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• Leading Google Analytics alternative, Matomo, parodies Christopher Nolan blockbuster ahead of the UA sunset

  4 juillet 2023, par Erin — Press Releases

  Wellington, New Zealand, 4 July 2023 : In the world of online data, Google Analytics has long reigned supreme. Its dominance has been unquestioned, leaving website owners with little choice but to rely on the tech giant for their data insights. However, a new dawn in web analytics is upon us, and Matomo, the leading alternative to Google Analytics, is seizing a unique opportunity to position itself as the go-to provider. In a bold move, Matomo has launched a parody trailer, “Googleheimer,” humorously taking a satirical swipe at Google in the style of the upcoming Oppenheimer biopic by Christopher Nolan.

  Capitalising on a time-bound decision

  With an important decision looming for marketers and web specialists who need to switch analytics providers by July 1st, Matomo has found the perfect window to capture their attention.

  The urgency of the situation, combined with the high intent to switch providers, sets the stage for Matomo to establish itself as the leading alternative analytics platform of choice.

  Matomo’s parody trailer addresses the frustrations of GA4 head-on by highlighting the issues and the uncertainties caused by the sunset of Universal Analytics in humorous satire with lines such as :

  “But we’re keeping everyone’s data, right ? Right ?? …RIGHT ?!”

  Riding on the coat tails of this summer’s anticipated blockbuster from Christopher Nolan, Matomo openly points at the downsides of GA4, and reflects many frustrated marketers pain points in an entertaining way. Beneath the comedic and satirical tone lies the message that users have choices, and no longer need to surrender to the behemoth incumbent.

  Matomo was founded to challenge the status quo and provide a solution for those who believe in privacy and in ethical analytics, and who prefer that their customer data not be concentrated in the hands of just a few corporations.

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  About Matomo
  

  Matomo is a world-leading open-source privacy-friendly ethical web analytics platform, trusted by over 1.4 million websites in 190 countries and translated into over 50 languages. Matomo helps businesses and organisations track and optimise their online presence allowing users to easily collect, analyse, and act on their website and marketing data to gain a deeper understanding of their visitors and drive conversions and revenue. Matomo’s vision is to create, as a community, the leading open digital analytics platform that gives every user complete control of their data.

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  More on Google Analytics changes



  A new dawn in web analytics is upon us, and Matomo – the leading alternative to Google Analytics – is here for it. After 20 years, Google is blowing up Universal Analytics (or GA3) – and taking your data with it. Inspired by Christopher Nolan’s upcoming biopic about physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and the making of his atomic bomb (also known as “The Manhattan Project”), this parody trailer openly points to Google and draws the comparison in humorous satire. GA4 comes with a new set of metrics, setups and reports that change how you analyse your data.

• FFmpeg library is detecting pixel format of VP9 video stream not correctly

  6 avril 2023, par Pikachu

  I am using a C code to detect pixel format of VP9 video stream in a WebM container. FFmpeg version 6.0, full shared library build, downloaded from official website. Operating system is Windows 10. I feed the library with a VP9 video encoded with alpha channel, pixel format is YUVA420p. It detects pixel format as YUV420p.

  


  I have found a similar question on StackOverflow.com, Is there a way to force FFMPEG to decode a video stream with alpha from ​a WebM video encoded with libvpx-vp9 ?, but it does not actually help.

  


  When I override the decoder with a libvpx, it continues to detect the pixel format as YUV420p instead of YUVA420p.

  


  C code is following. Note that error handling in code is omitted here for StackOverflow question to be shorter.

  


  AVFormatContext *fmt_ctx = NULL;
int err = avformat_open_input(&fmt_ctx, infp, NULL, NULL);
err = avformat_find_stream_info(fmt_ctx, NULL);
int stream = av_find_best_stream(fmt_ctx, AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO, -1, -1, NULL, 0);
AVCodecParameters *codecpar = fmt_ctx->streams[stream]->codecpar;

const AVCodec *codec = NULL;
if (codecpar->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_VP9) {
    codec = avcodec_find_decoder_by_name(CODEC_LIBVPX_VP9);
} else {
    codec = avcodec_find_decoder(codecpar->codec_id);
}

AVCodecContext *ctx = avcodec_alloc_context3(codec);
err = avcodec_parameters_to_context(ctx, codecpar);
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Pixel format: %d.\n", ctx->pix_fmt); //TODO:DEBUG.
err = avcodec_open2(ctx, codec, NULL);


  


  The program tells Pixel format: 0., which means AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P, not the AV_PIX_FMT_YUVA420P !

