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  • Problems with frame rate on video conversion using ffmpeg with libx264 [migrated]

    29 mai 2013, par Lars Schroeter

    I have problems with transcoding some videos. I ran the most simple ffmpeg command and it takes very long time and the output file is about 10 times bigger. If I provide the frame rate parameter -r it works well (small file, fast transcoding). What is the problem and how can I solve it ? I don't want to set a fixed frame rate because I guess it's better to leave it the same as source, isn't it ?.

    Maybe the problem is something else, because I found many examples in web where the -r option isn't used. Also transcoding to a different format or with a different source works well without -r option (I tried with ffmpeg 0.7.15 and also 1.2.1). The videos are provided by the users of my website and automatically converted to be suitable for the web. So I need the most general command for automatic conversion.

    In the following ffmpeg output you will find this two suspicious messages :

    • Frame rate very high for a muxer not effciciently supporting it. Please consider specifiying a lower framerate, a different muxer or -vsync 2
    • MB rate (36000000) > level limit (983040)

    The ffmpeg command and output (without -r option) :

    ffmpeg -i '/tmp/standort_aquarium.mp4' -vcodec libx264 output.mp4
    ffmpeg version 0.7.15, Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers built on Feb 22 2013 07:18:58 with gcc 4.4.5 configuration : —enable-libdc1394 —prefix=/usr —extra-cflags='-Wall -g ' —cc='ccache cc' —enable-shared —enable-libmp3lame —enable-gpl —enable-libvorbis —enable-pthreads —enable-libfaac —enable-libxvid —enable-postproc —enable-x11grab —enable-libgsm —enable-libtheora —enable-libopencore-amrnb —enable-libopencore-amrwb —enable-libx264 —enable-libspeex —enable-nonfree —disable-stripping —enable-avfilter —enable-libdirac —disable-decoder=libdirac —enable-libfreetype —enable-libschroedinger —disable-encoder=libschroedinger —enable-version3 —enable-libopenjpeg —enable-libvpx —enable-librtmp —extra-libs=-lgcrypt —disable-altivec —disable-armv5te —disable-armv6 —disable-vis
    libavutil 50. 43. 0 / 50. 43. 0
    libavcodec 52.123. 0 / 52.123. 0
    libavformat 52.111. 0 / 52.111. 0
    libavdevice 52. 5. 0 / 52. 5. 0
    libavfilter 1. 80. 0 / 1. 80. 0
    libswscale 0. 14. 1 / 0. 14. 1
    libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
    Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/tmp/standort_aquarium.mp4' :
    Metadata :
    major_brand : mp42
    minor_version : 0
    compatible_brands : mp423gp4isom
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    Duration : 00:00:18.24, start : 0.000000, bitrate : 2095 kb/s
    Stream #0.0(und) : Video : mpeg4, yuv420p, 640x480 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 2001 kb/s, 14.97 fps, 30k tbr, 30k tbn, 30k tbc
    Metadata :
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    Stream #0.1(und) : Audio : aac, 48000 Hz, mono, s16, 96 kb/s
    Metadata :
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    File 'output.mp4' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
    [mp4 @ 0x20eed80] Frame rate very high for a muxer not effciciently supporting it.
    Please consider specifiying a lower framerate, a different muxer or -vsync 2
    [buffer @ 0x20f8820] w:640 h:480 pixfmt:yuv420p tb:1/1000000 sar:1/1 sws_param :
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] Default settings detected, using medium profile
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] using SAR=1/1
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] MB rate (36000000) > level limit (983040)
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] using cpu capabilities : MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] profile High, level 5.1
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] 264 - core 118 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2011 - 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=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
    Output #0, mp4, to 'output.mp4' :
    Metadata :
    major_brand : mp42
    minor_version : 0
    compatible_brands : mp423gp4isom
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    encoder : Lavf52.111.0
    Stream #0.0(und) : Video : libx264, yuv420p, 640x480 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 30k tbn, 30k tbc
    Metadata :
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    Stream #0.1(und) : Audio : libfaac, 48000 Hz, mono, s16, 64 kb/s
    Metadata :
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    Stream mapping :
    Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
    Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
    Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
    frame=542630 fps=132 q=33.0 Lsize= 77226kB time=00:00:18.08 bitrate=34976.2kbits/s dup=542358 drop=0
    video:68604kB audio:143kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 12.333275%
    frame I:2174 Avg QP:18.72 size : 25040
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] frame P:136846 Avg QP:25.27 size : 56
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] frame B:403610 Avg QP:32.99 size : 20
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] consecutive B-frames : 0.8% 0.0% 0.1% 99.1%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] mb I I16..4 : 5.5% 83.3% 11.1%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] mb P I16..4 : 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4 : 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip:99.4%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] mb B I16..4 : 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8 : 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% direct : 0.0% skip:100.0% L0:21.2% L1:78.8% BI : 0.0%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] 8x8 transform intra:83.1% inter:85.2%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra : 91.2% 95.8% 80.7% inter : 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] i16 v,h,dc,p : 13% 40% 12% 35%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu : 19% 34% 15% 4% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu : 20% 38% 6% 4% 6% 6% 8% 6% 6%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] i8c dc,h,v,p : 39% 32% 19% 10%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] Weighted P-Frames : Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] ref P L0 : 91.5% 5.2% 2.8% 0.4% 0.0%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] ref B L0 : 55.7% 43.5% 0.8%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] ref B L1 : 97.9% 2.1%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] kb/s:31071.04

