> -----Original Message----- > From: ffmpeg-user [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Moritz Barsnick > Sent: 12 April 2016 12:14 > To: FFmpeg user discussions > Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-user] multiple outputs > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 08:29:10 +1000, Nisar Ahmed wrote: > > Does specifying file format means that ffmpeg will pick the > > appropriate encoding itself > > ffmpeg chooses default codecs, based on the selected format and on which > codecs it has support for. > > > or do we have to specify explicitly for each output, > > If ffmpeg's choice does not please you, you need to specify it. > > > currently I am only specifying it once. > > Please note that your choice of codec will only apply to *one* output file, > the > other will use defaults again. Check ffmpeg's syntax description and how to > create multiple files.
Do output specifications not apply to all following files? But your advice of checking the documentation stands, I clearly haven't in a while ;-). > > > Following is the illustration of my ffmpeg command. > > > > ffmpeg -i input -vcodec x264 -acodec libmp3lame output1.mp4 > > output2.mp3 > > > > I am thinking of changing it to > > > > ffmpeg -i input -vcodec x264 -acodec aac output1.mp4 output.mp3 > > That won't change anything for output*.mp3, because you are not specifying > any output options for it. > > You are a bit unspecific about what you are trying to (exactly) achieve and > what is going wrong. Adding the complete, uncut console output would also > help. > > Cheers, > Moritz > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list [email protected] http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user