  


  If I override pixel format manually, I am able to decode video with alpha channel and to see the transparent background, but it breaks the logics, because when a real YUV420p pixel format comes in and gets overridden by YUVA420p, this will be a problem.

  


  if (codecpar->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_VP9) {
    if (strcmp(codec->name, CODEC_LIBVPX_VP9) == 0) {
        if (ctx->pix_fmt == AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P) {
            ctx->pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_YUVA420P;
        }
    }
}


  


  At the same time ffmpeg tool started from command line with libvpx decoder tells that my video has YUVA420p pixel format. Output is following.

  


  D:\Temp\4>ffmpeg -c:v libvpx-vp9 -i yuva.webm
ffmpeg version 6.0-full_build-www.gyan.dev Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 12.2.0 (Rev10, Built by MSYS2 project)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-shared --disable-w32threads --disable-autodetect --enable-fontconfig --enable-iconv --enable-gnutls --enable-libxml2 --enable-gmp --enable-bzlib --enable-lzma --enable-libsnappy --enable-zlib --enable-librist --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libzmq --enable-avisynth --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-sdl2 --enable-libaribb24 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libdavs2 --enable-libuavs3d --enable-libzvbi --enable-librav1e --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libaom --enable-libjxl --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libvpx --enable-mediafoundation --enable-libass --enable-frei0r --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-liblensfun --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libzimg --enable-amf --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-cuvid --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc --enable-d3d11va --enable-dxva2 --enable-libvpl --enable-libshaderc --enable-vulkan --enable-libplacebo --enable-opencl --enable-libcdio --enable-libgme --enable-libmodplug --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libshine --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libilbc --enable-libgsm --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopus --enable-libspeex --enable-libvorbis --enable-ladspa --enable-libbs2b --enable-libflite --enable-libmysofa --enable-librubberband --enable-libsoxr --enable-chromaprint
  libavutil      58.  2.100 / 58.  2.100
  libavcodec     60.  3.100 / 60.  3.100
  libavformat    60.  3.100 / 60.  3.100
  libavdevice    60.  1.100 / 60.  1.100
  libavfilter     9.  3.100 /  9.  3.100
  libswscale      7.  1.100 /  7.  1.100
  libswresample   4. 10.100 /  4. 10.100
  libpostproc    57.  1.100 / 57.  1.100
[libvpx-vp9 @ 000001ecdf6002c0] v1.13.0-71-g45dc0d34d
    Last message repeated 1 times
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'yuva.webm':
  Metadata:
    ENCODER         : Lavf60.3.100
  Duration: 00:00:05.55, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 227 kb/s
  Stream #0:0: Video: vp9 (Profile 0), yuva420p(tv, progressive), 1920x1080, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 60 fps, 60 tbr, 1k tbn
    Metadata:
      alpha_mode      : 1
      ENCODER         : Lavc60.3.100 libvpx-vp9
      DURATION        : 00:00:05.550000000
At least one output file must be specified


  


  Here is my YUVA420p in the first video stream at the end of the console output :

  


  Stream #0:0: Video: vp9 (Profile 0), yuva420p(tv, progressive), 1920x1080, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 60 fps, 60 tbr, 1k tbn


  


  


  The questions are following.

  


  

  1. How to detect real pixel format of VP9 video with FFmpeg library in C code reliably ?

  


  2. Why is the C code not detecting the actual pixel format even with codec overriden to libvpx ?

  


  


  Thank you.

  


• TS video copied to MP4, missing 3 first frames when programmatically read (ffmpeg bug)

  3 septembre 2023, par Vasilis Lemonidis

  Running :

  


  ffmpeg -i test.ts -fflags +genpts -c copy -y test.mp4


  


  for this test.ts, which has 30 frames, readable by opencv, I end up with 28 frames, out of which 27 are readable by opencv. More specifically :

  


  ffprobe -v error -select_streams v:0 -count_packets  -show_entries stream=nb_read_packets -of csv=p=0 tmp.ts 


  


  returns 30.

  


  ffprobe -v error -select_streams v:0 -count_packets     -show_entries stream=nb_read_packets -of csv=p=0 tmp.mp4


  


  returns 28.

  


  Using OpenCV in that manner

  


  cap = cv2.VideoCapture(tmp_path)
readMat = []
while cap.isOpened():
        ret, frame = cap.read()
        if not ret:
            break
        readMat.append(frame)


  


  I get for the ts file 30 frames, while for the mp4 27 frames.

