[FFmpeg-user] Zeroing 'top_field_first' & 'repeat_pict' -- Possible?

[Mark Filipak]

ffprobe reports:

frames.frame.0.interlaced_frame=0
frames.frame.0.top_field_first=1
frames.frame.0.repeat_pict=1
frames.frame.1.interlaced_frame=0
frames.frame.1.top_field_first=0
frames.frame.1.repeat_pict=0
frames.frame.2.interlaced_frame=0
frames.frame.2.top_field_first=0
frames.frame.2.repeat_pict=1
frames.frame.3.interlaced_frame=0
frames.frame.3.top_field_first=1
frames.frame.3.repeat_pict=0

Is there an ffmpeg way to zero those metadata flags in the input prior to the decoder so that the 
decoder thinks that the input is solely progressive?

frames.frame.0.interlaced_frame=0
frames.frame.0.top_field_first=0
frames.frame.0.repeat_pict=0
frames.frame.1.interlaced_frame=0
frames.frame.1.top_field_first=0
frames.frame.1.repeat_pict=0
frames.frame.2.interlaced_frame=0
frames.frame.2.top_field_first=0
frames.frame.2.repeat_pict=0
frames.frame.3.interlaced_frame=0
frames.frame.3.top_field_first=0
frames.frame.3.repeat_pict=0

Alternatively, is there a way to simply force the decoder to ignore the flags?

Thanks,
Mark.

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