ffmpeg - trascoding multiple streams from stdin errors out: pipe:: Invalid data found when processing input I'm trying to transcode(below just copy) a/v streams from stdin and generate a thumbnail simultaneously. The issue that I get an error pipe:: Invalid data found when processing input. 

Why is that and how can I fix it? Separately the map commands work just fine so I assume I'm incorrectly using the pipe functionality.

cat a2.mkv |ffmpeg -i - -y -map 0:0 -c:0 copy -f matroska 0.mkv -i - -y -map 0:0 -vf "select=gt(scene\\,0.4)" -frames:v 1 -vsync vfr -vf fps=fps=1/60 -codec png -f image2pipe 0.png
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  configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/3.2.4 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-avresample --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags= --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-opencl --disable-lzma --enable-vda
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Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'pipe:':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : libebml v1.3.1 + libmatroska v1.4.2
    creation_time   : 2017-03-11T02:56:50.000000Z
  Duration: 02:12:52.39, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
    Chapter #0:0: start 0.000000, end 520.270000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:00:00.000
    Chapter #0:1: start 520.270000, end 1135.718000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:08:40.270
    Chapter #0:2: start 1135.718000, end 1703.660000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:18:55.718
    Chapter #0:3: start 1703.660000, end 2314.187000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:28:23.660
    Chapter #0:4: start 2314.187000, end 2888.594000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:38:34.187
    Chapter #0:5: start 2888.594000, end 3499.246000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:48:08.594
    Chapter #0:6: start 3499.246000, end 4154.692000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:58:19.246
    Chapter #0:7: start 4154.692000, end 4646.392000
    Metadata:
      title           : 01:09:14.692
    Chapter #0:8: start 4646.392000, end 5373.660000
    Metadata:
      title           : 01:17:26.392
    Chapter #0:9: start 5373.660000, end 5882.085000
    Metadata:
      title           : 01:29:33.660
    Chapter #0:10: start 5882.085000, end 6627.871000
    Metadata:
      title           : 01:38:02.085
    Chapter #0:11: start 6627.871000, end 7144.471000
    Metadata:
      title           : 01:50:27.871
    Chapter #0:12: start 7144.471000, end 7451.944000
    Metadata:
      title           : 01:59:04.471
    Chapter #0:13: start 7451.944000, end 7972.394000
    Metadata:
      title           : 02:04:11.944
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(tv, bt709/unknown/unknown, progressive), 720x300 [SAR 1:1 DAR 12:5], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      title           : X264
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (LC), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp (default)
pipe:: Invalid data found when processing input
I fixed your command

       cat a2.mkv | ffmpeg -nostdin -i - -y -map 0:0 -c:0 copy -f matroska -y 0.mkv -map 0:0 -vf "select=gt(scene\\,0.4)" -frames:v 1 -vsync vfr -vf fps=fps=1/60 -codec png -f image2pipe 0.png