Output a filtered or truncated version of an elementary stream. The input is either H.264 (MPEG-4/AVC)
or H.262 (MPEG-2). The output is either an elementary stream, or an H.222 transport stream
If output is to an H.222 Transport Stream, then fixed values for the PMT PID (0x66) and video PID (0x68)
are used.
Filesin_file
is the input elementary stream (but see -stdin below).
out_file
is the output stream, either an equivalent elementary stream, or an H.222 Transport Stream (but
see -stdout and -host below).
Actions-copy Copy the input data to the output file (mostly useful as a way of truncating data with -max)
-filter
Filter data from input to output, aiming to keep every keep_frequencyth frame (where
keep_frequency is specified by -freq).
-strip For H.264, output just the IDR and I pictures, for H.262, output just the I pictures, but see
-allref below.
Switches-errstdout
Write error messages to standard output (the default)
-errstderr
Write error messages to standard error (Unix traditional)
-stdin Input from standard input, instead of a file
-v, -verbose
Output extra information about packets
-q, -quiet
Only output error messages
-hostdest_ip[:port]
Writes output (over TCP/IP) to the named host, instead of to a named file. If port is not
specified, it defaults to 88. Implies -tsout.
-maxmax_frames, -mmax_frames
Maximum number of frames to read (for -filter and -strip), or ES units/NAL units (for -copy).
-freqkeep_frequency
Specify the frequency of frames to try to keep with -filter. Defaults to 8.
-allref
With -strip, keep all reference pictures (H.264) or all I and P pictures (H.262)
-tsout Output data as Transport Stream PES packets (the default is as Elementary Stream)
-pes, -ts
The input file is TS or PS, to be read via the PES->ES reading mechanisms. Not allowed with
-stdin.
Streamtype:
If input is from a file, then the program will look at the start of the file to determine if the stream
is H.264 or H.262 data. This process may occasionally come to the wrong conclusion, in which case the
user can override the choice using the following switches.
If input is from standard input (via -stdin), then it is not possible for the program to make its own
decision on the input stream type. Instead, it defaults to H.262, and relies on the user indicating if
this is wrong.
-h264, -avc
Force the program to treat the input as MPEG-4/AVC.
-h262 Force the program to treat the input as MPEG-2.