diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Arguments/IArgument.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Arguments/IArgument.cs
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+namespace FFMpegCore.Arguments
+{
+    public interface IArgument
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The textual representation of the argument
+        /// </summary>
+        string Text { get; }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Arguments/IInputArgument.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Arguments/IInputArgument.cs
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+namespace FFMpegCore.Arguments
+{
+    public interface IInputArgument : IInputOutputArgument
+    {
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Arguments/IInputOutputArgument.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Arguments/IInputOutputArgument.cs
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+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace FFMpegCore.Arguments
+{
+    public interface IInputOutputArgument : IArgument
+    {
+        void Pre() {}
+        Task During(CancellationToken? cancellationToken = null) => Task.CompletedTask;
+        void Post() {}
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Arguments/IOutputArgument.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Arguments/IOutputArgument.cs
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+namespace FFMpegCore.Arguments
+{
+    public interface IOutputArgument : IInputOutputArgument
+    {
+    }
+}
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