[FFmpeg-user] can I compress a video and remove the audio with a single command?

[Bouke / edit 'B]

> On 16 Mar 2023, at 16:34, Natalia Molinero Mingorance <eng.nataliamolinero at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm trying this command to compress the video and remove audio:
> 
> 
> command = -y -i $videoUri -movflags faststart -c:v libx264 -crf 40 -an
> -preset ultrafast $outPutSafeUri
> 
> but the video I get is corrupted.

How is the output ‘corrupted’?
QT player probably won’t play it, but that does not mean that it is ‘corrupted’
Where did you get the -crf 40?
In combo with ultrafast, that will make some very ugly file…

Bouke