[FFmpeg-user] Automatic encoding of .ts files gives an inexplicable delay after muxing

[Francois Visagie]

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> From: ffmpeg-user-bounces at ffmpeg.org [mailto:ffmpeg-user-
> bounces at ffmpeg.org] On Behalf Of marsupilami
> Sent: 30 October 2014 10:34
> To: ffmpeg-user at ffmpeg.org
> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-user] Automatic encoding of .ts files gives an
> inexplicable delay after muxing
> 
> Now I've had some time to test this issue more extensively and you're
right,
> the header really is there. However after encoding I'm using mkvmerge to
> cut
> (split) the file so only the parts I want will be there in the final mkv.
> This all condenses down to one problem:
> 
> mkvmerge (as well as ffmpeg) in cutting mode does not read all headers
that
> are included in the mkv file and includes them in the cut mkv file - so
the
> encoding settings header gets lost if I'm not cutting from the beginning
from
> the file but from somewhere in let's say the first quarter. It seems
somewhat
> logical that the two tools don't do that, but it's very unfortunate for me
since
> I would like to preserve this header in the final mkv file that comes out
after
> cutting.
> 
> I've read some man pages and tested extracting the tags of the uncut file
> (where the "encoding settings" header is still intact) with mkvextract,
but
> unfortunately it doesn't show it - neither does mkvinfo. Only mediainfo
> shows the "encoding settings" tag in the uncut file.
> 
> Any ideas how I could extract this tag somehow from the uncut file and put
it
> back into the cut file (preferrably with ffmpeg)?

Unfortunately you don't include previous discussions, but have you tried
ffprobe for that purpose?

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