[FFmpeg-user] Remove 'Annotation' from Quicktime output

[Kevin Wells]

Hi, I am outputting Quicktime Prores files and ffmpeg is inserting an 'Annotation' into the file, where other applications do not insert any. Here's how you see it. Open the file in Quicktime, Show Movie Properties, and you can see the Annotation 'Software - Lavf56.25.101' which has been inserted by ffmpeg. Is there a way to stop ffmpeg from inserting this Annotation?
I have attached a screen grab. Here is my current output:


ffmpeg -i HD_BARS.mov -an -vcodec prores out3.mov
ffmpeg version 2.6.2-tessus Copyright (c) 2000-2015 the FFmpeg developers
  built with Apple LLVM version 6.0 (clang-600.0.57) (based on LLVM 3.5svn)
  configuration: --cc=/usr/bin/clang --prefix=/Users/helmutt/data/ext/ffmpeg/sw --as=yasm --extra-version=tessus --disable-shared --enable-static --disable-ffplay --enable-gpl --enable-pthreads --enable-postproc --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libspeex --enable-bzlib --enable-zlib --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libxavs --enable-libsoxr --enable-libwavpack --enable-version3 --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvpx --enable-libgsm --enable-libopus --enable-libmodplug --enable-fontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-filters --disable-indev=qtkit --disable-indev=x11grab_xcb --enable-runtime-cpudetect
  libavutil      54. 20.100 / 54. 20.100
  libavcodec     56. 26.100 / 56. 26.100
  libavformat    56. 25.101 / 56. 25.101
  libavdevice    56.  4.100 / 56.  4.100
  libavfilter     5. 11.102 /  5. 11.102
  libswscale      3.  1.101 /  3.  1.101
  libswresample   1.  1.100 /  1.  1.100
  libpostproc    53.  3.100 / 53.  3.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'HD_BARS.mov':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt  
    minor_version   : 537199360
    compatible_brands: qt  
    creation_time   : 2015-05-15 16:48:18
  Duration: 00:00:04.25, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 20613 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: prores (apch / 0x68637061), yuv422p10le(bt709), 1920x1080, 20586 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 2997 tbn, 2997 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2015-05-15 16:48:22
      handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
      encoder         : Apple ProRes 422 HQ
      timecode        : 00:00:00:00
    Stream #0:1(eng): Data: none (tmcd / 0x64636D74), 0 kb/s
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2015-05-15 16:48:22
      handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
      reel_name       : 89202
      timecode        : 00:00:00:00
File 'out3.mov' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
[prores @ 0x7fce62002400] encoding with ProRes standard (apcn) profile
[prores @ 0x7fce61825400] encoding with ProRes standard (apcn) profile
[prores @ 0x7fce61825a00] encoding with ProRes standard (apcn) profile
[prores @ 0x7fce62008c00] encoding with ProRes standard (apcn) profile
[prores @ 0x7fce61824e00] encoding with ProRes standard (apcn) profile
Output #0, mov, to 'out3.mov':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt  
    minor_version   : 537199360
    compatible_brands: qt  
    encoder         : Lavf56.25.101
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: prores (apcn) (apcn / 0x6E637061), yuv422p10le, 1920x1080, q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 11988 tbn, 23.98 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2015-05-15 16:48:22
      handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
      timecode        : 00:00:00:00
      encoder         : Lavc56.26.100 prores
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (prores (native) -> prores (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
frame=   32 fps=0.0 q=0.0 size=    2745kB time=00:00:01.16 bitrate=19257.0kbits/frame=   66 fps= 64 q=0.0 size=    6079kB time=00:00:02.58 bitrate=19256.9kbits/frame=  102 fps= 66 q=0.0 size=    9608kB time=00:00:04.08 bitrate=19256.8kbits/frame=  102 fps= 64 q=0.0 Lsize=   10002kB time=00:00:04.25 bitrate=19259.4kbits/s    
video:10000kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.013632% 		 	   		  
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