I am attemping to use ffmpeg to add a silent audio track to a video file (Instagram requires video files to have an audio track to allow them to upload, for whatever reason), and I am using the following command:
ffmpeg -f lavfi -i aevalsrc=0 -i input.mkv -shortest -c:v copy -c:a libvo_aacenc output.mp4
The input file "input.mkv" is 00:00:06 (i.e. 6 seconds). However, the resultant "output.mp4" comes out at 00:02:31 (i.e. 2 minutes 31 seconds), obviously much longer. After 6 seconds, the video seems to freeze on the last frame for the remainder. Naturally, this is not the result I expected or wanted.
Anyone able to suggest what mistake I have made in this command, and how to properly achieve what I am wanting? I'd like to be able to write a little batch script or something to automatically convert videos to the correct format required for Instagram for future use.
EDIT: As requested, here is the ffmpeg output:
ffmpeg version N-50911-g9efcfbe Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
built on Mar 13 2013 21:26:48 with gcc 4.7.2 (GCC)
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-av
isynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enab
le-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype --enable-libg
sm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libo
pencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-li
bschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-lib
twolame --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enabl
e-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-zlib
libavutil 52. 19.100 / 52. 19.100
libavcodec 55. 0.100 / 55. 0.100
libavformat 55. 0.100 / 55. 0.100
libavdevice 54. 4.100 / 54. 4.100
libavfilter 3. 45.103 / 3. 45.103
libswscale 2. 2.100 / 2. 2.100
libswresample 0. 17.102 / 0. 17.102
libpostproc 52. 2.100 / 52. 2.100
[lavfi @ 02259b00] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, lavfi, from 'aevalsrc=0':
Duration: N/A, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2822 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Audio: pcm_f64le, 44100 Hz, mono, dbl, 2822 kb/s
Input #1, matroska,webm, from 'input.mkv':
Metadata:
ENCODER : Lavf55.0.100
Duration: 00:00:06.10, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 5123 kb/s
Stream #1:0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 1620x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 3:2], 10 fp
s, 10 tbr, 1k tbn, 20 tbc (default)
File 'output.mp4' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
Output #0, mp4, to 'output.mp4':
Metadata:
encoder : Lavf55.0.100
Stream #0:0: Video: h264 ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuv420p, 1620x1080 [SAR 1
:1 DAR 3:2], q=2-31, 10 fps, 16k tbn, 1k tbc (default)
Stream #0:1: Audio: aac ([64][0][0][0] / 0x0040), 44100 Hz, mono, s16, 128 k
b/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #1:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
Stream #0:0 -> #0:1 (pcm_f64le -> libvo_aacenc)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
frame= 59 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 Lsize= 4961kB time=00:01:12.38 bitrate= 561.4kbits
/s
video:3814kB audio:1132kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.304997
%
I should also note that this time the resultant "output.mp4" was 00:01:12 - this length seems to be somewhat "random", as of course the exact same command was used as when I did it previously.
-c:a aac -strict experimental
.ffmpeg
from current git master compiled with vo-aacenc 0.1.3.