How can I make ffmpeg be quieter/less verbose?
Problem
By default ffmpeg sends a whole lot of messages to stderr: when built, how it was built, codecs, etc, etc, etc. How can I make it quieter? I've tried (and since the documentation just coyly says with no indication of what the range of inputs is) -- still not quiet. I've tried -- still not quiet. I should mention, I'm looking for "quieter," not "no output ever". If there's an error I want to see it, but I don't need to hear about ffmpeg's configuration every. single. time.
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Fix for: How can I make ffmpeg be quieter/less verbose?
This is alluded to in a comment below the current answer. The option was introduced in late 2013 -- https://lists.ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2013-December/152349.html ) leads to more output than the level (but less than the default level) as it shows all warning messages. is the least verbose output (omitting even error messages) but is undocumented. The official documentation can be found in the ffmpeg Documentation under Generic options, subsection .
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