##### ORIGINAL FILE $ ffmpeg -i ET2GYGBFW4.flv ffmpeg version 2.4.3 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers built on Nov 6 2014 23:40:10 with Apple LLVM version 6.0 (clang-600.0.54) (based on LLVM 3.5svn) configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/2.4.3 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-nonfree --enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-avresample --enable-vda --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags= --enable-libx264 --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libxvid libavutil 54. 7.100 / 54. 7.100 libavcodec 56. 1.100 / 56. 1.100 libavformat 56. 4.101 / 56. 4.101 libavdevice 56. 0.100 / 56. 0.100 libavfilter 5. 1.100 / 5. 1.100 libavresample 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0 libswscale 3. 0.100 / 3. 0.100 libswresample 1. 1.100 / 1. 1.100 libpostproc 53. 0.100 / 53. 0.100 Input #0, flv, from 'ET2GYGBFW4.flv': Metadata: creationdate : Thu Nov 13 11:23:30 Duration: 00:00:11.07, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 483 kb/s Stream #0:0: Video: flv1, yuv420p, 320x240, 1k tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc Stream #0:1: Audio: nellymoser, 8000 Hz, mono, flt ##### DESIRED EXAMPLE FILE $ ffmpeg -i UserInterview_EHGLIXR8UBA_ET2GYGBFW4.mp4 ffmpeg version 2.4.3 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers built on Nov 6 2014 23:40:10 with Apple LLVM version 6.0 (clang-600.0.54) (based on LLVM 3.5svn) configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/2.4.3 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-nonfree --enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-avresample --enable-vda --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags= --enable-libx264 --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libxvid libavutil 54. 7.100 / 54. 7.100 libavcodec 56. 1.100 / 56. 1.100 libavformat 56. 4.101 / 56. 4.101 libavdevice 56. 0.100 / 56. 0.100 libavfilter 5. 1.100 / 5. 1.100 libavresample 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0 libswscale 3. 0.100 / 3. 0.100 libswresample 1. 1.100 / 1. 1.100 libpostproc 53. 0.100 / 53. 0.100 Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'UserInterview_EHGLIXR8UBA_ET2GYGBFW4.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 1 compatible_brands: isomavc1mp42 creation_time : 2014-11-13 11:14:02 Duration: 00:00:11.26, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 182 kb/s Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 320x240 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 134 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 50 tbc (default) Metadata: creation_time : 2014-11-13 11:14:00 handler_name : GPAC ISO Video Handler Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 8000 Hz, mono, fltp, 47 kb/s (default) Metadata: creation_time : 2014-11-13 11:14:02 handler_name : /data/tmp/zencoder/output/e/99/b6/f6/370988329/39501/20141113111359/transcode/encoded.audio.aac - Imported with GPAC 0.4.6-DEV-revexported ### ACTUALLY GETTING $ ffmpeg -i ET2GYGBFW4.flv -q:v 0 -profile:v baseline -r 25 -b:a 9001k -vcodec libx264 test.mp4 $ ffmpeg -i test.mp4 ffmpeg version 2.4.3 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers built on Nov 6 2014 23:40:10 with Apple LLVM version 6.0 (clang-600.0.54) (based on LLVM 3.5svn) configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/2.4.3 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-nonfree --enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-avresample --enable-vda --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags= --enable-libx264 --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libxvid libavutil 54. 7.100 / 54. 7.100 libavcodec 56. 1.100 / 56. 1.100 libavformat 56. 4.101 / 56. 4.101 libavdevice 56. 0.100 / 56. 0.100 libavfilter 5. 1.100 / 5. 1.100 libavresample 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0 libswscale 3. 0.100 / 3. 0.100 libswresample 1. 1.100 / 1. 1.100 libpostproc 53. 0.100 / 53. 0.100 Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'test.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 512 compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41 encoder : Lavf56.4.101 Duration: 00:00:11.12, start: 0.031000, bitrate: 137 kb/s Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 320x240, 121 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 12800 tbn, 50 tbc (default) Metadata: handler_name : VideoHandler Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 8000 Hz, mono, fltp, 13 kb/s (default) Metadata: handler_name : SoundHandler