The output I provided just happened to be one of the very few that used AAC, and what I was using to compare bitrates. Most of my videos use pcm_s16le, which I am understanding is not supported in MP4, and thus the reason I am converting everything to AAC by default.
Example #2, input with pcm_s16le, input bitrate of 705 kb/s. Output bitrate defaults to 69 kb/s. I would have expected the output bitrate to match that of the input. Does AAC support that high of a bitrate? ffmpeg version N-83749-g035e932 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 6.3.0 (GCC) configuration: --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-cuda --enable-cuvid --enable-d3d11va --enable-dxva2 --enable-libmfx --enable-nvenc --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenh264 --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-zlib libavutil 55. 47.101 / 55. 47.101 libavcodec 57. 82.100 / 57. 82.100 libavformat 57. 66.103 / 57. 66.103 libavdevice 57. 3.100 / 57. 3.100 libavfilter 6. 74.100 / 6. 74.100 libswscale 4. 3.101 / 4. 3.101 libswresample 2. 4.100 / 2. 4.100 libpostproc 54. 2.100 / 54. 2.100 Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #0.1 : mono Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '100APPLE\IMG_0010.MOV': Metadata: major_brand : qt minor_version : 0 compatible_brands: qt creation_time : 2016-07-19T18:42:38.000000Z com.apple.quicktime.content.identifier: 3118A852-CBA8-488D-9868-F883D5A19A73 com.apple.quicktime.location.ISO6709: +31.7345-106.3326+1141.214/ com.apple.quicktime.make: Apple com.apple.quicktime.model: iPhone 6s Plus com.apple.quicktime.software: 9.3.1 com.apple.quicktime.creationdate: 2016-07-19T12:42:38-0600 Duration: 00:00:02.67, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 8695 kb/s Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuvj420p(pc, smpte170m/bt709/bt709), 1440x1080, 7965 kb/s, 12.38 fps, 15 tbr, 600 tbn, 1200 tbc (default) Metadata: rotate : 90 creation_time : 2016-07-19T18:42:38.000000Z handler_name : Core Media Data Handler encoder : H.264 Side data: displaymatrix: rotation of -90.00 degrees Stream #0:1(und): Audio: pcm_s16le (lpcm / 0x6D63706C), 44100 Hz, mono, s16, 705 kb/s (default) Metadata: creation_time : 2016-07-19T18:42:38.000000Z handler_name : Core Media Data Handler Stream #0:2(und): Data: none (mebx / 0x7862656D), 43 kb/s (default) Metadata: creation_time : 2016-07-19T18:42:38.000000Z handler_name : Core Media Data Handler Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy) Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (pcm_s16le (native) -> aac (native)) Press [q] to stop, [?] for help Output #0, mp4, to 'C:..\iPhone\DCIM\IMG_0010.MP4': Metadata: major_brand : qt minor_version : 0 compatible_brands: qt com.apple.quicktime.creationdate: 2016-07-19T12:42:38-0600 com.apple.quicktime.content.identifier: 3118A852-CBA8-488D-9868-F883D5A19A73 com.apple.quicktime.location.ISO6709: +31.7345-106.3326+1141.214/ com.apple.quicktime.make: Apple com.apple.quicktime.model: iPhone 6s Plus com.apple.quicktime.software: 9.3.1 encoder : Lavf57.66.103 Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuvj420p(pc, smpte170m/bt709/bt709), 1440x1080, q=2-31, 7965 kb/s, 12.38 fps, 15 tbr, 19200 tbn, 600 tbc (default) Metadata: rotate : 90 creation_time : 2016-07-19T18:42:38.000000Z handler_name : Core Media Data Handler encoder : H.264 Side data: displaymatrix: rotation of -90.00 degrees Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) ([64][0][0][0] / 0x0040), 44100 Hz, mono, fltp, 69 kb/s (default) Metadata: creation_time : 2016-07-19T18:42:38.000000Z handler_name : Core Media Data Handler encoder : Lavc57.82.100 aac frame= 27 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 Lsize= 2334kB time=00:00:02.67 bitrate=7160.8kbits/s speed=18.8x video:2309kB audio:23kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.095816% [aac @ 000000000048dfc0] Qavg: 110.545 On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Cley Faye <cleyf...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2017-03-08 17:56 GMT+01:00 Richard Duran <ricd...@gmail.com>: > > > From what I can tell of the following output, the input audio bitrate is > 85 > > kb/s, and the output is 69 kb/s. > > > > I would like to know if it's possible to retain the source audio > bitrate. I > > am doing this via a batch file that loops through iPhone videos that have > > varying bitrates. > > > > > > > > E:\> ffmpeg.exe -i 100APPLE\IMG_0075.MOV -vcodec copy -acodec aac > > C:..\iPhone\DCIM\IMG_0075.MP4 > > > > Since your input already have aac audio, and you're already copying the > video stream as-is, why not just "-codec copy" and be done with it? > > If you specify "-acodec aac" it will do a transcode, taking time, and use > default values, which is obviously not what you want. > Also, if you do want to transcode from aac to aac, there's no much point in > trying to keep the same bitrate; it'll be lossy anyway. > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-user mailing list > ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org > http://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 http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".