    The ffmpeg command and output with the -r 24 option :

    ffmpeg -i '/tmp/standort_aquarium.mp4' -r 30000/1001 -vcodec libx264 output.mp4
    ffmpeg version 0.7.15, Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
    built on Feb 22 2013 07:18:58 with gcc 4.4.5
    configuration : —enable-libdc1394 —prefix=/usr —extra-cflags='-Wall -g ' —cc='ccache cc' —enable-shared —enable-libmp3lame —enable-gpl —enable-libvorbis —enable-pthreads —enable-libfaac —enable-libxvid —enable-postproc —enable-x11grab —enable-libgsm —enable-libtheora —enable-libopencore-amrnb —enable-libopencore-amrwb —enable-libx264 —enable-libspeex —enable-nonfree —disable-stripping —enable-avfilter —enable-libdirac —disable-decoder=libdirac —enable-libfreetype —enable-libschroedinger —disable-encoder=libschroedinger —enable-version3 —enable-libopenjpeg —enable-libvpx —enable-librtmp —extra-libs=-lgcrypt —disable-altivec —disable-armv5te —disable-armv6 —disable-vis
    libavutil 50. 43. 0 / 50. 43. 0
    libavcodec 52.123. 0 / 52.123. 0
    libavformat 52.111. 0 / 52.111. 0
    libavdevice 52. 5. 0 / 52. 5. 0
    libavfilter 1. 80. 0 / 1. 80. 0
    libswscale 0. 14. 1 / 0. 14. 1
    libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
    Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/tmp/standort_aquarium.mp4' :
    Metadata :
    major_brand : mp42
    minor_version : 0
    compatible_brands : mp423gp4isom
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    Duration : 00:00:18.24, start : 0.000000, bitrate : 2095 kb/s
    Stream #0.0(und) : Video : mpeg4, yuv420p, 640x480 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 2001 kb/s, 14.97 fps, 30k tbr, 30k tbn, 30k tbc
    Metadata :
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    Stream #0.1(und) : Audio : aac, 48000 Hz, mono, s16, 96 kb/s
    Metadata :
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    File 'output.mp4' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
    [buffer @ 0x132e820] w:640 h:480 pixfmt:yuv420p tb:1/1000000 sar:1/1 sws_param :
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] Default settings detected, using medium profile
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] using SAR=1/1
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] using cpu capabilities : MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] profile High, level 3.0
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] 264 - core 118 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2011 - 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=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
    Output #0, mp4, to 'output.mp4' :
    Metadata :
    major_brand : mp42
    minor_version : 0
    compatible_brands : mp423gp4isom
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    encoder : Lavf52.111.0
    Stream #0.0(und) : Video : libx264, yuv420p, 640x480 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 30k tbn, 29.97 tbc
    Metadata :
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    Stream #0.1(und) : Audio : libfaac, 48000 Hz, mono, s16, 64 kb/s
    Metadata :
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    Stream mapping :
    Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
    Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
    Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
    frame= 542 fps= 36 q=29.0 Lsize= 2059kB time=00:00:18.01 bitrate= 936.3kbits/s dup=270 drop=0
    video:1904kB audio:143kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.609224%
    frame I:3 Avg QP:22.39 size : 14773
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] frame P:514 Avg QP:23.98 size : 3675
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] frame B:25 Avg QP:27.44 size : 643
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] consecutive B-frames : 93.7% 0.0% 1.1% 5.2%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] mb I I16..4 : 16.4% 78.3% 5.3%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] mb P I16..4 : 1.6% 6.3% 0.3% P16..4 : 30.8% 8.6% 3.1% 0.0% 0.0% skip:49.4%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] mb B I16..4 : 0.4% 0.7% 0.0% B16..8 : 13.2% 1.6% 0.2% direct : 0.3% skip:83.6% L0:50.0% L1:47.1% BI : 2.9%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] 8x8 transform intra:77.1% inter:83.1%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra : 62.0% 76.4% 24.4% inter : 17.9% 26.3% 2.3%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] i16 v,h,dc,p : 14% 60% 13% 13%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu : 15% 35% 33% 2% 3% 3% 3% 3% 4%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu : 15% 40% 12% 4% 7% 7% 7% 5% 4%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] i8c dc,h,v,p : 46% 34% 16% 4%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] Weighted P-Frames : Y:8.0% UV:4.5%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] ref P L0 : 65.6% 16.7% 8.8% 7.9% 0.9%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] ref B L0 : 85.9% 13.3% 0.8%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] ref B L1 : 88.7% 11.3%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] kb/s:862.28

