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• How can I retain 2x pixel density when encoding Retina screen capture with ffmpeg ?

  26 février 2018, par hfossli

  Whenever I use ffmpeg to encode a HiDPI/Retina screen recording, the video plays at 2x the size, so it looks fuzzy, because the pixel density is not retained.

  How can I retain the original pixel density of HiDPI screen recordings with ffmpeg ?

  How to reproduce :

  1. Use QuickTime Player to create a Screen Recording on a Retina Mac.
  2. Play the video you recorded in QuickTime Player using the ⌘1 Actual Size view. Notice that it’s playing 2:1 on your Retina Display, so the video looks sharp. It’s playing in half the space of the actual recorded pixels.

  3. Use ffmpeg to encode the video using a command like this :

     ffmpeg -i haha.mov -c:v libx264 -crf 23 haha-lg.mov

  4. Play the new ffmpeg-compressed video in QuickTime Player using the ⌘1 Actual Size view. Notice that it’s playing 1:1, so the video looks fuzzy.

  To clarify, the video does not look blurry because it was compressed. Rather, it looks blurry because the video is being played twice as big as it should be, at a 1:1 pixel density, instead of the required 2:1 pixel density, presumably because some metadata is being discarded when encoding.

  For the record, VLC plays both videos too big (blurry). So being able to play HiDPI videos seems to be a feature of QuickTime Player.

  Here is the detailed information ffmpeg shows for the original screen recording :

  Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'haha.mov':
  
    Metadata:
  
      major_brand     : qt  
  
      minor_version   : 0
  
      compatible_brands: qt  
  
      creation_time   : 2018-02-26T16:46:00.000000Z
  
      com.apple.quicktime.make: Apple
  
      com.apple.quicktime.model: iMac18,3
  
      com.apple.quicktime.software: Mac OS X 10.13.3 (17D102)
  
      com.apple.quicktime.creationdate: 2018-02-26T10:45:50-0600
  
    Duration: 00:00:04.35, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 10947 kb/s
  
      Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 1396x928 [SAR 1:1 DAR 349:232], 10701 kb/s, 60 fps, 60 tbr, 6k tbn, 12k tbc (default)
  
      Metadata:
  
        creation_time   : 2018-02-26T16:46:00.000000Z
  
        handler_name    : Core Media Data Handler
  
        encoder         : H.264

  And here is the information for the ffmpeg-compressed version :

  Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'haha-lg.mov':
  
    Metadata:
  
      major_brand     : qt  
  
      minor_version   : 512
  
      compatible_brands: qt  
  
      encoder         : Lavf57.83.100
  
    Duration: 00:00:04.35, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1923 kb/s
  
      Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1396x928 [SAR 1:1 DAR 349:232], 1783 kb/s, 60 fps, 60 tbr, 15360 tbn, 120 tbc (default)
  
      Metadata:
  
        handler_name    : DataHandler
  
        encoder         : Lavc57.107.100 libx264

• How can I retain 2x pixel density when encoding Retina screen capture with ffmpeg ?

  26 février 2018, par hfossli

  Whenever I use ffmpeg to encode a HiDPI/Retina screen recording, the video plays at 2x the size, so it looks fuzzy, because the pixel density is not retained.

  How can I retain the original pixel density of HiDPI screen recordings with ffmpeg ?

  How to reproduce :

  1. Use QuickTime Player to create a Screen Recording on a Retina Mac.
  2. Play the video you recorded in QuickTime Player using the ⌘1 Actual Size view. Notice that it’s playing 2:1 on your Retina Display, so the video looks sharp. It’s playing in half the space of the actual recorded pixels.

  3. Use ffmpeg to encode the video using a command like this :

     ffmpeg -i haha.mov -c:v libx264 -crf 23 haha-lg.mov

  4. Play the new ffmpeg-compressed video in QuickTime Player using the ⌘1 Actual Size view. Notice that it’s playing 1:1, so the video looks fuzzy.

  To clarify, the video does not look blurry because it was compressed. Rather, it looks blurry because the video is being played twice as big as it should be, at a 1:1 pixel density, instead of the required 2:1 pixel density, presumably because some metadata is being discarded when encoding.