  


  Could someone explain why the discrepancies ? I get no error during the transformation from ts to mp4 :

  


  ffmpeg version N-111746-gd53acf452f Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 11.3.0 (GCC)
  configuration: --ld=g++ --bindir=/bin --extra-libs='-lpthread -lm' --pkg-config-flags=--static --enable-static --enable-gpl --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-nonfree --enable-cuda-nvcc --enable-cuvid --enable-nvenc --enable-libnpp 
  libavutil      58. 16.101 / 58. 16.101
  libavcodec     60. 23.100 / 60. 23.100
  libavformat    60. 10.100 / 60. 10.100
  libavdevice    60.  2.101 / 60.  2.101
  libavfilter     9. 10.100 /  9. 10.100
  libswscale      7.  3.100 /  7.  3.100
  libswresample   4. 11.100 /  4. 11.100
  libpostproc    57.  2.100 / 57.  2.100
[mpegts @ 0x4237240] DTS discontinuity in stream 0: packet 5 with DTS 306003, packet 6 with DTS 396001
Input #0, mpegts, from 'tmp.ts':
  Duration: 00:00:21.33, start: 3.400000, bitrate: 15 kb/s
  Program 1 
    Metadata:
      service_name    : Service01
      service_provider: FFmpeg
  Stream #0:0[0x100]: Video: h264 (High) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuv420p(progressive), 300x300, 1 fps, 3 tbr, 90k tbn
Output #0, mp4, to 'test.mp4':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf60.10.100
  Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(progressive), 300x300, q=2-31, 1 fps, 3 tbr, 90k tbn
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[out#0/mp4 @ 0x423e280] video:25kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 4.192123%
frame=   30 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 Lsize=      26kB time=00:00:21.00 bitrate=  10.3kbits/s speed=1e+04x 


  


  Additional information

  


  The origin of the video I am processing comes from a continuous stitching operation of still images ts videos, produced by this class update method :

  


  import cv2
import os
import subprocess
from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
class VideoUpdater:
    def __init__(
        self, video_path: str, framerate: int, timePerFrame: Optional[int] = None
    ):
        """
        Video updater takes in a video path, and updates it using a supplied frame, based on a given framerate.
        Args:
            video_path: str: Specify the path to the video file
            framerate: int: Set the frame rate of the video
        """
        if not video_path.endswith(".mp4"):
            LOGGER.warning(
                f"File type {os.path.splitext(video_path)[1]} not supported for streaming, switching to ts"
            )
            video_path = os.path.splitext(video_path)[0] + ".mp4"

        self._ps = None
        self.env = {
            
        }
        self.ffmpeg = "/usr/bin/ffmpeg "

        self.video_path = video_path
        self.ts_path = video_path.replace(".mp4", ".ts")
        self.tfile = None
        self.framerate = framerate
        self._video = None
        self.last_frame = None
        self.curr_frame = None


    def update(self, frame: np.ndarray):
        if len(frame.shape) == 2:
            frame = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)
        else:
            frame = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_RGB2BGR)
        self.writeFrame(frame)

    def writeFrame(self, frame: np.ndarray):
        """
        The writeFrame function takes a frame and writes it to the video file.
        Args:
            frame: np.ndarray: Write the frame to a temporary file
        """


        tImLFrame = NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".png")
        tVidLFrame = NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".ts")

        cv2.imwrite(tImLFrame.name, frame)
        ps = subprocess.Popen(
            self.ffmpeg
            + rf"-loop 1 -r {self.framerate} -i {tImLFrame.name} -t {self.framerate} -vcodec libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -y {tVidLFrame.name}",
            env=self.env,
            shell=True,
            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
        )
        ps.communicate()
        if os.path.isfile(self.ts_path):
            # this does not work to watch, as timestamps are not updated
            ps = subprocess.Popen(
                self.ffmpeg
                + rf'-i "concat:{self.ts_path}|{tVidLFrame.name}" -c copy -y {self.ts_path.replace(".ts", ".bak.ts")}',
                env=self.env,
                shell=True,
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
            )
            ps.communicate()
            shutil.move(self.ts_path.replace(".ts", ".bak.ts"), self.ts_path)

        else:
            shutil.copyfile(tVidLFrame.name, self.ts_path)
        # fixing timestamps, we dont have to wait for this operation
        ps = subprocess.Popen(
            self.ffmpeg
            + rf"-i {self.ts_path} -fflags +genpts -c copy -y {self.video_path}",
            env=self.env,
            shell=True,
            # stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
            # stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
        )
        tImLFrame.close()
        tVidLFrame.close()