On 2017-03-29 02:04, Cley Faye wrote: > 2017-03-29 1:54 GMT+02:00 Cecil Westerhof <ce...@decebal.nl>: > >> I want to copy a little bit of a video. I do this with: >> ffmpeg -i input.mov -ss 16:28 -t 5 output.mov >> >> But it takes about 2:20 before the copying starts. Is this normal? >> > > Try moving the -ss part before your input. -ss before an input use forward > (if possible fast forward) on your source, while before an output it means > processing everything before, then start using the output after the given > time.
Furthermore ffmpeg is not copying anything there. You did not tell ffmpeg to copy. It is encoding with (probably rubbish) defaults.
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