    The video source is temporarily available under : https://www.dropbox.com/s/4xg147z77u40g87/standort_aquarium.mp4

  • Problems with frame rate on video conversion using ffmpeg with libx264

    29 mai 2013, par Lars Schroeter

    I have problems with transcoding some videos. I ran the most simple ffmpeg command and it takes very long time and the output file is about 10 times bigger. If I provide the frame rate parameter -r it works well (small file, fast transcoding). What is the problem and how can I solve it ? I don't want to set a fixed frame rate because I guess it's better to leave it the same as source, isn't it ?.

    Maybe the problem is something else, because I found many examples in web where the -r option isn't used. Also transcoding to a different format or with a different source works well without -r option (I tried with ffmpeg 0.7.15 and also 1.2.1). The videos are provided by the users of my website and automatically converted to be suitable for the web. So I need the most general command for automatic conversion.

    In the following ffmpeg output you will find this two suspicious messages :

    • Frame rate very high for a muxer not effciciently supporting it. Please consider specifiying a lower framerate, a different muxer or -vsync 2
    • MB rate (36000000) > level limit (983040)

    The ffmpeg command and output (without -r option) :

    ffmpeg -i '/tmp/standort_aquarium.mp4' -vcodec libx264 output.mp4
    ffmpeg version 0.7.15, Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers built on Feb 22 2013 07:18:58 with gcc 4.4.5 configuration : —enable-libdc1394 —prefix=/usr —extra-cflags='-Wall -g ' —cc='ccache cc' —enable-shared —enable-libmp3lame —enable-gpl —enable-libvorbis —enable-pthreads —enable-libfaac —enable-libxvid —enable-postproc —enable-x11grab —enable-libgsm —enable-libtheora —enable-libopencore-amrnb —enable-libopencore-amrwb —enable-libx264 —enable-libspeex —enable-nonfree —disable-stripping —enable-avfilter —enable-libdirac —disable-decoder=libdirac —enable-libfreetype —enable-libschroedinger —disable-encoder=libschroedinger —enable-version3 —enable-libopenjpeg —enable-libvpx —enable-librtmp —extra-libs=-lgcrypt —disable-altivec —disable-armv5te —disable-armv6 —disable-vis
    libavutil 50. 43. 0 / 50. 43. 0
    libavcodec 52.123. 0 / 52.123. 0
    libavformat 52.111. 0 / 52.111. 0
    libavdevice 52. 5. 0 / 52. 5. 0
    libavfilter 1. 80. 0 / 1. 80. 0
    libswscale 0. 14. 1 / 0. 14. 1
    libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
    Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/tmp/standort_aquarium.mp4' :
    Metadata :
    major_brand : mp42
    minor_version : 0
    compatible_brands : mp423gp4isom
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    Duration : 00:00:18.24, start : 0.000000, bitrate : 2095 kb/s
    Stream #0.0(und) : Video : mpeg4, yuv420p, 640x480 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 2001 kb/s, 14.97 fps, 30k tbr, 30k tbn, 30k tbc
    Metadata :
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    Stream #0.1(und) : Audio : aac, 48000 Hz, mono, s16, 96 kb/s
    Metadata :
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    File 'output.mp4' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
    [mp4 @ 0x20eed80] Frame rate very high for a muxer not effciciently supporting it.
    Please consider specifiying a lower framerate, a different muxer or -vsync 2
    [buffer @ 0x20f8820] w:640 h:480 pixfmt:yuv420p tb:1/1000000 sar:1/1 sws_param :
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] Default settings detected, using medium profile
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] using SAR=1/1
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] MB rate (36000000) > level limit (983040)
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] using cpu capabilities : MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] profile High, level 5.1
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] 264 - core 118 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2011 - 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=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
    Output #0, mp4, to 'output.mp4' :
    Metadata :
    major_brand : mp42
    minor_version : 0
    compatible_brands : mp423gp4isom
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    encoder : Lavf52.111.0
    Stream #0.0(und) : Video : libx264, yuv420p, 640x480 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 30k tbn, 30k tbc
    Metadata :
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    Stream #0.1(und) : Audio : libfaac, 48000 Hz, mono, s16, 64 kb/s
    Metadata :
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    Stream mapping :
    Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
    Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
    Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
    frame=542630 fps=132 q=33.0 Lsize= 77226kB time=00:00:18.08 bitrate=34976.2kbits/s dup=542358 drop=0
    video:68604kB audio:143kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 12.333275%
    frame I:2174 Avg QP:18.72 size : 25040
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] frame P:136846 Avg QP:25.27 size : 56
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] frame B:403610 Avg QP:32.99 size : 20
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] consecutive B-frames : 0.8% 0.0% 0.1% 99.1%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] mb I I16..4 : 5.5% 83.3% 11.1%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] mb P I16..4 : 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4 : 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip:99.4%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] mb B I16..4 : 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8 : 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% direct : 0.0% skip:100.0% L0:21.2% L1:78.8% BI : 0.0%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] 8x8 transform intra:83.1% inter:85.2%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra : 91.2% 95.8% 80.7% inter : 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] i16 v,h,dc,p : 13% 40% 12% 35%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu : 19% 34% 15% 4% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu : 20% 38% 6% 4% 6% 6% 8% 6% 6%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] i8c dc,h,v,p : 39% 32% 19% 10%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] Weighted P-Frames : Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] ref P L0 : 91.5% 5.2% 2.8% 0.4% 0.0%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] ref B L0 : 55.7% 43.5% 0.8%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] ref B L1 : 97.9% 2.1%
    [libx264 @ 0x20efde0] kb/s:31071.04

    The ffmpeg command and output with the -r 24 option :

