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• ffmpeg conversion using libx264 looks terrible - interlaced

  17 June 2016, by justin

  I’m in the process of converting some files from my set-top box (.ASF) format to something more portable that will work with plex and roku more readily. In doing so I’m using ffmpeg, but having unsatisfying results. Whereas the original doesn’t have ANY notable interlacing defects, the converted file does. I think it has something to do with the libx264 converter because of the following experiment:

  Running this command:

  ffmpeg -i file.asf -vcodec copy -acodec copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc -ss 150 -t 15 short.mp4

  ffmpeg version 3.0.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
  
    built with Apple LLVM version 7.3.0 (clang-703.0.29)
  
    configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/3.0.2 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-avresample --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags= --enable-opencl --enable-libx264 --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libxvid --enable-vda
  
    libavutil      55. 17.103 / 55. 17.103
  
    libavcodec     57. 24.102 / 57. 24.102
  
    libavformat    57. 25.100 / 57. 25.100
  
    libavdevice    57.  0.101 / 57.  0.101
  
    libavfilter     6. 31.100 /  6. 31.100
  
    libavresample   3.  0.  0 /  3.  0.  0
  
    libswscale      4.  0.100 /  4.  0.100
  
    libswresample   2.  0.101 /  2.  0.101
  
    libpostproc    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
  
  [asf @ 0x7f9f84000000] Could not find codec parameters for stream 2 (Unknown: none): unknown codec
  
  Consider increasing the value for the 'analyzeduration' and 'probesize' options
  
  Input #0, asf, from 'file.asf':
  
    Metadata:
  
      title           : Slingbox
  
      artist          : Sling Media
  
      comment         : test
  
    Duration: N/A, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
  
      Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High) (h264 / 0x34363268), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 30.30 fps, 30 tbr, 1k tbn, 59.94 tbc
  
      Stream #0:1: Audio: aac (LC) ([255][0][0][0] / 0x00FF), 32000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 96 kb/s
  
      Stream #0:2: Unknown: none
  
  File 'short.mp4' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
  
  Output #0, mp4, to 'short.mp4':
  
    Metadata:
  
      title           : Slingbox
  
      artist          : Sling Media
  
      comment         : test
  
      encoder         : Lavf57.25.100
  
      Stream #0:0: Video: h264 ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 30.30 fps, 30 tbr, 16k tbn, 1k tbc
  
      Stream #0:1: Audio: aac (LC) ([64][0][0][0] / 0x0040), 32000 Hz, stereo, 96 kb/s
  
  Stream mapping:
  
    Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
  
    Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy)
  
  Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
  
  [mp4 @ 0x7f9f8388c200] Timestamps are unset in a packet for stream 0. This is deprecated and will stop working in the future. Fix your code to set the timestamps properly
  
  [mp4 @ 0x7f9f8388c200] pts has no value
  
      Last message repeated 449 times
  
  frame=  450 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 Lsize=    9002kB time=00:00:15.02 bitrate=4907.9kbits/s speed=92.1x    
  
  video:8817kB audio:173kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.125406%

  Which produces a file which has no interlacing artifact and appears to be same exact file size as the original (if run without the -ss and -t commands).

  But running this command (without any options):

  ffmpeg -i test.asf -ss 150 -t 15 short2.mp4

  ffmpeg version 3.0.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
  
    built with Apple LLVM version 7.3.0 (clang-703.0.29)
  
    configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/3.0.2 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-avresample --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags= --enable-opencl --enable-libx264 --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libxvid --enable-vda
  
    libavutil      55. 17.103 / 55. 17.103
  
    libavcodec     57. 24.102 / 57. 24.102
  
    libavformat    57. 25.100 / 57. 25.100
  
    libavdevice    57.  0.101 / 57.  0.101
  
    libavfilter     6. 31.100 /  6. 31.100
  
    libavresample   3.  0.  0 /  3.  0.  0
  
    libswscale      4.  0.100 /  4.  0.100
  
    libswresample   2.  0.101 /  2.  0.101
  
    libpostproc    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
  
  [asf @ 0x7fec32801400] Could not find codec parameters for stream 2 (Unknown: none): unknown codec
  
  Consider increasing the value for the 'analyzeduration' and 'probesize' options
  
  Input #0, asf, from 'test.asf':
  
    Metadata:
  
      title           : Slingbox
  
      artist          : Sling Media
  
      comment         : test
  
    Duration: N/A, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
  
      Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High) (h264 / 0x34363268), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 30.30 fps, 30 tbr, 1k tbn, 59.94 tbc
  
      Stream #0:1: Audio: aac (LC) ([255][0][0][0] / 0x00FF), 32000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 96 kb/s
  
      Stream #0:2: Unknown: none
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] using SAR=1/1
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 AVX2 LZCNT BMI2
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] profile High, level 4.0
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] 264 - core 148 r2668 fd2c324 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2016 - - 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=12 lookahead_threads=2 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
  
  Output #0, mp4, to 'short2.mp4':
  