  For the record, VLC plays both videos too big (blurry). So being able to play HiDPI videos seems to be a feature of QuickTime Player.

  Here is the detailed information ffmpeg shows for the original screen recording :

  Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'haha.mov':
  
    Metadata:
  
      major_brand     : qt  
  
      minor_version   : 0
  
      compatible_brands: qt  
  
      creation_time   : 2018-02-26T16:46:00.000000Z
  
      com.apple.quicktime.make: Apple
  
      com.apple.quicktime.model: iMac18,3
  
      com.apple.quicktime.software: Mac OS X 10.13.3 (17D102)
  
      com.apple.quicktime.creationdate: 2018-02-26T10:45:50-0600
  
    Duration: 00:00:04.35, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 10947 kb/s
  
      Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 1396x928 [SAR 1:1 DAR 349:232], 10701 kb/s, 60 fps, 60 tbr, 6k tbn, 12k tbc (default)
  
      Metadata:
  
        creation_time   : 2018-02-26T16:46:00.000000Z
  
        handler_name    : Core Media Data Handler
  
        encoder         : H.264

  And here is the information for the ffmpeg-compressed version :

  Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'haha-lg.mov':
  
    Metadata:
  
      major_brand     : qt  
  
      minor_version   : 512
  
      compatible_brands: qt  
  
      encoder         : Lavf57.83.100
  
    Duration: 00:00:04.35, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1923 kb/s
  
      Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1396x928 [SAR 1:1 DAR 349:232], 1783 kb/s, 60 fps, 60 tbr, 15360 tbn, 120 tbc (default)
  
      Metadata:
  
        handler_name    : DataHandler
  
        encoder         : Lavc57.107.100 libx264

• Using FFMPEG with PHP via shell_exec

  23 février 2018, par Peter Friedlander

  Trying to scan a directory fill of MPEG files and make framegrabs out of them using PHP.

  $e= shell_exec('find  . -regex ".*\.\(mp4\)"    -exec bash -c \'/home3/tcokchal/public_html/ffmpeg3/ffmpeg-git-20180222-64bit-static/ffmpeg -i {} -vf fps=1/8 \{}Frame55Grab%d.png\'  - {} \; 2>&1 ' );

  This only returns Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height

  Im trying to automate the process of a local shell script

  find . -regex ".*\.\(mp4\)"  -exec ffmpeg -i {} -vf fps=1/8 {}Frame55Grab%d.png  \;

  Which works

  Output

  ffmpeg version N-45152-ga246701e9-static https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/  Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developers
  
    built with gcc 6.3.0 (Debian 6.3.0-18) 20170516
  
    configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --disable-debug --disable-ffplay --disable-indev=sndio --disable-outdev=sndio --cc=gcc-6 --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-gray --enable-libfribidi --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librubberband --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg
  
    libavutil      56.  7.101 / 56.  7.101
  
    libavcodec     58. 12.102 / 58. 12.102
  
    libavformat    58.  9.100 / 58.  9.100
  
    libavdevice    58.  2.100 / 58.  2.100
  
    libavfilter     7. 12.100 /  7. 12.100
  
    libswscale      5.  0.101 /  5.  0.101
  
    libswresample   3.  0.101 /  3.  0.101
  
    libpostproc    55.  0.100 / 55.  0.100
  
  Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from './1576498169060935.mp4':
  
    Metadata:
  
      major_brand     : isom
  
      minor_version   : 512
  
      compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
  
      encoder         : Lavf56.40.101
  
    Duration: 00:00:29.46, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 590 kb/s
  
      Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 360x640, 516 kb/s, 29.93 fps, 30 tbr, 90k tbn, 60 tbc (default)
  
      Metadata:
  
        handler_name    : VideoHandler
  
      Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, mono, fltp, 64 kb/s (default)
  
      Metadata:
  
        handler_name    : SoundHandler
  
  Stream mapping:
  
    Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> png (native))
  
  Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
  
  [png @ 0x55ed2c0] ff_frame_thread_encoder_init failed
  
  Error initializing output stream 0:0 -- Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
  
  Conversion failed!
  
  
  
  Done.