    ffmpeg -i '/tmp/standort_aquarium.mp4' -r 30000/1001 -vcodec libx264 output.mp4
    ffmpeg version 0.7.15, Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
    built on Feb 22 2013 07:18:58 with gcc 4.4.5
    configuration : —enable-libdc1394 —prefix=/usr —extra-cflags='-Wall -g ' —cc='ccache cc' —enable-shared —enable-libmp3lame —enable-gpl —enable-libvorbis —enable-pthreads —enable-libfaac —enable-libxvid —enable-postproc —enable-x11grab —enable-libgsm —enable-libtheora —enable-libopencore-amrnb —enable-libopencore-amrwb —enable-libx264 —enable-libspeex —enable-nonfree —disable-stripping —enable-avfilter —enable-libdirac —disable-decoder=libdirac —enable-libfreetype —enable-libschroedinger —disable-encoder=libschroedinger —enable-version3 —enable-libopenjpeg —enable-libvpx —enable-librtmp —extra-libs=-lgcrypt —disable-altivec —disable-armv5te —disable-armv6 —disable-vis
    libavutil 50. 43. 0 / 50. 43. 0
    libavcodec 52.123. 0 / 52.123. 0
    libavformat 52.111. 0 / 52.111. 0
    libavdevice 52. 5. 0 / 52. 5. 0
    libavfilter 1. 80. 0 / 1. 80. 0
    libswscale 0. 14. 1 / 0. 14. 1
    libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
    Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/tmp/standort_aquarium.mp4' :
    Metadata :
    major_brand : mp42
    minor_version : 0
    compatible_brands : mp423gp4isom
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    Duration : 00:00:18.24, start : 0.000000, bitrate : 2095 kb/s
    Stream #0.0(und) : Video : mpeg4, yuv420p, 640x480 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 2001 kb/s, 14.97 fps, 30k tbr, 30k tbn, 30k tbc
    Metadata :
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    Stream #0.1(und) : Audio : aac, 48000 Hz, mono, s16, 96 kb/s
    Metadata :
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    File 'output.mp4' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
    [buffer @ 0x132e820] w:640 h:480 pixfmt:yuv420p tb:1/1000000 sar:1/1 sws_param :
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] Default settings detected, using medium profile
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] using SAR=1/1
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] using cpu capabilities : MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] profile High, level 3.0
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] 264 - core 118 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2011 - 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=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
    Output #0, mp4, to 'output.mp4' :
    Metadata :
    major_brand : mp42
    minor_version : 0
    compatible_brands : mp423gp4isom
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    encoder : Lavf52.111.0
    Stream #0.0(und) : Video : libx264, yuv420p, 640x480 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 30k tbn, 29.97 tbc
    Metadata :
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    Stream #0.1(und) : Audio : libfaac, 48000 Hz, mono, s16, 64 kb/s
    Metadata :
    creation_time : 2013-04-19 15:04:05
    Stream mapping :
    Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
    Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
    Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
    frame= 542 fps= 36 q=29.0 Lsize= 2059kB time=00:00:18.01 bitrate= 936.3kbits/s dup=270 drop=0
    video:1904kB audio:143kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.609224%
    frame I:3 Avg QP:22.39 size : 14773
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] frame P:514 Avg QP:23.98 size : 3675
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] frame B:25 Avg QP:27.44 size : 643
