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• Naive Sorenson Video 1 Encoder

  12 septembre 2010, par Multimedia Mike — General

  (Yes, the word is “naive” — or rather, “naïve” — not “native”. People always try to correct me when I use the word. Indeed, it should actually be written with 2 dots over the ‘i’ but who has a keyboard that can easily do that ?)

  At the most primitive level, programming a video encoder is about writing out a sequence of bits that the corresponding video decoder will understand. It’s sort of like creating a program — represented as a stream of opcodes — that will run on a given microprocessor or virtual machine. In fact, reading a video codec bitstream specification will reveal a lot of terminology along the lines of “transmitting information to the decoder” or “signaling the decoder to do xyz.”

  Creating a good encoder that will deliver decent quality at a reasonable bitrate is difficult. Creating a naive encoder that produces a technically compliant bitstream, not so much.

  
  
  

  When I wrote an FFmpeg encoder for Sorenson Video 1 (SVQ1), the first step was to just create a minimally compliant bitstream. The coarsest encoding mode that SVQ1 allows is to encode the average (mean) of each 16×16 block of samples. So I created an encoder that just encoded the mean of each block. Apple’s QuickTime Player was able to play the resulting video in all of its blocky glory. The result rather reminds me of the Super Nintendo’s mosaic effect.

  Level 5 blocks (mean-only 16×16 encoding) :
  

  
  
  

  Level 3 blocks (mean-only 8×8 encoding) :
  

  
  
  

  It’s one thing for your own decoder (in this case, FFmpeg’s own decoder) to be able to decode the data. The big test is whether the official decoder (in this case, Apple QuickTime Player) can decode the file.

  
  
  

  Now that’s a good feeling. After establishing that sort of baseline, it’s possible to adapt more and more features of the codec.

• PHP FFmpeg video aspect ratio problem [SOLVED]

  29 août 2011, par Herr Kaleun

  i compiled the new version of FFMPEG and the padding commands have been deprecated.
  As i try to get familiar with the new -vf pad= commands, i want to ask, how can i
  convert a video without changing it's aspect ratio.

  I've checked numerous solutions from stackoverflow, nothing seemed to work.
  Can someone, please post a working PHP example or cmd line. I would be VERY happy.

  Please note that the videos in question, could be 4:3 and also be 16:9

  Let's say, i convert a 16:9 video to 640x480 format. It will need some bars at
  the top and at the bottom. That is what i want to do.

  Thanks

  EDIT :
  I solved the problem on my own. The FFmpeg documentation is a little bit weird so
  you have to experiment yourself a little bit.
  The padding formula is like :

      $pad_horizontal = $target_width     + $pad_left + $pad_right;
  
      $pad_vertical   = $target_height;
  
      // blah
  
      $command .= " -vf pad=$pad_horizontal:$pad_vertical:". $pad_left .":". $pad_top  .":black";

  Pay special attention at the $pad_vertical part since the paddings there are better
  not added so that the padding calculation of ffmpeg is not broken.

  Here is the full source code to the demo

  <?
  
  
  
      /***********************************************************************************
  
      get_dimensions()
  
  
  
      Takes in a set of video dimensions - original and target - and returns the optimal conversion
  
      dimensions.  It will always return the smaller of the original or target dimensions.
  
      For example: original dimensions of 320x240 and target dimensions of 640x480.
  
      The result will be 320x240 because converting to 640x480 would be a waste of disk
  
      space, processing, and bandwidth (assuming these videos are to be downloaded).
  
  
  
      @param $original_width:     The actual width of the original video file which is to be converted.
  
      @param $original_height:    The actual height of the original video file which is to be converted.
  
      @param $target_width:       The width of the video file which we will be converting to.
  
      @param $target_height:      The height of the video file which we will be converting to.
  
      @param $force_aspect:       Boolean value of whether or not to force conversion to the target's
  
                            aspect ratio using padding (so the video isn't stretched).  If false, the
  
                            conversion dimensions will retain the aspect ratio of the original.
  
                            Optional parameter.  Defaults to true.
  
      @return: An array containing the size and padding information to be used for conversion.
  
