ffmpeg unable to save a frame at specific time - ffmpeg

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I followed Im getting error "deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly using ffmpeg".. can someone check my code below? to save a frame from a video but the saved frame is of timestamp 00:00:00 instead of the given timestamp
$ ffmpeg -i 001\ Introduction.mp4 -ss 00:03:12.00 -vframes 1 side_view.jpg
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built with gcc 9.3.0 (Gentoo 9.3.0 p2)
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Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '001 Introduction.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : isom
minor_version : 512
compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
encoder : Lavf58.12.100
Duration: 00:09:40.10, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1981 kb/s
Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 1835 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 15360 tbn, 60 tbc (default)
Metadata:
handler_name : VideoHandler
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
handler_name : SoundHandler
Stream #0:2(eng): Subtitle: mov_text (tx3g / 0x67337874), 1280x108, 0 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
rotate : 0
creation_time : 2020-05-20T08:15:54.000000Z
File 'side_view.jpg' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> mjpeg (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[swscaler # 0x55e27e819520] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
Output #0, image2, to 'side_view.jpg':
Metadata:
major_brand : isom
minor_version : 512
compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
encoder : Lavf58.29.100
Stream #0:0(eng): Video: mjpeg, yuvj420p(pc), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbn, 30 tbc (default)
Metadata:
handler_name : VideoHandler
encoder : Lavc58.54.100 mjpeg
Side data:
cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/200000 buffer size: 0 vbv_delay: -1
frame= 1 fps=0.1 q=5.2 Lsize=N/A time=00:00:00.03 bitrate=N/A speed=0.00313x
video:44kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: unknown
In the above output, notice time=00:00:00.03 despite the given -ss 00:03:12.00.
Update
ffmpeg -i "001 Introduction.mp4" -ss 00:03:12.00 -vframes 1 -report -copyts side_view.jpg
https://gist.github.com/GowthamKudupudi/d3703f990548819a5bcd5e72bd5c0449

Answer 1

FFmpeg resets output timestamps to start from zero, unless the user expressly adds flags to override it. So, nothing wrong or unexpected here.