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{{See also|Documentation:Modules/avcodec}}

[[Muxing]] options are provided as a sub-module and internally depend on the variable <var>ENABLE_SOUT</var>.

== Demux ==
{{Module|name=avformat|type=Access demux|description=Avformat [[demuxer]]}}
{{Option
|name=avformat-format
|value=string
|default=NULL
|description=Internal [[libavcodec]] format name
}}
{{Option
|name=avformat-options
|value=string
|default=NULL
|description=Advanced options, in the form <kbd>{opt=val,opt2=val2}</kbd>
}}

== Mux ==
{{Module|name=avformat|type=Muxer|description=Avformat [[muxer]]}}
{{Option
|name=sout-avformat-mux
|value=string
|default=NULL
|description=Force use of a specific avformat muxer
}}
{{Option
|name=sout-avformat-options
|value=string
|default=NULL
|description=Advanced options, in the form <kbd>{opt=val,opt2=val2}</kbd>
}}
{{Option
|name=sout-avformat-reset-ts
|value=boolean
|default=disabled
|description=The muxed content will start near a 0 [[timestamp]]
}}

== Source code ==
* {{VLCSourceFolder|modules/demux/avformat}} (folder)
* {{VLCSourceFile|modules/demux/avformat/avformat.c}} (file)
* {{VLCSourceFile|modules/codec/avcodec/avcommon.h}} (header, defines <var>AV_OPTIONS_LONGTEXT</var> and <var>AV_RESET_TS_LONGTEXT</var> shown here)
* {{VLCSourceFile|modules/demux/avformat/avformat.h}} (header, defines <var>MUX_LONGTEXT</var> and <var>FORMAT_LONGTEXT</var> shown here)

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