    Metadata:
  
      title           : Slingbox
  
      artist          : Sling Media
  
      comment         : test
  
      encoder         : Lavf57.25.100
  
      Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (libx264) ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=-1--1, 30 fps, 15360 tbn, 30 tbc
  
      Metadata:
  
        encoder         : Lavc57.24.102 libx264
  
      Side data:
  
        unknown side data type 10 (24 bytes)
  
      Stream #0:1: Audio: aac (LC) ([64][0][0][0] / 0x0040), 32000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s
  
      Metadata:
  
        encoder         : Lavc57.24.102 aac
  
  Stream mapping:
  
    Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264))
  
    Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac (native) -> aac (native))
  
  Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
  
  frame=  450 fps= 20 q=-1.0 Lsize=    6732kB time=00:00:15.00 bitrate=3674.9kbits/s speed=0.657x    
  
  video:6481kB audio:240kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.168370%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] frame I:12    Avg QP:18.85  size: 39804
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] frame P:291   Avg QP:21.40  size: 17543
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] frame B:147   Avg QP:22.61  size:  7167
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] consecutive B-frames: 42.9% 36.9% 11.3%  8.9%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] mb I  I16..4: 43.2% 52.0%  4.8%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] mb P  I16..4: 11.9% 16.0%  1.0%  P16..4: 30.2%  3.0%  1.7%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:36.2%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] mb B  I16..4:  0.6%  0.9%  0.1%  B16..8: 25.7%  1.4%  0.2%  direct: 4.6%  skip:66.6%  L0:49.0% L1:49.4% BI: 1.6%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] 8x8 transform intra:55.1% inter:92.0%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 22.5% 38.6% 6.6% inter: 6.5% 17.3% 0.5%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] i16 v,h,dc,p: 28% 47%  8% 17%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 34% 15% 42%  1%  1%  2%  1%  2%  1%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 10% 78%  6%  1%  1%  1%  1%  1%  1%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] i8c dc,h,v,p: 59% 19% 19%  3%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] Weighted P-Frames: Y:14.4% UV:3.8%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] ref P L0: 65.5%  6.6% 19.0%  8.4%  0.4%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] ref B L0: 89.6%  8.9%  1.5%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] ref B L1: 98.6%  1.4%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x7fec32102800] kb/s:3539.34
  
  [aac @ 0x7fec32103a00] Qavg: 573.580

  Produces a file which has quite a bit of interlacing defect when playing on my HD projector thru Roku via Plex (direct play enabled, apparently no transcoding).

  

  Lest I be overly picky, I engaged my wife in this test, showing her the two files and she agreed that the one that used libx264 was significantly worse and unwatchable. Can’t figure out how to shrink this file down without causing these interlacing defects — it happens even when I don’t try to shrink it! Any thoughts?

  Video files:

  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23091/m1/short.mp4
  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23091/m1/short2.mp4

  Update: Additionally, I tried a few settings to generate a MPEG4 (.AVI) file and had similar lack of success. Similar interlacing defects.

• php ffmpeg flv conversion error

  8 July 2013, by arjun

  I am trying to convert mp4 file to flv but i am getting 0 size flv files,

  can you please help me out on this

  array(45)  [0]=string(72) "FFmpeg version SVN-r26402, Copyright (c)
  2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers" [1]=string(74) " built on Jan 12
  2012 16:07:49 with gcc 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-51)" [2]=>
  string(98) " configuration: —enable-libmp3lame —enable-gpl
  
