[FFmpeg-user] What is the transcoding unit for FFMPEG?

[Etienne Buira]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:56:43AM +0530, Atish Kathpal wrote:
> Hi friends
> 
> What is the transcoding unit for FFMEG? Is it a file or can we transcode a
> single file as user defined chunks of equal/variable size?
> 
> Eg: Given a video- Austral.mpeg (10mins). Can I divide it into 10 chunks of
> 1 min each while transcoding, such that each 1min chunk is accessible once
> transcoding for it is over?
> 
> Pardon me if this doubt has already been addressed, please point me to the
> link/mail-thread where I could get information on the same.
> 
> Best regards
> Atish

Hi.

Look at -ss and -t documentation, I think that's the only way to achieve
what you want.

Regards.