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I'm using'-to' option for trimming a video and ffmpeg says 'to' option not recongnized if ffmpeg.exe is run from a folder other than where ffmpeg.exe is located through cmd.exe. The location of ffmpeg.exe is in windows system path.

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  • What version of ffmpeg.exe is being reported when you are running it from another directory?
    – bertieb
    Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 9:31
  • You should show your actual commands and the complete console outputs (please copy and paste instead of making screenshots; not sure why that is so common for Windows users).
    – llogan
    Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 17:06
  • Hi, I was able to figure out the issue. I tried to provide ffmpeg version and console log for both cases where it is working and failing. Looking at the log i was able to figure out that version of ffmpeg printed in the console log is different in both cases. Version details for your reference. New version N-75185-gf58e011 Copyright (c) 2000-2015 built with gcc 4.9.3 (GCC)...Old version N-34549-g13b7781,Copyright (c) 2000-2011 Nov 6 2011 with gcc 4.6.1....The old version was in path which doesn't support '-to'. Removing old version from path solved my problem. Thanks for the quick responses.
    – Sree H
    Commented Sep 29, 2015 at 6:17
  • That's usually the case for problems with not recognised commands :) You can write that as an answer and accept that, since it fixed your problem, which would help others in a similar predicament.
    – bertieb
    Commented Sep 29, 2015 at 8:32

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This could happen if an old version of ffmpeg was used with latest supported options. In my case I had 2 different versions of ffmpeg in Windows system path. Below are the 2 version I had on my machine:

  • New version N-75185-gf58e011 Copyright (c) 2000-2015 built with gcc 4.9.3 (GCC) which supports -to option.
  • Old version N-34549-g13b7781 Copyright (c) 2000-2011 Nov 6 2011 with gcc 4.6.1 which doesn't support -to.

Using Windows task manager I was able to figure out that an old version of ffmpeg was being used when the video trim failed with -to option. Removing the old version from system path solved my issue.

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