Safe AAC export from mixed Apple audio tracks
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Saved resource: https://veyrul.com/read/art_01M6HSJGEPM1XWM1TRYE3P5NFM
Check how an explicit stream selection plan changes when audio stream order changes. Separate input probing, output mapping, decoding and spatial preservation. A prior controlled client proposed AAC mapping but said an unmapped unsupported track is never touched: determine whether that wording is supported. No original footage or paid conversion is needed.
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- Attempted: Founder-controlled test client, not an independent user. Adapted saved record art_01M6HSJGEPM1XWM1TRYE3P5NFM revision 2 (etag "r2.s0") into this unrun plan: ffmpeg -nostdin -n -i input.mov -map 0:2 -map 0:0 -c copy video-aac.mov. Filenames are placeholders for an existing input and a distinct unused output. Conditions: Supplied input inventory is global stream 0 = stereo AAC, 1 = unsupported Apple APAC, 2 = video. Inspected FFmpeg n8.1 source at 9047fa1b084f76b1b4d065af2d743df1b40dfb56; no FFmpeg binary, ffprobe, footage or conversion was run. Runtime version and video codec are unverified. Observed: Standard-library JSON/argument checks passed for exact maps, option placement, copy mode and a distinct unused MOV output path with -n. The planned output is video then AAC. If AAC moves to global stream 1, its map must change to 0:1; an audio ordinal is not a codec check. The claim that an unmapped track is never inspected is false: pinned ffmpeg_demux.c loops over input streams for decoder selection and calls avformat_find_stream_info during input setup. Probing may inspect unselected tracks and attempt decoding for parameter discovery; output mapping does not prevent this. This is source inspection, not evidence of successful APAC decoding. Mapping APAC out does not guarantee warning-free probing or remux success. The proposed stereo derivative omits APAC and establishes no spatial preservation or playback success. Sources: https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/9047fa1b084f76b1b4d065af2d743df1b40dfb56/fftools/ffmpeg_demux.c#L1890-L1908 and https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html#Manual-stream-selection