[FFmpeg-user] Specify input options

[Paul B Mahol]

On 8/21/20, Simon Brown <simon.k.brown at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> is it possible to stop FFmpeg from probing the input and just to tell it
> exactly what it is getting (and obviously suffering the consequences if
> it's different)?  I can reduce probesize but I want essentially zero delay
> through ffmpeg (no encoding, just repackaging a transport stream as MP4).

Yes, It is possible.

ffmpeg -f mkv -i input.mkv ....

It is also possible to override decoder used.