Keep download file before conversion?

[artisticforge .]

hello

Yes, I am fully aware of that. The reason of wanting the "raw" files
was to compare the downloaded files from a Mac, Windows & Linux before
"processed" by ffmpeg.

In theory the 3 downloaded files should be the same.
that would reinforce that ffmpeg is the culprit on Debian Linux Jessie.

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 5:20 PM, Jon Davies <jon at hedgerows.org.uk> wrote:
> On 12 September 2016 at 18:08, artisticforge . <artisticforge at gmail.com> wrote:
>> i have looked at the long help and do not find what I was looking for.
>> Is there a way to keep the raw downloaded file before conversion?
>>
>> this would be the *.ts or m4a.m4a file.
>
> there's the --raw option: this keeps the unremuxed file, but prevents
> any remuxing from happening.
>
> Note that the "conversion" is simply taking the video and audio
> streams and putting them into a different, more convenient, container
> format - there's no change to the video or audio stream at all.
>
> jon



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