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  • FFMPEG Unable to find a suitable output format for 'pipe :' pipe: : Invalid argument

    1er avril 2021, par ashiyaa nunhuck

    I want to stream video from my drone real time to a WEBUI using ffmpeg. But i get the follwong errors.
The code works but i don't think ishould have gotten this error.
Can somebody help with this issue ? This is my drone commands along with the streaming video codes. I have only added the code to get data.
Below is the error :
pipe error

    


    My code is as follows :

    


    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

DEFAULT_DISTANCE = 0.30
DEFAULT_SPEED = 10
DEFAULT_DEGREE = 10

FRAME_X = int(960/3)
FRAME_Y = int(720/3)
FRAME_AREA = FRAME_X * FRAME_Y

FRAME_SIZE = FRAME_AREA * 3
FRAME_CENTER_X = FRAME_X / 2
FRAME_CENTER_Y = FRAME_Y / 2

CMD_FFMPEG = (f'ffmpeg - hwaccel auto -hwaccel_device opencl -i pipe:0 '
              f'-pix_fmt bgr24 -s {FRAME_X}x{FRAME_Y}  -f rawvideo pipe:1')


class DroneManager(metaclass=Singleton):
    def __init__(self, host_ip='192.168.10.2', host_port=8890,
                 drone_ip='192.168.10.1', drone_port=8889,
                 is_imperial=False, speed=DEFAULT_SPEED):
        self.host_ip = host_ip
        self.host_port = host_port
        self.drone_ip = drone_ip
        self.drone_port = drone_port
        self.drone_address = (drone_ip, drone_port)
        self.is_imperial = is_imperial
        self.speed = speed
        self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
        self.socket.bind((self.host_ip, self.host_port))

        self.response = None
        self.stop_event = threading.Event()
        self._response_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.receive_response,
                                                 args=(self.stop_event,))
        self._response_thread.start()

        self.patrol_event = None
        self.is_patrol = False
        self._patrol_semaphore = threading.Semaphore(1)
        self._thread_patrol = None

        self.proc = subprocess.Popen(CMD_FFMPEG.split(' '),
                                     stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                                     stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
        self.proc_stdin = self.proc.stdin
        self.proc_stdout = self.proc.stdout

        self.video_port = 11111

        self._receive_video_thread = threading.Thread(
            target=self.receive_video,
            args=(self.stop_event, self.proc_stdin,
                  self.host_ip, self.video_port,))
        self._receive_video_thread.start()

        self.send_command('command')
        self.send_command('streamon')
        self.set_speed(self.speed)

    def receive_response(self, stop_event):
        while not stop_event.is_set():
            try:
                self.response, ip = self.socket.recvfrom(3000)
                logger.info({'action': 'receive_response',
                             'response': self.response})
            except socket.error as ex:
                logger.error({'action': 'receive_response',
                              'ex': ex})
                break

    def __dell__(self):
        self.stop()

    def stop(self):
        self.stop_event.set()
        retry = 0
        while self._response_thread.is_alive():
            time.sleep(0.3)
            if retry > 30:
                break
            retry += 1
        self.socket.close()
        os.kill(self.proc.pid, signal.CTRL_C_EVENT)

    def send_command(self, command):
        logger.info({'action': 'send_command', 'command': command})
        self.socket.sendto(command.encode('utf-8'), self.drone_address)

        retry = 0
        while self.response is None:
            time.sleep(0.3)
            if retry > 3:
                break
            retry += 1

        if self.response is None:
            response = None
        else:
            response = self.response.decode('utf-8')
        self.response = None
        return response

    def takeoff(self):
        return self.send_command('takeoff')

    def land(self):
        return self.send_command('land')

    def move(self, direction, distance):
        distance = float(distance)
        if self.is_imperial:
            distance = int(round(distance * 30.48))
        else:
            distance = int(round(distance * 100))
        return self.send_command(f'{direction} {distance}')

    def up(self, distance=DEFAULT_DISTANCE):
        return self.move('up', distance)

    def down(self, distance=DEFAULT_DISTANCE):
        return self.move('down', distance)

