[FFmpeg-user] Intent of -copyinkf and non-key frames in video stream copy

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Doug Handy <doug <at> doughandy.com> writes:

> ‘-copyinkf[:stream_specifier] (output,per-stream)’
> When doing stream copy, copy also non-key frames 
> found at the beginning.
> 
> I am not finding much more information about this 
> option at all. Perhaps it is wishful thinking on 
> my part and reading it to mean what I want it to 
> mean, but I was hoping this would mean that when 
> specified and your start location was not on a key 
> frame, that it would generate a proper keyframe

No.
The option just allows you not to skip 
the initial non-keyframes when doing 
stream-copy.

Carl Eugen