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scottlamb on Feb 28, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: FFmpeg 6.0

Fundamentally (ignoring ffmpeg incantations), I think there are four options:

1. re-encode the whole thing

2. re-encode just the first GOP

3. start a bit early or late

4. include the full first GOP but use an edit list to instruct the player to skip to the timestamp of interest

vigneshv_psg on Feb 28, 2023 [–]

yeah these are pretty much the options. i believe the ffmpeg command that OP suggested would do option 3.

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