Hi Marcin, On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 06:04:15 +0100, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > I use the `showwavespic` filter to get an image of the waveform. > However, the default image format is jpg, and the only way I found I can > change it is by providing a suitable extension of the output file.
Filters don't have codecs - they output raw frames, the rest of the encoding chain determines the codec. > Trouble is, I need the output to be stdout. >From your previous thread, I'm guessing you're using "-f image2 -". The help for the image2 format says: Muxer image2 [image2 sequence]: Common extensions: bmp,dpx,exr,jls,jpeg,jpg,jxl,ljpg,pam,pbm,pcx,pfm,pgm,pgmyuv,phm,png,ppm,sgi,tga,tif,tiff,jp2,j2c,j2k,xwd,sun,ras,rs,im1,im8,im24,sunras,vbn,xbm,xface,pix,y,avif,qoi. Default video codec: mjpeg. That's where the jpg codec comes from. So what you need to do is to give an explicit image codec to use. > Is it possible to output png to stdout? All you need to do is to add "-c:v png" as an output option, i.e. "-c:v png -f image2 - " Cheers, Moritz _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".