From: remitamine <remitamine@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 20:49:13 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: [ffmpeg] Clarify rationale for pipe(-) exclusion in _ffmpeg_filename_argument
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[ffmpeg] Clarify rationale for pipe(-) exclusion in _ffmpeg_filename_argument
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diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
index 30af6eb5a..1793a878c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ class FFmpegPostProcessor(PostProcessor):
         # Always use 'file:' because the filename may contain ':' (ffmpeg
         # interprets that as a protocol) or can start with '-' (-- is broken in
         # ffmpeg, see https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/2127 for details)
+        # Also leave '-' intact in order not to break streaming to stdout.
         return 'file:' + fn if fn != '-' else fn