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What's the difference between FFmpeg's "-vcodec copy" and "-sameq"?

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Mar 15, 202679051 views
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What is the difference between using and with FFmpeg? Do they do the same thing?

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-vcodec copy

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Fix for: What's the difference between FFmpeg's "-vcodec copy" and "-sameq"?

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The accepted answer is incorrect—or at least doesn't really explain what the options actually do. tells FFmpeg to copy the bitstream of the video to the output. For example, your AVI video has an XviD video bitstream, and you can copy it to an MP4 c…

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