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] consecutive B-frames : 93.7% 0.0% 1.1% 5.2%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] mb I I16..4 : 16.4% 78.3% 5.3%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] mb P I16..4 : 1.6% 6.3% 0.3% P16..4 : 30.8% 8.6% 3.1% 0.0% 0.0% skip:49.4%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] mb B I16..4 : 0.4% 0.7% 0.0% B16..8 : 13.2% 1.6% 0.2% direct : 0.3% skip:83.6% L0:50.0% L1:47.1% BI : 2.9%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] 8x8 transform intra:77.1% inter:83.1%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra : 62.0% 76.4% 24.4% inter : 17.9% 26.3% 2.3%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] i16 v,h,dc,p : 14% 60% 13% 13%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu : 15% 35% 33% 2% 3% 3% 3% 3% 4%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu : 15% 40% 12% 4% 7% 7% 7% 5% 4%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] i8c dc,h,v,p : 46% 34% 16% 4%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] Weighted P-Frames : Y:8.0% UV:4.5%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] ref P L0 : 65.6% 16.7% 8.8% 7.9% 0.9%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] ref B L0 : 85.9% 13.3% 0.8%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] ref B L1 : 88.7% 11.3%
    [libx264 @ 0x1325de0] kb/s:862.28

    The video source is temporarily available under : https://www.dropbox.com/s/4xg147z77u40g87/standort_aquarium.mp4

  • Alias Artifacts

    26 avril 2013, par Multimedia Mike — General

    Throughout my own life, I have often observed that my own sense of nostalgia has a window that stretches about 10-15 years past from the current moment. Earlier this year, I discovered the show “Alias” and watched through the entire series thanks to Amazon Prime Instant Video (to be fair, I sort of skimmed the fifth and final season which I found to be horribly dull, or maybe franchise fatigue had set in). The show originally aired from 2001-2006 so I found that it fit well within the aforementioned nostalgia window.


    Alias (TV Series) logo

    But what was it, exactly, about the show that triggered nostalgia ? The computers, of course ! The show revolved around spies and espionage and cutting-edge technology necessarily played a role. The production designer for the series must have decided that Unix/Linux == awesome hacking and so many screenshots featured Linux.

    Since this is still nominally a multimedia blog, I’ll start of the screenshot recon with an old multimedia player. Here is a vintage Mac OS desktop running an ancient web browser (probably Netscape) that’s playing a full-window video (probably QuickTime embedded directly into the browser).


    Old Mac OS with old browser

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    Let’s jump right into the Linux side of things. This screenshot makes me particularly sentimental since this is exactly what a stock Linux/KDE desktop looked like circa 2001-2003 and is more or less what I would have worked with on my home computer at the time :


    Alias: Linux/KDE desktop

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    Studying that screenshot, we see that the user logs in as root, even to the desktop environment. Poor security practice ; I would expect better from a bunch of spooks.

    Echelon
    Look at the terminal output in the above screenshot– it’s building a program named Echelon, an omniscient spy tool inspired by a real-world surveillance network of the same name. In the show, Echelon is used to supply plot-convenient intelligence. At one point, some antagonists get their hands on the Echelon source code and seek to compile it. When they do, they will have access to the vast surveillance network. If you know anything about how computers work, don’t think about that too hard.