                  Format:
  
                  Array
  
                  (
  
                      [width] => int
  
                      [height] => int
  
                      [padtop] => int // top padding (if applicable)
  
                      [padbottom] => int // bottom padding (if applicable)
  
                      [padleft] => int // left padding (if applicable)
  
                      [padright] => int // right padding (if applicable)
  
                  )
  
      ***********************************************************************************/
  
      function get_dimensions($original_width,$original_height,$target_width,$target_height,$force_aspect)
  
      {
  
          if(!isset($force_aspect))
  
          {
  
              $force_aspect = true;
  
          }
  
          // Array to be returned by this function
  
          $target = array();
  
          $target['padleft'] = 0;
  
          $target['padright'] = 0;
  
          $target['padbottom'] = 0;
  
          $target['padtop'] = 0;
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
          // Target aspect ratio (width / height)
  
          $aspect = $target_width / $target_height;
  
          // Target reciprocal aspect ratio (height / width)
  
          $raspect = $target_height / $target_width;
  
  
  
          if($original_width/$original_height !== $aspect)
  
          {
  
              // Aspect ratio is different
  
              if($original_width/$original_height > $aspect)
  
              {
  
                  // Width is the greater of the two dimensions relative to the target dimensions
  
                  if($original_width < $target_width)
  
                  {
  
                      // Original video is smaller.  Scale down dimensions for conversion
  
                      $target_width = $original_width;
  
                      $target_height = round($raspect * $target_width);
  
                  }
  
                  // Calculate height from width
  
                  $original_height = round($original_height / $original_width * $target_width);
  
                  $original_width = $target_width;
  
                  if($force_aspect)
  
                  {
  
                      // Pad top and bottom
  
                      $dif = round(($target_height - $original_height) / 2);
  
                      $target['padtop'] = $dif;
  
                      $target['padbottom'] = $dif;
  
                  }
  
              }
  
              else
  
              {
  
                  // Height is the greater of the two dimensions relative to the target dimensions
  
                  if($original_height < $target_height)
  
                  {
  
                      // Original video is smaller.  Scale down dimensions for conversion
  
                      $target_height = $original_height;
  
                      $target_width = round($aspect * $target_height);
  
                  }
  
                  //Calculate width from height
  
                  $original_width = round($original_width / $original_height * $target_height);
  
                  $original_height = $target_height;
  
                  if($force_aspect)
  
                  {
  
                      // Pad left and right
  
                      $dif = round(($target_width - $original_width) / 2);
  
                      $target['padleft'] = $dif;
  
                      $target['padright'] = $dif;
  
                  }
  
              }
  
          }
  
          else
  
          {
  
              // The aspect ratio is the same
  
              if($original_width !== $target_width)
  
              {
  
                  if($original_width < $target_width)
  
                  {
  
                      // The original video is smaller.  Use its resolution for conversion
  
                      $target_width = $original_width;
  
                      $target_height = $original_height;
  
                  }
  
                  else
  
                  {
  
                      // The original video is larger,  Use the target dimensions for conversion
  
                      $original_width = $target_width;
  
                      $original_height = $target_height;
  
                  }
  
              }
  
          }
  
          if($force_aspect)
  
          {
  
              // Use the target_ vars because they contain dimensions relative to the target aspect ratio
  
              $target['width'] = $target_width;
  
              $target['height'] = $target_height;
  
          }
  
          else
  
          {
  
              // Use the original_ vars because they contain dimensions relative to the original's aspect ratio
  
              $target['width'] = $original_width;
  
              $target['height'] = $original_height;
  
          }
  
          return $target;
  
      }
  
  
  
      function get_vid_dim($file)
  
      {
  
          $command = '/usr/bin/ffmpeg -i ' . escapeshellarg($file) . ' 2>&1';
  
          $dimensions = array();
  
          exec($command,$output,$status);
  
          if (!preg_match(&#39;/Stream #(?:[0-9\.]+)(?:.*)\: Video: (?P<videocodec>.*) (?P<width>[0-9]*)x(?P<height>[0-9]*)/&#39;,implode("\n",$output),$matches))
  
          {
  
              preg_match(&#39;/Could not find codec parameters \(Video: (?P<videocodec>.*) (?P<width>[0-9]*)x(?P<height>[0-9]*)\)/&#39;,implode("\n",$output),$matches);
  
          }
  
          if(!empty($matches[&#39;width&#39;]) &amp;&amp; !empty($matches[&#39;height&#39;]))
  
          {
  
              $dimensions[&#39;width&#39;] = $matches[&#39;width&#39;];
  
              $dimensions[&#39;height&#39;] = $matches[&#39;height&#39;];
  
          }
  
          return $dimensions;
  
      }
  
  
  
  
  
