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doc: add FFREPORT example

And fix a few nits.

Signed-off-by: Lou Logan <lou@lrcd.com>
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Lou Logan 10 years ago
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This file can be useful for bug reports.
It also implies @code{-loglevel verbose}.

Setting the environment variable @code{FFREPORT} to any value has the
Setting the environment variable @env{FFREPORT} to any value has the
same effect. If the value is a ':'-separated key=value sequence, these
options will affect the report; options values must be escaped if they
options will affect the report; option values must be escaped if they
contain special characters or the options delimiter ':' (see the
``Quoting and escaping'' section in the ffmpeg-utils manual). The
following option is recognized:
``Quoting and escaping'' section in the ffmpeg-utils manual).

The following options are recognized:
@table @option
@item file
set the file name to use for the report; @code{%p} is expanded to the name
of the program, @code{%t} is expanded to a timestamp, @code{%%} is expanded
to a plain @code{%}
@item level
set the log level
set the log verbosity level using a numerical value (see @code{-loglevel}).
@end table

For example, to output a report to a file named @file{ffreport.log}
using a log level of @code{32} (alias for log level @code{info}):

@example
FFREPORT=file=ffreport.log:level=32 ffmpeg -i input output
@end example

Errors in parsing the environment variable are not fatal, and will not
appear in the report.



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