  — enable-libvorbis —disable-mmx —enable-shared" [3]=string(35) " libavutil 50.36. 0 / 50.36. 0" [4]=string(35) " libavcore 0.16. 1 /
  0.16. 1" [5]=string(37) " libavcodec 52.108. 0 / 52.108. 0" [6]=string(35) " libavformat 52.93. 0 / 52.93. 0" [7]=string(35) "
  libavdevice 52. 2. 3 / 52. 2. 3" [8]=string(35) " libavfilter 1.74.
  0 / 1.74. 0" [9]=string(35) " libswscale 0.12. 0 / 0.12. 0" [10]=>
  string(0) "" [11]=string(101) "Seems stream 0 codec frame rate
  differs from container frame rate: 30000.00 (30000/1) -15.00 (15/1)"
  [12]=string(106) "Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from
  '16112007069.mp4':"
  [13]=string(11) " Metadata:" [14]=string(26) " major_brand : mp42"
  [15]=string(23) " minor_version : 0" [16]=string(35) "
  compatible_brands: mp423gp4isom" [17]=string(41) " creation_time :
  2007-11-16 15:44:57" [18]=string(59) " Duration: 00:00:32.64, start:
  0.000000, bitrate: 562 kb/s" [19]=string(115) " Stream #0.0(und): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 352x288 [PAR 1:1 DAR 11:9], 512 kb/s, 15 fps,
  15 tbr, 30k tbn, 30k tbc" [20]=string(13) " Metadata:" [21]=>
  string(43) " creation_time : 2007-11-16 15:44:57" [22]=string(62) "
  Stream #0.1(und): Audio: aac, 16000 Hz, mono, s16, 48 kb/s" [23]=>
  string(13) " Metadata:" [24]=string(43) " creation_time : 2007-11-16
  15:44:58" [25]=string(87) "WARNING: The bitrate parameter is set too
  low. It takes bits/s as argument, not kbits/s" [26]=string(47)
  "[buffer @ 0x94a9de0] w:352 h:288 pixfmt:yuv420p" [27]=string(98)
  "[libmp3lame @ 0x94a9560] flv does not support that sample rate,
  choose from (44100, 22050, 11025)." [28]=string(85) "Output #0, flv,
  to '16112007069.flv':" [29]=string(11) " Metadata:" [30]=string(26) " major_brand : mp42"
  [31]=string(23) " minor_version : 0" [32]=string(35) "
  compatible_brands: mp423gp4isom" [33]=string(41) " creation_time :
  2007-11-16 15:44:57" [34]=string(33) " encoder : Lavf52.93.0" [35]=>
  string(103) " Stream #0.0(und): Video: flv, yuv420p, 352x288 [PAR 1:1
  DAR 11:9], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 1k tbn, 15 tbc" [36]=string(13) "
  Metadata:" [37]=string(43) " creation_time : 2007-11-16 15:44:57"
  [38]=string(68) " Stream #0.1(und): Audio: libmp3lame, 16000 Hz,
  mono, s16, 0 kb/s" [39]=string(13) " Metadata:" [40]=string(43) "
  creation_time : 2007-11-16 15:44:58" [41]=string(15) "Stream
  mapping:" [42]=string(21) " Stream #0.0 -#0.0" [43]=string(21) "
  Stream #0.1 -#0.1" [44]=string(72) "Could not write header for
  output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?)"  
  ffmpeg: /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg file
  path: 16112007069.mp4
  srcAR: 16000
  srcAB:48
  dimention: 352 x 288 destFile: 16112007069.flv
  

  coding part: :)

  $srcFile = "/file destination/16112007069.mp4";  
  
  $destFile = "/file destination/16112007069.flv"; 
  
  $ffmpegPath = "/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg"; 
  
  
  
  $ffmpegObj = new ffmpeg_movie($srcFile); 
  
  
  
  $srcWidth = makeMultipleTwo($ffmpegObj->getFrameWidth());  
  
  $srcHeight = makeMultipleTwo($ffmpegObj->getFrameHeight());
  
  $srcFPS = $ffmpegObj->getFrameRate();  
  
  $srcAB = intval($ffmpegObj->getAudioBitRate());   
  
  $srcAR => $ffmpegObj->getAudioSampleRate();  
  
  
  
  exec($ffmpegPath . " -i " . $srcFile . " -ar " . $srcAR . " -ab " . $srcAB . " -f flv -s " . $srcWidth . "x" . $srcHeight . " " . $destFile . " 2>&1", $output); 
  
  
  
  var_dump($output);
  
  
  
  print "<br />ffmpeg: $ffmpegPath<br />"; print "file path: $srcFile<br />"; print "srcAR: $srcAR<br />"; print "srcAB: $srcAB<br />"; print
  
  "dimention: $srcWidth x $srcHeight<br />"; print "destFile:
  
  $destFile<br />";
  
  
  
  
  
  function makeMultipleTwo ($value)  { 
  
      $sType = gettype($value/2); 
  
      if($sType == "integer") 
  
      { 
  
          return $value; 
  
      } else { 
  
          return ($value-1); 
  
      }  
  
  }

  Note I added:

  if($srcAR<41000){ $srcAR = "41000"; }

  Above and its working!

• Compiling tutorial programs on FFMPEG

  29 January 2012, by iwant2learn

  How do i compile the sample programs given in FFMPEG. i am not able to compile as i get
  error as CODEC_TYPE_VIDEO undeclared. Can any one please suggest me how to compile the programs. I am using ubuntu 11.

  This is the first example:

  $ gcc -o tutorial01 tutorial01.c -lavutil -lavformat -lavcodec -lz

  This is the output I got:

  tutorial01.c: In function ‘main’: tutorial01.c:77:3: warning: ‘dump_format’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavformat/avformat.h:1462)
  
  tutorial01.c:82:51: error: ‘CODEC_TYPE_VIDEO’ undeclared (first use in this function)
  
  tutorial01.c:82:51: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in

  Version info:

  ffmpeg version git-N-30430-ga52f598, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
  
    built on May 31 2011 14:21:08 with gcc 4.5.2
  
    configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-nonfree --enable-postproc --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-x11grab
  
    libavutil    51.  3. 0 / 51.  3. 0
  
    libavcodec   53.  6. 1 / 53.  6. 1
  
    libavformat  53.  2. 0 / 53.  2. 0
  
    libavdevice  53.  1. 0 / 53.  1. 0
  
    libavfilter   2. 11. 0 /  2. 11. 0
  
    libswscale    0. 14. 0 /  0. 14. 0
  
    libpostproc  51.  2. 0 / 51.  2. 0