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Re:A curated list of warez and piracy links by charcircuit on Friday January 07, 2022 @05:23PM (#29845691)
every time you recompress a file you lose quality
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Re:A curated list of warez and piracy links by capableweb on Friday January 07, 2022 @07:07PM (#29846856)
Hence the use of the word "remux", it's lossless (no re-encoding).
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Re:A curated list of warez and piracy links by charcircuit on Saturday January 08, 2022 @08:19AM (#29851395)
It doesn't support H.264 or AAC. Just changing the container.
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Re:A curated list of warez and piracy links by fomine3 on Friday January 07, 2022 @08:51PM (#29847722)
-vcodec copy -acodec copy
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Re:A curated list of warez and piracy links by charcircuit on Saturday January 08, 2022 @08:20AM (#29851408)
mp4 files usually contain H.264 encoded video which requires the paid version for audio it usually contains AAC encdoded audio which is not supported at all. You can't get away with just copying.
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