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Clarify abbreviations in manpage #8099

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porg opened this issue Jan 1, 2016 · 4 comments
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Clarify abbreviations in manpage #8099

porg opened this issue Jan 1, 2016 · 4 comments

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@porg porg commented Jan 1, 2016

https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#format-selection mentions some less known abbreviations, without specifying them. I'd welcome a definition in brackets.

This works for filesize, height, width, tbr, abr, vbr, asr, and fps and the comparisons […]

My guess on the abbreviations:
tbr = target? bit rate
abr = average? bit rate
vbr = variable bit rate (this one can be assumed by the tech savvy average user)
asr = ? sample rate
fps = frames per second (this one can be assumed by the tech savvy average user)

@dstftw dstftw closed this Jan 1, 2016
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@porg porg commented Jan 1, 2016

The forementioned variables are stated in the documentation/manpage which target audience are ordinary application users. Whereas the resource you point me to -- thanks! -- is an explanation somewhere in source code. The actual abbreviation meanings prove that my assumptions have been mostly false, thus I would not have been able to operate features from the official documentation without further informal/sourcecode knowledge. It would really help to explain those uncommon abbreviations in the official documentation/manpage as well. Thanks.

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@dstftw dstftw commented Jan 16, 2016

Format selection documentation reworked in b2dca40.

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@porg porg commented Jan 16, 2016

I read through the updated documentation, and now these abbreviations and a lot more on format selection is documented well. Thanks!

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