[FFmpeg-user] ff* command lines that work

[Mark Filipak]

On 03/09/2020 08:56 PM, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> Am Di., 10. März 2020 um 01:56 Uhr schrieb Mark Filipak
> <markfilipak.windows+ffmpeg at gmail.com>:
>>
>> On 03/09/2020 08:47 PM, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
>>> Am Di., 10. März 2020 um 01:42 Uhr schrieb Mark Filipak
>>> <markfilipak.windows+ffmpeg at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>> Thank you, Carl. How about this?:
>>>>
>>>> ffmpeg [A] [B] -i C [[D] -i E ...] [F] [[G] [H] I [[J] [K] L] ...]
>>>>       A  : general options, if any
>>>>       B  : first input options, if any
>>>>     -i C : first (possibly only) input-URL
>>>>       D  : second input options, if any
>>>>     -i E : second input-URL, if any, etc.
>>>>       F  : additional general options, if any
>>>>       G  : first output filter chain, if any
>>>>       H  : first output options, if any
>>>>       I  : first output-URL, if any
>>>>       J  ; second output filter chain, if any
>>>>       K  ; second output options, if any
>>>>       L  : second output-URL, if any, etc.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Just remove F
> 
> Carl Eugen

Michael Koch said that general options can also be between the inputs 
and the outputs. Was that incorrect? Or are you simply trying to make 
the template 'simpler' (but incorrect)?