Fiddling with MP3s and MP4s

November 28, 2016 by omiday ['ɔ:mi:deı]

Adding audio into video

Tip picked up from this Ask Ubuntu post. Note that the text below is not verbatim:

ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -i audio.aac -map 0:0 -map 1:0 -vcodec copy \
   -acodec copy newvideo.mp4

ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -i audio.aac -map 0:1 -map 1:0 -vcodec copy \
   -acodec copy newvideo.mp4

Explanation:
   -i video.mp4  -> first media file
   -i audio.aac  -> second media file
   -map 0:1      -> use the second stream from the first mediafile
   -map 1:0      -> use the first stream from the second mediafile
   -vcodec copy  -> leave the video as is
   -acodec copy  -> leave the audio as is
   newvideo      -> resulting videofile

Note:
   Use 'mediainfo' to confirm that the audiofile and videofile have the same
   duration.  Not every player is accepting tracks with huge duration
   differences.

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