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What does the size used in ffmpeg logging indicate?

I am using FFmpeg to read a RTSP stream.

FFmpeg sometimes gives a error message 'Past duration x.xx to large' including the following data in the logging:

frame=174635061 fps=24 q=-0.0 size=875425493kB time=312:09:56.45 bitrate=32350.1kbits/s dup=3424 drop=5

In my case 'size' is huge, I would like to understand what 'size' is indicating. I have not been able to find a answer in the documentation at http://ffmpeg.org/documentation.html

FFmpeg version: 3.2.15

Solution

  • size represents the total byte size of the generated output file.

    You can ignore the Past duration x.xx to large messages, they were downgraded in log visibility in ver 4.1. You should upgrade ffmpeg to 4.3 or recent git.