Gyan <[email protected]> writes: > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Rodolfo Medina <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I'm adding id3 tags to a 208M mp3 file, with: >> >> $ ffmpeg -i input.mp3 -metadata artist="Caterina Pontrandolfo Quartett" >> -metadata album="concerto di Fonte Avellana" -metadata genre="popular" >> -metadata composer="tradizione lucana" output.mp3 >> >> . Now, the output.mp3 is only 83M. Why this? Does it mean a quality >> loss? >> How can I avoid it? How can I have output.mp3 the same size as input.mp3? >> > > Unless specified otherwise, ffmpeg will transcode streams. You have to add > > -c copy > > to force stream copy (if the output format supports it). So, > > $ ffmpeg -i input.mp3 -c copy -metadata artist="Caterina Pontrandolfo > Quartett" -metadata album="concerto di Fonte Avellana" -metadata > genre="popular" -metadata composer="tradizione lucana" output.mp3
Great. Many thanks. Rodolfo _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list [email protected] http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email [email protected] with subject "unsubscribe".