    def left(self, distance=DEFAULT_DISTANCE):
        return self.move('left', distance)

    def right(self, distance=DEFAULT_DISTANCE):
        return self.move('right', distance)

    def forward(self, distance=DEFAULT_DISTANCE):
        return self.move('forward', distance)

    def back(self, distance=DEFAULT_DISTANCE):
        return self.move('back', distance)

    def set_speed(self, speed):
        return self.send_command(f'speed {speed}')

    def clockwise(self, degree=DEFAULT_DEGREE):
        return self.send_command(f'cw {degree}')

    def counter_clockwise(self, degree=DEFAULT_DEGREE):
        return self.send_command(f'ccw {degree}')

    def flip_front(self):
        return self.send_command('flip f')

    def flip_back(self):
        return self.send_command('flip b')

    def flip_left(self):
        return self.send_command('flip l')

    def flip_right(self):
        return self.send_command('flip r')

    def patrol(self):
        if not self.is_patrol:
            self.patrol_event = threading.Event()
            self._thread_patrol = threading.Thread(
                target=self._patrol,
                args=(self._patrol_semaphore, self.patrol_event,))
            self._thread_patrol.start()
            self.is_patrol = True

    def stop_patrol(self):
        if self.is_patrol:
            self.patrol_event.set()
            retry = 0
            while self._thread_patrol.is_alive():
                time.sleep(0.3)
                if retry > 300:
                    break
                retry += 1
            self.is_patrol = False

    def _patrol(self, semaphore, stop_event):
        is_acquire = semaphore.acquire(blocking=False)
        if is_acquire:
            logger.info({'action': '_patrol', 'status': 'acquire'})
            with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
                stack.callback(semaphore.release)
                status = 0
                while not stop_event.is_set():
                    status += 1
                    if status == 1:
                        self.up()
                    if status == 2:
                        self.clockwise(180)
                    if status == 3:
                        self.down()
                    if status == 4:
                        status = 0
                    time.sleep(5)
        else:
            logger.warning({'action': '_patrol', 'status': 'not_acquire'})

    def receive_video(self, stop_event, pipe_in, host_ip, video_port):
        with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM) as sock_video:
            sock_video.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
            sock_video.settimeout(5)
            sock_video.bind((host_ip, video_port))
            data = bytearray(2048)
            while not self.stop_event.is_set():
                try:
                    size, addr = sock_video.recvfrom_into(data)
                    logger.info({'action': 'receive_video', 'data': data})
                except socket.timeout as ex:
                    logger.warning({'action': 'receive_video', 'ex': ex})
                    time.sleep(0.5)
                    continue
                except socket.error as ex:
                    logger.error({'action': 'receive_video', 'ex': ex})
                    break

                try:
                    pipe_in.write(data[:size])
                    pipe_in.flush()
                except Exception as ex:
                    logger.info({'action': 'receive_video', 'ex': ex})
                    break


    


  • Libavformat/FFMPEG : Muxing into mp4 with AVFormatContext drops the final frame, depending on the number of frames

    27 octobre 2020, par Galen Lynch

    I am trying to use libavformat to create a .mp4 video
with a single h.264 video stream, but the final frame in the resulting file
often has a duration of zero and is effectively dropped from the video.
Strangely enough, whether the final frame is dropped or not depends on how many
frames I try to add to the file. Some simple testing that I outline below makes
me think that I am somehow misconfiguring either the AVFormatContext or the
h.264 encoder, resulting in two edit lists that sometimes chop off the final
frame. I will also post a simplified version of the code I am using, in case I'm
making some obvious mistake. Any help would be greatly appreciated : I've been
struggling with this issue for the past few days and have made little progress.

