Add support for copying of the source codecs for ovc and oac when encoding the output
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Description
When using mpv to encode a file from the input, there is no clear way to specify using the source codec without reencoding, similar to how ffmpeg allows using -acodec=copy -vcodec=copy.
Please add such option (unless I missed something and it's already possible in some way?).
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No source file or test is named. Start by locating mpv's output-encoding option handling and the path that selects audio and video codecs, then compare the requested behavior with ffmpeg's -acodec=copy and -vcodec=copy semantics. Done means users can select the source codecs for ovc and oac without re-encoding.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100