      $command    = &#39;/usr/bin/ffmpeg -i &#39; . $src . &#39; -ab 96k -b 700k -ar 44100 -f flv -s &#39; . &#39;640x480 -acodec mp3 &#39;. $video_output_dir . $video_filename . &#39; 2>&amp;1&#39;;
  
  
  
  
  
      define( &#39;VIDEO_WIDTH&#39;,      &#39;640&#39; );
  
      define( &#39;VIDEO_HEIGHT&#39;,     &#39;480&#39; );
  
  
  
      $src_1              = getcwd() .&#39;/&#39;. &#39;test_video1.mpeg&#39;;
  
      $video_filename1    = &#39;video1.flv&#39;;
  
  
  
      $src_2              = getcwd() .&#39;/&#39;. &#39;test_video2.mp4&#39;;
  
      $video_filename2    = &#39;video2.flv&#39;;
  
  
  
      $src_3              = getcwd() .&#39;/&#39;. &#39;test_video3.mp4&#39;;
  
      $video_filename3    = &#39;video3.flv&#39;;
  
  
  
      convert_video( $src_1, $video_filename1 );
  
      convert_video( $src_2, $video_filename2 );
  
      convert_video( $src_3, $video_filename3 );
  
  
  
      function convert_video( $src = &#39;&#39;, $video_filename = &#39;&#39; )
  
      {
  
  
  
          $video_output_dir   = getcwd() .&#39;/&#39;;
  
  
  
          @unlink ( $video_output_dir . $video_filename );
  
  
  
          $original   = get_vid_dim($src);
  
          $target     = get_dimensions( $original[&#39;width&#39;], $original[&#39;height&#39;], VIDEO_WIDTH, VIDEO_HEIGHT, TRUE );
  
  
  
          echo &#39;<pre>&#39;;
  
          print_r( $original );
  
          echo &#39;</pre>&#39;;
  
          echo &#39;<pre>&#39;;
  
          print_r( $target );
  
          echo &#39;</pre>&#39;;
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
          $target_width   = $target[&#39;width&#39;];
  
          $target_height  = $target[&#39;height&#39;];
  
  
  
          $pad_left       = $target[&#39;padleft&#39;];
  
          $pad_right      = $target[&#39;padright&#39;];
  
          $pad_bottom     = $target[&#39;padbottom&#39;];
  
          $pad_top        = $target[&#39;padtop&#39;];
  
  
  
          $pad_horizontal = $target_width     + $pad_left + $pad_right;
  
          $pad_vertical   = $target_height; //    + $pad_top + $pad_bottom;
  
  
  
  
  
          $command = &#39;/usr/bin/ffmpeg -i &#39; . $src;
  
  
  
          // $command .= " -s {$target_width}x{$target_height} ";
  
  
  
          $command .= " -vf pad=$pad_horizontal:$pad_vertical:". $pad_left .":". $pad_top  .":black";
  
  
  
          $command .= &#39; -ab 96k -b 700k -ar 44100&#39;;
  
          $command .= &#39; -f flv &#39;;
  
          $command .= &#39; -qscale 4&#39;;
  
  
  
          $command .= &#39; -ss 30&#39;;
  
          $command .= &#39; -t 5&#39;;
  
  
  
          $command .= &#39; -ac 2 -ab 128k -qscale 5 &#39;;
  
          $command .= &#39; &#39; . $video_output_dir . $video_filename;
  
  
  
  
  
          exec( $command, $output, $status );
  
  
  
          echo &#39;<pre>&#39;;
  
          print_r( $command );
  
          echo &#39;</pre>&#39;;
  
  
  
          if ( $status == 0 ) 
  
          {
  
              echo &#39;<br />Convert OK. <br />&#39;;
  
          }
  
          else
  
          {
  
              echo &#39;<pre>&#39;;
  
              print_r( $output );
  
              echo &#39;</pre>&#39;;
  
          }
  
  
  
          echo &#39;<br />&#39;;
  
          echo &#39;<br />&#39;;
  
  
  
      }
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ?>
  
  </height></width></videocodec></height></width></videocodec>

  Thank you and have fun :)

• WebM Encoded file plays in Chrome but not FFv6 HTML5-Video

  21 novembre 2011, par Austin S

  I'm trying to use the new fancy html5 video player element and I was wondering :
  I encoded a high resolution .mov container in VLC v1.1.9 to WebM format (although an FFMPEG command line would be extremely valuable if you have one handy) and it plays just fine in Chrome, but it won't open in Firefox. Would anyone have any ideas or in what direction I should be looking ?