[FFmpeg-user] Audio Stream Mapping issue

[Tim Nicholson]

On 15/11/11 08:46, Tim Nicholson wrote:
> According to http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html#Main-options
> "ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0 -c:v libx264 -c:a copy OUTPUT
> encodes all video streams with libx264 and copies all audio streams"
>
> However I have an mxf file with 1 video and 4 audio streams I am trying
> to rewrap as a mov where I seem unable to get more than a single audio
> stream copied.
>
> I have tried the following command lines:-
>
> ffmpeg -i in.mxf -vcodec copy -acodec copy tim2.mov
>
> ffmpeg -i in.mxf -vcodec copy -acodec copy -ac 4 tim2.mov
>
> ffmpeg -i in.mxf -vcodec copy -c:a copy tim2.mov
>
> ffmpeg -i in.mxf -vcodec copy -c:a:0 copy -c:a:1 copy -c:a:2 copy -c:a:3
> copy tim2.mov
>
> fmpeg -i in.mxf -vcodec copy -ac 4 -c:a:0 copy -c:a:1 copy -c:a:2 copy
> -c:a:3 copy tim2.mov
>
> But all produce the same result:-
>
> [..]
> Stream mapping:
> Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
> Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy)

So to answer my own point it seems that the "-map 0" is essential to get 
all the tracks*. However according to:-
http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html#Stream-selection

"By default ffmpeg tries to pick the "best" stream of each type present 
in input files and add them to each output file. For video, this means 
the highest resolution, for audio the highest channel count. For 
subtitle it’s simply the first subtitle stream.
[...]
For full manual control, use the -map option, which disables the 
defaults just described. "

In my case with only 1 video and 4 audios I would expect the "default" 
of "highest resolution" and "highest channel count" to give me what I 
wanted, but it would appear that the audio default is *not* the highest 
channel count but the first channel as per the subtitle spec.

*just for the record I used:-

ffmpeg -i in.mxf -map 0 -vcodec copy -acodec copy tim2.mov
-- 
Tim


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