<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Gary Buhrmaster <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com" target="_blank">gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 12:48 AM, Ian Evans <<a href="mailto:dheianevans@gmail.com">dheianevans@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div class="im">> So is there any way to create a smaller file? Trying top figure out why .27<br>
> mythcommflag can't create a seektable on this mp4 file I have but the<br>
> original's too big.<br>
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</div>Have no tried it personally, but something like the following should work:<br>
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ffmpeg -ss 00:00:00 -t 00:30:00 -i original_file.mp4 -acodec copy \<br>
-vcodec copy smaller_file.mp4<br>
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(that presumes I have not mis-remembered the ffmpeg options)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Worked like a charm. <br></div></div></div></div>