[FFmpeg-user] -dcodec gives: Unrecognized option 'dcodec'

[Lou]

On Tue, 15 May 2012 17:15:14 -0700 (PDT)
Monty <junk at torranceweb.com> wrote:

>  Here's my command:
> 
> ffmpeg -i *SHORT.mov -vcodec copy -acodec copy -dcodec copy tmcd.mov
> FFmpeg version SVN-r26402, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
>   built on May 15 2012 10:41:29 with llvm_gcc 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc.
> build 5658) (LLVM build 2336.9.00)
>   configuration: --enable-libmp3lame --enable-shared --disable-mmx
> --arch=x86_64
>   libavutil     50.36. 0 / 50.36. 0
>   libavcore      0.16. 1 /  0.16. 1
>   libavcodec    52.108. 0 / 52.108. 0
>   libavformat   52.93. 0 / 52.93. 0
>   libavdevice   52. 2. 3 / 52. 2. 3
>   libavfilter    1.74. 0 /  1.74. 0
>   libswscale     0.12. 0 /  0.12. 0
> 
> AND ENDS WITH:
>     Stream #0.25(eng): Data: tmcd / 0x64636D74
>     Metadata:
>       creation_time   : 2012-03-19 19:31:21
> Unrecognized option 'dcodec'
> 
> Do I need to enable 'dcodec' when compiling? If so, what do I add to my
> existing configuration. I've not been able to find the answer from searching
> the Internet.

Your ffmpeg is too old to support -dcodec. FFmpeg does not use SVN
anymore and the last commit (r26402) was on 2011-01-19 while -dcodec
was probably supported around 2011-05-03. See the FFmpeg Download page
on details on how to get the recent source with Git.

http://ffmpeg.org/download.html