    


    I can recover the dropped frame by creating a new mp4 container using ffmpeg
binary with the copy codec if I use the -ignore_editlist option. Inspecting
the file with a missing frame using ffprobe, mp4trackdump, or mp4file --dump, shows that the final frame is dropped if its sample time is exactly the
same the end of the edit list. When I make a file that has no dropped frames, it
still has two edit lists : the only difference is that the end time of the edit
list is beyond all samples in files that do not have dropped frames. Though this
is hardly a fair comparison, if I make a .png for each frame and then generate
a .mp4 with ffmpeg using the image2 codec and similar h.264 settings, I
produce a movie with all frames present, only one edit list, and similar PTS
times as my mangled movies with two edit lists. In this case, the edit list
always ends after the last frame/sample time.

    


    I am using this command to determine the number of frames in the resulting stream,
though I also get the same number with other utilities :

    


    ffprobe -v error -count_frames -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=nb_read_frames -of default=nokey=1:noprint_wrappers=1 video_file_name.mp4


    


    Simple inspection of the file with ffprobe shows no obviously alarming signs to
me, besides the framerate being affected by the missing frame (the target was
24) :

    


    $ ffprobe -hide_banner testing.mp4
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'testing.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    encoder         : Lavf58.45.100
  Duration: 00:00:04.13, start: 0.041016, bitrate: 724 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 100x100, 722 kb/s, 24.24 fps, 24 tbr, 12288 tbn, 48 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler


    


    The files that I generate programatically always have two edit lists, one of
which is very short. In files both with and without a missing frame, the
duration one of the frames is 0, while all the others have the same duration
(512). You can see this in the ffmpeg output for this file that I tried to put
100 frames into, though only 99 are visible despite the file containing all 100
samples.

    


    $ ffmpeg -hide_banner -y -v 9 -loglevel 99 -i testing.mp4  &#xA;...&#xA;<edited to="to" remove="remove" the="the" class="class" printing="printing">&#xA;type:&#x27;edts&#x27; parent:&#x27;trak&#x27; sz: 48 100 948&#xA;type:&#x27;elst&#x27; parent:&#x27;edts&#x27; sz: 40 8 40&#xA;track[0].edit_count = 2&#xA;duration=41 time=-1 rate=1.000000&#xA;duration=4125 time=0 rate=1.000000&#xA;type:&#x27;mdia&#x27; parent:&#x27;trak&#x27; sz: 808 148 948&#xA;type:&#x27;mdhd&#x27; parent:&#x27;mdia&#x27; sz: 32 8 800&#xA;type:&#x27;hdlr&#x27; parent:&#x27;mdia&#x27; sz: 45 40 800&#xA;ctype=[0][0][0][0]&#xA;stype=vide&#xA;type:&#x27;minf&#x27; parent:&#x27;mdia&#x27; sz: 723 85 800&#xA;type:&#x27;vmhd&#x27; parent:&#x27;minf&#x27; sz: 20 8 715&#xA;type:&#x27;dinf&#x27; parent:&#x27;minf&#x27; sz: 36 28 715&#xA;type:&#x27;dref&#x27; parent:&#x27;dinf&#x27; sz: 28 8 28&#xA;Unknown dref type 0x206c7275 size 12&#xA;type:&#x27;stbl&#x27; parent:&#x27;minf&#x27; sz: 659 64 715&#xA;type:&#x27;stsd&#x27; parent:&#x27;stbl&#x27; sz: 151 8 651&#xA;size=135 4CC=avc1 codec_type=0&#xA;type:&#x27;avcC&#x27; parent:&#x27;stsd&#x27; sz: 49 8 49&#xA;type:&#x27;stts&#x27; parent:&#x27;stbl&#x27; sz: 32 159 651&#xA;track[0].stts.entries = 2&#xA;sample_count=99, sample_duration=512&#xA;sample_count=1, sample_duration=0&#xA;...&#xA;AVIndex stream 0, sample 99, offset 5a0ed, dts 50688, size 3707, distance 0, keyframe 1&#xA;Processing st: 0, edit list 0 - media time: -1, duration: 504&#xA;Processing st: 0, edit list 1 - media time: 0, duration: 50688&#xA;type:&#x27;udta&#x27; parent:&#x27;moov&#x27; sz: 98 1072 1162&#xA;...&#xA;</edited>

    &#xA;

    The last frame has zero duration :

    &#xA;

