map -0:a:1 OUTPUT
@end example
@item optional map
To map the video and audio streams from the first input, and using the
trailing @code{?}, ignore the audio mapping if no audio streams exist in
the first input:
@ -1474,12 +1493,13 @@ the first input:
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0:v -map 0:a? OUTPUT
@end example
@item map by language
To pick the English audio stream:
@example
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0:m:language:eng OUTPUT
@end example
Note that using this option disables the default mappings for this output file.
@end table
@item -ignore_unknown
Ignore input streams with unknown type instead of failing if copying

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