#7155: Add option to stop writing at position relative to EOF
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Reporter: clone206 | Owner: (none)
Type: enhancement | Status: reopened
Priority: wish | Component: ffmpeg
Version: git-master | Resolution:
Keywords: ease_of_use | Blocked By:
EOF |
Blocking: | Reproduced by developer: 0
Analyzed by developer: 0 |
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Changes (by GfE):
* keywords: => ease_of_use EOF
* version: unspecified => git-master
Comment:
I was about to file the same feature request.
(Almost gave up, after losing over an hour on failing to understand where
exactly ffmpeg wants FRs to go. Finally found this one, disguised as a
/bug/.)
Alas, 7 years in, -sseof is still missing its -toeof counterpart.
Given ffmpeg's oftentimes steep learning curve, -ss, -to, and -sseof are
amazingly simple and useful options. If exact frame accuracy doesn't
matter and you e. g. quickly want to remove a fixed-length intro from a
series of videos,
`ffmpeg -y -ss -01:23.456 -i "${indir}"/*.mkv -c:copy "${outdir}"/*.mkv`
is as efficient as can be.
Doing the same with outros needlessly requires /much/ more studying and
dedication to ffmpeg concepts and features - if you succeed within your
time constraints, at all.
Granted, solutions to complex problems tend to be complex. Also, complex
solutions for simple but niche problems might not be worth the
simplification effort.
However, the task of stopping to read input N seconds before its EOF isn't
any more niche or complex than -sseof.
What happened to
https://gist.github.com/withmorten/ea585798076fa020b757437f23aca768 why
has it been ignored/stalled/dropped?
It's hard to imagine for a dozen lines' patch to provide more usability
improvement to the less-advanced. People like me would greatly appreciate
if the patch was
* updated as necessary to match the current codebase
* then applied/merged
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/7155#comment:15>
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