    $ mp4trackdump -v testing.mp4&#xA;...&#xA;mp4file testing.mp4, track 1, samples 100, timescale 12288&#xA;sampleId      1, size  6943 duration      512 time        0 00:00:00.000 S&#xA;sampleId      2, size  3671 duration      512 time      512 00:00:00.041 S&#xA;...&#xA;sampleId     99, size  3687 duration      512 time    50176 00:00:04.083 S&#xA;sampleId    100, size  3707 duration        0 time    50688 00:00:04.125 S&#xA;

    &#xA;

    Non-mangled videos that I generate have similar structure, as you can see in&#xA;this video that had 99 input frames, all of which are visible in the output.&#xA;Even though the sample_duration is set to zero for one of the samples in the&#xA;stss box, it is not dropped from the frame count or when reading the frames back&#xA;in with ffmpeg.

    &#xA;

    $ ffmpeg -hide_banner -y -v 9 -loglevel 99 -i testing_99.mp4  &#xA;...&#xA;type:&#x27;elst&#x27; parent:&#x27;edts&#x27; sz: 40 8 40&#xA;track[0].edit_count = 2&#xA;duration=41 time=-1 rate=1.000000&#xA;duration=4084 time=0 rate=1.000000&#xA;...&#xA;track[0].stts.entries = 2&#xA;sample_count=98, sample_duration=512&#xA;sample_count=1, sample_duration=0&#xA;...&#xA;AVIndex stream 0, sample 98, offset 5d599, dts 50176, size 3833, distance 0, keyframe 1&#xA;Processing st: 0, edit list 0 - media time: -1, duration: 504&#xA;Processing st: 0, edit list 1 - media time: 0, duration: 50184&#xA;...&#xA;

    &#xA;

    $ mp4trackdump -v testing_99.mp4&#xA;...&#xA;sampleId     98, size  3814 duration      512 time    49664 00:00:04.041 S&#xA;sampleId     99, size  3833 duration        0 time    50176 00:00:04.083 S&#xA;

    &#xA;

    One difference that jumps out to me is that the mangled file's second edit list&#xA;ends at time 50688, which coincides with the last sample, while the non-mangled&#xA;file's edit list ends at 50184, which is after the time of the last sample&#xA;at 50176. As I mentioned before, whether the last frame is clipped depends on&#xA;the number of frames I encode and mux into the container : 100 input frames&#xA;results in 1 dropped frame, 99 results in 0, 98 in 0, 97 in 1, etc...

    &#xA;

    Here is the code that I used to generate these files, which is a MWE script&#xA;version of library functions that I am modifying. It is written in Julia,&#xA;which I do not think is important here, and calls the FFMPEG library version&#xA;4.3.1. It's more or less a direct translation from of the FFMPEG muxing&#xA;demo, although the codec&#xA;context here is created before the format context. I am presenting the code that&#xA;interacts with ffmpeg first, although it relies on some helper code that I will&#xA;put below.

    &#xA;

    The helper code just makes it easier to work with nested C structs in Julia, and&#xA;allows . syntax in Julia to be used in place of C's arrow (->) operator for&#xA;field access of struct pointers. Libav structs such as AVFrame appear as a&#xA;thin wrapper type AVFramePtr, and similarly AVStream appears as&#xA;AVStreamPtr etc... These act like single or double pointers for the purposes&#xA;of function calls, depending on the function's type signature. Hopefully it will&#xA;be clear enough to understand if you are familiar with working with libav in C,&#xA;and I don't think looking at the helper code should be necessary if you don't&#xA;want to run the code.

