doc/protocols: add option usage description

Fixes ticket #6148. Signed-off-by: Lou Logan <lou@lrcd.com>
8 years ago · fb32c561c3
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--- a/doc/protocols.texi
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@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ The libavformat library provides some generic global options, which
 can be set on all the protocols. In addition each protocol may support
 so-called private options, which are specific for that component.

+Options may be set by specifying -@var{option} @var{value} in the
+FFmpeg tools, or by setting the value explicitly in the
+@code{AVFormatContext} options or using the @file{libavutil/opt.h} API
+for programmatic use.
+
 The list of supported options follows:

@table @option