[FFmpeg-user] Accurate seek times with multiple input files

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Mountain Man <txmountainman45 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Unfortunately I haven't been able to figure out how 
> to make this work if I use -ss after the input file 
> (more accurate).  For example, this command works 
> as expected:
> 
> ffmpeg  -ss 4 -i 100_0290.MOV -i threesec.wav 
> -map 0:v -map 1:a -t 3.003 -acodec copy -vcodec ffv1 
> -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 29.97  combined.avi

Unrelated:
I don't think -r 29.97 is correct if frame accuracy 
is needed.

> I tried:
> 
> ffmpeg   -i 100_0290.MOV -i threesec.wav -map 0:v 
> -map 1:a -ss:0 4 -ss:1 0 -t 3.003 -acodec copy 
> -vcodec ffv1 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 29.97  combined.avi

Sorry if I missed something, but does -ss really 
support a stream identifier? I searched on 
http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-all.html#Main-options but 
did not find any indication.
Are you searching for the -itsoffset option?

Carl Eugen