How to remove ALL metadata using ffmpeg?
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Updated on July 13, 2022Comments
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I have input file:
infile.mp3
This file contains metadata (artist, genre, etc.)
I try remove all metadata to output a.wav
file.Yes! I found option:
-map_metadata -1
But output is unexpected to me...
$ ffmpeg -i infile.mp3 -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 \ -ar 44100 -map_metadata -1 ./outfile.wav
OK!
$ ffprobe outfile.wav Input #0, wav, from 'inp.wav': Metadata: encoder : Lavf56.25.101 Duration: 00:04:00.47, bitrate: 1411 kb/s Stream #0:0: Audio: pcm_s16le ([1][0][0][0] / 0x0001), 44100 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 1411 kb/s
You see? encoder metadata exists!
And in the
wav
header after "subchunk1_id" with "fmt " value I expect in "subchunk2_id" is the "data" value (clear expected example):$ strings outfile.wav | more RIFFFB WAVEfmt data
But it is not (LIST, INFOISFT, etc):
$ strings outfile.wav | more RIFFFB WAVEfmt LIST INFOISFT Lavf56.25.101 data
Well.. How to really remove all metadata from the output file?