Could not find tag for codec h264 in stream #0 codec (ffmpeg flac to alac convert)

Question

I'm rying to convert flac audio file into alac audio file. I'm using ffmpeg command in mac os terminal after installing ffmpeg using command brew install ffmpeg.

After running following command

for name in *.flac; do ffmpeg -nostdin -i "$name" -acodec alac "${name%.*}.m4a"; done

I am getting the following error:

Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:0 (mjpeg (native) -> h264 (libx264))
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:1 (flac (native) -> alac (native))
[ipod @ 0x7fa5c6800000] Frame rate very high for a muxer not efficiently supporting it.
Please consider specifying a lower framerate, a different muxer or -vsync 2
[libx264 @ 0x7fa5c5804a00] using SAR=1/1
[libx264 @ 0x7fa5c5804a00] MB rate (77760000) > level limit (16711680)
[libx264 @ 0x7fa5c5804a00] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 BMI2 AVX2
[libx264 @ 0x7fa5c5804a00] profile High, level 6.2
[libx264 @ 0x7fa5c5804a00] 264 - core 155 r2917 0a84d98 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2018 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=7 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=-2 threads=6 lookahead_threads=1 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 b_adapt=1 b_bias=0 direct=1 weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=2 keyint=250 keyint_min=25 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=crf mbtree=1 crf=23.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
[ipod @ 0x7fa5c6800000] Could not find tag for codec h264 in stream #0, codec not currently supported in container
Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?): Invalid argument
Error initializing output stream 0:1 -- 
Conversion failed!

Is the problem located in stream #0:1?

Should I be using

-c:a alac

instead of

-acodec alac

Answer 1

what I did was

for name in *.flac; do ffmpeg -nostdin -i "$name" -c:a alac -c:v copy "${name%.*}.m4a"; done