On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM Mark Filipak < markfilipak.imdb-at-gmail....@ffmpeg.org> wrote:
> On 18/06/2025 23.56, Carl Zwanzig wrote: > > On 6/18/2025 2:41 PM, Mark Filipak wrote: > >> Z, how am I or anyone to know what "sost#0:2" means? I don't even know > what "sost" means. > > (does that specifically matter? I don't think so.) > > > > After that.... RTFM? (I think you've used -map before so probably > understand the concept of stream > > specifiers.) > > > > > > "5.1 Stream specifiers" > > stream_type[:additional_stream_specifier] > > [...] > > stream_type is one of following: ’v’ or ’V’ for video, ’a’ for > audio, ’s’ for subtitle, ’d’ for > > data, and ’t’ for attachments. ’v’ matches all video streams, ’V’ only > matches video streams which > > are not attached pictures, video thumbnails or cover arts. > > > > and > > > > #stream_id or i:stream_id > > Match the stream by stream id (e.g. PID in MPEG-TS container). > > > > > > Likewise "4.1.1 Automatic stream selection" tells us- > > It will select that stream based upon the following criteria: > > [...] > > for subtitles, it is the first subtitle stream found but there’s a > caveat. The output format’s > > default subtitle encoder can be either text-based or image-based, and > only a subtitle stream of the > > same type will be chosen. > > (If mp4 only supports text subtitles and dvds have only images, of > course it'll cough up an error.) > > > > > > The output -told- you that #0:2 is subtitles, so an error message > containing that is probably about > > those subtitles. Seemed obvious to me and I don't work much with ffmpeg. > > > > I suggest you reread the basic ffmpeg manual at > https://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html; it's always good > > to reread the basics, sometimes useful things pop out afresh. > > Take a pill, Z. > > You folks will never understand a user's perspective. I'm supposed to know > what "sost#0:2" means > because... of what? Because I'm supposed to be psychic? > Fixed: https://github.com/librempeg/librempeg/commit/d572c8dae396fdcb719b030faafdc036104ae94d > > > _______________________________________________ > 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". > _______________________________________________ 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".
