Thanks Carl - the clipping with -c copy works to a .mov file. VLC plays the output file although there seems to be something either jumpy or a little off with the audio, still looking into it, but this helps.
ffmpeg -i C0003.MP4 -ss 00:06:15 -t 00:00:30 -c copy clip-test.mov ffmpeg version 4.2.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers built with Apple clang version 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.16) configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/4.2.2 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --enable-avresample --cc=clang --host-cflags='-I/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-13.0.1.jdk/Contents/Home/include -I/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-13.0.1.jdk/Contents/Home/include/darwin -fno-stack-check' --host-ldflags= --enable-ffplay --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-libaom --enable-libbluray --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-librubberband --enable-libsnappy --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-lzma --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-frei0r --enable-libass --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librtmp --enable-libspeex --enable-libsoxr --enable-videotoolbox --disable-libjack --disable-indev=jack libavutil 56. 31.100 / 56. 31.100 libavcodec 58. 54.100 / 58. 54.100 libavformat 58. 29.100 / 58. 29.100 libavdevice 58. 8.100 / 58. 8.100 libavfilter 7. 57.100 / 7. 57.100 libavresample 4. 0. 0 / 4. 0. 0 libswscale 5. 5.100 / 5. 5.100 libswresample 3. 5.100 / 3. 5.100 libpostproc 55. 5.100 / 55. 5.100 Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #0.1 : stereo Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'C0003.MP4': Metadata: major_brand : XAVC minor_version : 16785407 compatible_brands: XAVCmp42iso2 creation_time : 2020-01-18T20:40:36.000000Z Duration: 00:08:48.03, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 51954 kb/s Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709/bt709/iec61966-2-4), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 49925 kb/s, 59.94 fps, 59.94 tbr, 60k tbn, 119.88 tbc (default) Metadata: creation_time : 2020-01-18T20:40:36.000000Z handler_name : Video Media Handler encoder : AVC Coding Stream #0:1(und): Audio: pcm_s16be (twos / 0x736F7774), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s (default) Metadata: creation_time : 2020-01-18T20:40:36.000000Z handler_name : Sound Media Handler Stream #0:2(und): Data: none (rtmd / 0x646D7472), 491 kb/s (default) Metadata: creation_time : 2020-01-18T20:40:36.000000Z handler_name : Timed Metadata Media Handler timecode : 83:01:01;02 File 'clip-test.mov' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y Output #0, mov, to 'clip-test.mov': Metadata: major_brand : XAVC minor_version : 16785407 compatible_brands: XAVCmp42iso2 encoder : Lavf58.29.100 Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709/bt709/iec61966-2-4), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 49925 kb/s, 59.94 fps, 59.94 tbr, 60k tbn, 60k tbc (default) Metadata: creation_time : 2020-01-18T20:40:36.000000Z handler_name : Video Media Handler encoder : AVC Coding Stream #0:1(und): Audio: pcm_s16be (twos / 0x736F7774), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s (default) Metadata: creation_time : 2020-01-18T20:40:36.000000Z handler_name : Sound Media Handler Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy) Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy) Press [q] to stop, [?] for help frame= 1777 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 Lsize= 187071kB time=00:00:29.98 bitrate=51100.1kbits/s speed=58.5x video:181415kB audio:5627kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.015658% On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 9:57 AM Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Am 23.01.2020 um 18:02 schrieb Mike Dahman <mike.dah...@gmail.com>: > > > > I'm trying to clip a XAVC file on MacOS 10.15.2. In the past, I've used > > ffmpeg to pull clips from large files so I don't have to pull the whole > > file into iMovie and clip it there. I just started using the higher > quality > > XAVC files, but seem to be running into codec issue. > > > > First attempt bombs out with codec pcm_s16be in stream #1, codec not > > currently supported in container. > > Does it work if you use .mov (“I need Apple compatibility”) instead of > .mp4 (“I don’t care about Apple compatibility”)? > > Carl Eugen > _______________________________________________ > 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".