From 7e0676a7155ab13917e938136b2caaca6c8767f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano Sabatini <stefasab@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:42:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc/ffmpeg-formats: extend documentation for the probesize
 parameter

---
 doc/ffmpeg-formats.texi | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/ffmpeg-formats.texi b/doc/ffmpeg-formats.texi
index 6b58aa2dcb..03e4f30ac3 100644
--- a/doc/ffmpeg-formats.texi
+++ b/doc/ffmpeg-formats.texi
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ Reduce buffering.
 @end table
 
 @item probesize @var{integer} (@emph{input})
-Set probing size.
+Set probing size in bytes, i.e. the size of the data to analyze to get
+stream information. A higher value will allow to detect more
+information in case it is dispersed into the stream, but will increase
+latency. Must be an integer not lesser than 32. It is 5000000 by default.
 
 @item packetsize @var{integer} (@emph{output})
 Set packet size.