Apologies, here is a tiny excerpt that has the timecode track, if you wanted an (imperfect) test file:
https://videolooper.de/696trim.mov > On 3. May 2025, at 12:01, Christian Sievers via ffmpeg-user > <ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org> wrote: > > Thanks! > > @BloodMan Yes I had seen that hint. > > @John Curtis > > Both commands throw up the same error message: > > [matroska @ 0x7fdaabf0a2c0] Only audio, video, and subtitles are supported > for Matroska. > [out#0/matroska @ 0x7fdaabf07340] Could not write header (incorrect codec > parameters ?): Invalid argument > [af#0:1 @ 0x7fdaabf0fec0] Error sending frames to consumers: Invalid argument > [af#0:1 @ 0x7fdaabf0fec0] Task finished with error code: -22 (Invalid > argument) > [af#0:1 @ 0x7fdaabf0fec0] Terminating thread with return code -22 (Invalid > argument) > [out#0/matroska @ 0x7fdaabf07340] Nothing was written into output file, > because at least one of its streams received no packets. > > I can’t post a link to an example file here because I don’t have the rights > to do that, and I can’t make an excerpt that still has the timecode track … > it’s a catch 22 :) > > > > >> On 2. May 2025, at 19:11, john curtis <john.cur...@curtisdigital.com> wrote: >> >> Hey can you give this a try >> >> ffmpeg -i input_file.mov \ >> -map 0 \ >> -c:v ffv1 -level 3 -g 1 -slicecrc 1 -slices 16 \ >> -c:a copy \ >> -c:d copy \ >> -c:s copy \ >> output_file.mkv >> >> I think the issue is around the -dn flag . >> >> Good luck! >> John >> >>> On May 2, 2025, at 10:58 AM, Christian Sievers via ffmpeg-user >>> <ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hello world and hello ffmpeg-user list! >>> >>> We have roughly 30TB of v210 (uncompressed 8 bit 4:2:2 PAL) Quicktime mov >>> video files, created when digitizing tape. We would like to transcode these >>> to FFV1/MKV for archival purposes. >>> >>> However, when I’m doing a transcode like this: >>> ffmpeg -i input_file -map 0 -dn -c:v ffv1 -level 3 -g 1 -slicecrc 1 -slices >>> 16 -c:a copy output_file.mkv >>> …. I lose the time code stream (and from what I understand, it’s better not >>> to). How can I retain it? >>> >>> * the command is from >>> https://amiaopensource.github.io/ffmprovisr/#create_FFV1_mkv >>> >>> * below is the output of ffmpeg -i input_file.mov >>> >>> Stream #0:0[0x1](eng): Video: rawvideo (2vuy / 0x79757632), >>> uyvy422(smpte170m/bt470bg/bt709, top coded first (swapped)), 720x576, >>> 165888 kb/s, SAR 16:15 DAR 4:3, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn (default) >>> Metadata: >>> creation_time : 2023-08-03T15:09:19.000000Z >>> handler_name : ?Apple Video Media Handler >>> vendor_id : KeyG >>> encoder : Uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2 >>> timecode : 10:43:59:02 >>> Side data: >>> Frame cropping: 8/9/0/0 >>> Stream #0:1[0x2](eng): Audio: pcm_s16le (sowt / 0x74776F73), 48000 Hz, >>> stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s (default) >>> Metadata: >>> creation_time : 2023-08-03T15:09:19.000000Z >>> handler_name : ?Apple Sound Media Handler >>> vendor_id : [0][0][0][0] >>> timecode : 10:43:59:02 >>> Stream #0:2[0x3](eng): Data: none (tmcd / 0x64636D74), 0 kb/s (default) >>> Metadata: >>> creation_time : 2023-08-03T15:09:19.000000Z >>> handler_name : Time Code Media Handler >>> reel_name : 696_komp_fits_komp_52_betasp >>> timecode : 10:43:59:02 >>> Stream #0:3[0x4](eng): Subtitle: eia_608 (cc_dec) (c608 / 0x38303663) >>> (default) >>> Metadata: >>> creation_time : 2023-08-03T15:09:19.000000Z >>> handler_name : ?Closed Caption Media Handler > > _______________________________________________ > 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".
