[FFmpeg-user] How to preserve file time

Greg Oliver oliver.greg at gmail.com
Fri Aug 16 00:39:12 EEST 2024


On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 12:02 PM Nicolas George <george at nsup.org> wrote:
>
> Ulf Zibis (12024-08-14):
> > But for convenience FFmpeg CLI provides option `-y` for this task
>
> No, it does not. The -y option only disables a very simple, unreliable
> but convenient safety measure. It does not delete anything.

It actually will overwrite the output file if it already exists.

> --
>   Nicolas George


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