[FFmpeg-user] Convert files on the fly...does it work?

[Reindl Harald]

that is a terrible bad idea and unlikely works
what should ffmpeg do with the output in the meantime?
hold it in memory since it can't write to the sourcefile

 >> I do not want to create a new file and then delete the
 >> old file and then rename the new file to the old file name

nosense, you don't need 3 steps

* ouput to temp-file
* atomic mv to the source name

that's also safe in case the conversion get interrupted and makes sure 
you damage the source file and is typicall a 1-liner "ffmpeg params && 
mv tmp sourcename"

Am 06.07.2015 um 11:51 schrieb Patrick Roelli:
> Have you tried it?
>
> 2015-07-06 1:03 GMT+02:00 Dani A <danix4u-at-yahoo.com at ffmpeg.org>:
>
>> I want to convert  files where the source and destination files are have
>> the same name and on the same folder.
>>
>> Can FFMPEG allow that?
>> The command below and as you can see, I am using the same file name in
>> both the source and destination.
>>
>> ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -c:a copy -c:v copy -movflags faststart video.mp4
>>
>>   I do not want to create a new file and then delete the old file and then
>> rename the new file to the old file name

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