    Anyway, it’s interesting to note that Echelon is a properly autotool’d program– when the bad guys finally got Echelon, installation was just a ‘make install’ command away. The compilation was very user-friendly, though, as it would pop up a nice dialog box showing build progress :


    Alias: Compiling Echelon

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    Examining the build lines in both that screenshot and the following lines, we can see that Echelon cares about files such as common/db_err.c and bt_curadj.c :


    Alias: Echelon used Berkeley DB

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    A little googling reveals that these files both belong to the Berkeley DB library. That works ; I can imagine a program like this leveraging various database packages.

    Computer Languages
    The Echelon source code stuff comes from episode 2.11 : “A Higher Echelon”. While one faction had gotten a hold of the actual Echelon source code, a rival faction had abducted the show’s resident uber-nerd and, learning that they didn’t actually receive the Echelon code, force the nerd to re-write Echelon from scratch. Which he then proceeds to do…


    Alias: Rewriting Echelon

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    The code he’s examining there appears to be C code that has something to do with joystick programming (JS_X_0, JS_Y_1, etc.). An eagle-eyed IMDb user contributed the trivia that he is looking at the file /usr/include/Linux/joystick.h.

    Getting back to the plot, how could the bad buys possibly expect him to re-write a hugely complex piece of software from scratch ? You might think this is the height of absurdity for a computer-oriented story. You’ll be pleased to know that the writers agreed with that assessment since, when the program was actually executed, it claimed to be Echelon, but that broke into a game of Pong (or some simple game). Suddenly, it makes perfect sense why the guy was looking at the joystick header file.

    This is the first bit of computer-oriented fun that I captured when I was watching the series :


    Alias: Java on the mainframe

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    This printout purports to be a “mainframe log summary”. After some plot-advancing text about a security issue, it proceeds to dump out some Java source code.

    SSH
    Secure Shell (SSH) frequently showed up. Here’s a screenshot in which a verbose ‘ssh -v’ connection has just been closed, while a telnet command has apparently just been launched (evidenced by “Escape character is ‘^]’.”) :


    Alias: SSH/telnet

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    This is followed by some good old Hollywood Hacking in which a free-form database command is entered through any available command line interface :


    Alias: Intuitive command line interface

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    I don’t remember the episode details, but I’m pretty sure the output made perfect sense to the character typing the command. Here’s another screenshot where the SSH client pops up an extra-large GUI dialog element to notify the user that it’s currently negotiating with the host :


    Alias: SSH negotiation dialog

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    Now that I look at that screenshot a little more closely, it appears to be a Win95/98 program. I wonder if there was an SSH client that actually popped up that gaudy dialog.

    There’s a lot of gibberish in this screenshot and I wish I had written down some details about what it represented according to the episode’s plot :


    Alias: Public key

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    It almost sounds like they were trying to break into a network computer. Analyzing MD5 structure… public key synthesized. To me, the funniest feature is the 7-digit public key. I’m a bit rusty on the math of the RSA cryptosystem, but intuitively, it seems that the public and private keys need to be of roughly equal lengths. I.e., the private key in this scenario would also be 7 digits long.

    Gadgets
    Various devices and gadgets were seen at various junctures in the show. Here’s a tablet computer from back when tablet computers seemed like fantastical (albeit stylus-requiring) devices– the Fujitsu Stylistic 2300 :


    Alias: Fujitsu Stylistic 2300 tablet

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    Here’s a videophone from an episode that aired in 2005. The specific model is the Packet8 DV326 (MSRP of US$500). As you can see from the screenshot, it can do 384 kbps both down and up.


    Alias: Packet8 DV326

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    I really regret not writing down the episode details surrounding this gadget. I just know that it was critical that the good guys get it and keep from falling into the hands of the bad guys.


    Alias: Gadget using Samsung and Lexar chips

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    As you can see, the (presumably) deadly device contains a Samsung chip and a Lexar chip. I have to wonder what device the production crew salvaged this from (probably just an old cell phone).

    Other Programs

    The GIMP photo editor makes an appearance while scrubbing security camera footage, and serves as the magical Enhance Button (at least they slung around the term “gamma”) :


    Alias: GIMP editor

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    I have no idea what MacOS-based audio editing program this is. Any ideas ?


    Alias: Apple MacOS-based audio editor

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    FTP shows up in episode 2.12, “The Getaway”. It’s described as a “secure channel” for communication, which is quite humorous to anyone versed in internet technology.


    Alias: FTP secure channel

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