[FFmpeg-user] Determine Reason for "error: Error while decoding stream #0:X: Invalid data found when processing input"

[Kieran O Leary]

Hi

On Thu 6 Jul 2023 at 08:26, Er Win <86Legacy at outlook.de> wrote:

> Hey there,
>
> I run ffmpeg on an archive of video files and quite a bunch of them return
> "Error while decoding stream #0:1: Invalid data found when processing
> input"
>
> As an error, usually right at the beginning of the process.


It would be helpful to see the complete terminal output and your command as
this would tell us what the stream is and what you’re doing with it.

Best,

Kieran

>
> When I play such files in several players I do not notice any problem.
> What does this error mean? Is stream X checked or ignored if ffmpeg gives
> this output?
>
> Thank you.
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