Difference between -c:v and -vcodec, and -c:a and -acodec?
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00:16 Accepted Answer Score 18
00:44 Thank you
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There is no difference. If you check the manual:
-vcodec codec (output)
Set the video codec. This is an alias for -codec:v.
And of course -codec is the same as -c.
-c[:stream_specifier] codec (input/output,per-stream)
-codec[:stream_specifier] codec (input/output,per-stream)
However, I would encourage people to use the -codec/-c version, since it makes use of stream specifiers (:v, :a, :s), which are also used in filtergraphs or stream mapping.