    &#xA;

    # Function to transfer array to AVPicture/AVFrame&#xA;function transfer_img_buf_to_frame!(frame, img)&#xA;    img_pointer = pointer(img)&#xA;    data_pointer = frame.data[1] # Base-1 indexing, get pointer to first data buffer in frame&#xA;    for h = 1:frame.height&#xA;        data_line_pointer = data_pointer &#x2B; (h-1) * frame.linesize[1] # base-1 indexing&#xA;        img_line_pointer = img_pointer &#x2B; (h-1) * frame.width&#xA;        unsafe_copyto!(data_line_pointer, img_line_pointer, frame.width) # base-1 indexing&#xA;    end&#xA;end&#xA;&#xA;# Function to transfer AVFrame to AVCodecContext, and AVPacket to AVFormatContext&#xA;function encode_mux!(packet, format_context, frame, codec_context; flush = false)&#xA;    if flush&#xA;        fret = avcodec_send_frame(codec_context, C_NULL)&#xA;    else&#xA;        fret = avcodec_send_frame(codec_context, frame)&#xA;    end&#xA;    if fret &lt; 0 &amp;&amp; !in(fret, [-Libc.EAGAIN, VIO_AVERROR_EOF])&#xA;        error("Error $fret sending a frame for encoding")&#xA;    end&#xA;&#xA;    pret = Cint(0)&#xA;    while pret >= 0&#xA;        pret = avcodec_receive_packet(codec_context, packet)&#xA;        if pret == -Libc.EAGAIN || pret == VIO_AVERROR_EOF&#xA;             break&#xA;        elseif pret &lt; 0&#xA;            error("Error $pret during encoding")&#xA;        end&#xA;        stream = format_context.streams[1] # Base-1 indexing&#xA;        av_packet_rescale_ts(packet, codec_context.time_base, stream.time_base)&#xA;        packet.stream_index = 0&#xA;        ret = av_interleaved_write_frame(format_context, packet)&#xA;        ret &lt; 0 &amp;&amp; error("Error muxing packet: $ret")&#xA;    end&#xA;    if !flush &amp;&amp; fret == -Libc.EAGAIN &amp;&amp; pret != VIO_AVERROR_EOF&#xA;        fret = avcodec_send_frame(codec_context, frame)&#xA;        if fret &lt; 0 &amp;&amp; fret != VIO_AVERROR_EOF&#xA;            error("Error $fret sending a frame for encoding")&#xA;        end&#xA;    end&#xA;    return pret&#xA;end&#xA;&#xA;# Set parameters of test movie&#xA;nframe = 100&#xA;width, height = 100, 100&#xA;framerate = 24&#xA;gop = 0&#xA;codec_name = "libx264"&#xA;filename = "testing.mp4"&#xA;&#xA;((width % 2 !=0) || (height % 2 !=0)) &amp;&amp; error("Encoding error: Image dims must be a multiple of two")&#xA;&#xA;# Make test images&#xA;imgstack = map(x->rand(UInt8,width,height),1:nframe);&#xA;&#xA;pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY8&#xA;framerate_rat = Rational(framerate)&#xA;&#xA;codec = avcodec_find_encoder_by_name(codec_name)&#xA;codec == C_NULL &amp;&amp; error("Codec &#x27;$codec_name&#x27; not found")&#xA;&#xA;# Allocate AVCodecContext&#xA;codec_context_p = avcodec_alloc_context3(codec) # raw pointer&#xA;codec_context_p == C_NULL &amp;&amp; error("Could not allocate AVCodecContext")&#xA;# Easier to work with pointer that acts like a c struct pointer, type defined below&#xA;codec_context = AVCodecContextPtr(codec_context_p)&#xA;&#xA;codec_context.width = width&#xA;codec_context.height = height&#xA;codec_context.time_base = AVRational(1/framerate_rat)&#xA;codec_context.framerate = AVRational(framerate_rat)&#xA;codec_context.pix_fmt = pix_fmt&#xA;codec_context.gop_size = gop&#xA;&#xA;ret = avcodec_open2(codec_context, codec, C_NULL)&#xA;ret &lt; 0 &amp;&amp; error("Could not open codec: Return code $(ret)")&#xA;&#xA;# Allocate AVFrame and wrap it in a Julia convenience type&#xA;frame_p = av_frame_alloc()&#xA;frame_p == C_NULL &amp;&amp; error("Could not allocate AVFrame")&#xA;frame = AVFramePtr(frame_p)&#xA;&#xA;frame.format = pix_fmt&#xA;frame.width = width&#xA;frame.height = height&#xA;&#xA;# Allocate picture buffers for frame&#xA;ret = av_frame_get_buffer(frame, 0)&#xA;ret &lt; 0 &amp;&amp; error("Could not allocate the video frame data")&#xA;&#xA;# Allocate AVPacket and wrap it in a Julia convenience type&#xA;packet_p = av_packet_alloc()&#xA;packet_p == C_NULL &amp;&amp; error("Could not allocate AVPacket")&#xA;packet = AVPacketPtr(packet_p)&#xA;&#xA;# Allocate AVFormatContext and wrap it in a Julia convenience type&#xA;format_context_dp = Ref(Ptr{AVFormatContext}()) # double pointer&#xA;ret = avformat_alloc_output_context2(format_context_dp, C_NULL, C_NULL, filename)&#xA;if ret != 0 || format_context_dp[] == C_NULL&#xA;    error("Could not allocate AVFormatContext")&#xA;end&#xA;format_context = AVFormatContextPtr(format_context_dp)&#xA;&#xA;# Add video stream to AVFormatContext and configure it to use the encoder made above&#xA;stream_p = avformat_new_stream(format_context, C_NULL)&#xA;stream_p == C_NULL &amp;&amp; error("Could not allocate output stream")&#xA;stream = AVStreamPtr(stream_p) # Wrap this pointer in a convenience type&#xA;&#xA;stream.time_base = codec_context.time_base&#xA;stream.avg_frame_rate = 1 / convert(Rational, stream.time_base)&#xA;ret = avcodec_parameters_from_context(stream.codecpar, codec_context)&#xA;ret &lt; 0 &amp;&amp; error("Could not set parameters of stream")&#xA;&#xA;# Open the AVIOContext&#xA;pb_ptr = field_ptr(format_context, :pb)&#xA;# This following is just a call to avio_open, with a bit of extra protection&#xA;# so the Julia garbage collector does not destroy format_context during the call&#xA;ret = GC.@preserve format_context avio_open(pb_ptr, filename, AVIO_FLAG_WRITE)&#xA;ret &lt; 0 &amp;&amp; error("Could not open file $filename for writing")&#xA;&#xA;# Write the header&#xA;ret = avformat_write_header(format_context, C_NULL)&#xA;ret &lt; 0 &amp;&amp; error("Could not write header")&#xA;&#xA;# Encode and mux each frame&#xA;for i in 1:nframe # iterate from 1 to nframe&#xA;    img = imgstack[i] # base-1 indexing&#xA;    ret = av_frame_make_writable(frame)&#xA;    ret &lt; 0 &amp;&amp; error("Could not make frame writable")&#xA;    transfer_img_buf_to_frame!(frame, img)&#xA;    frame.pts = i&#xA;    encode_mux!(packet, format_context, frame, codec_context)&#xA;end&#xA;&#xA;# Flush the encoder&#xA;encode_mux!(packet, format_context, frame, codec_context; flush = true)&#xA;&#xA;# Write the trailer&#xA;av_write_trailer(format_context)&#xA;&#xA;# Close the AVIOContext&#xA;pb_ptr = field_ptr(format_context, :pb) # get pointer to format_context.pb&#xA;ret = GC.@preserve format_context avio_closep(pb_ptr) # simply a call to avio_closep&#xA;ret &lt; 0 &amp;&amp; error("Could not free AVIOContext")&#xA;&#xA;# Deallocation&#xA;avcodec_free_context(codec_context)&#xA;av_frame_free(frame)&#xA;av_packet_free(packet)&#xA;avformat_free_context(format_context)&#xA;

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    Below is the helper code that makes accessing pointers to nested c structs not a&#xA;total pain in Julia. If you try to run the code yourself, please enter this in&#xA;before the logic of the code shown above. It requires&#xA;VideoIO.jl, a Julia wrapper to libav.

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    # Convenience type and methods to make the above code look more like C&#xA;using Base: RefValue, fieldindex&#xA;&#xA;import Base: unsafe_convert, getproperty, setproperty!, getindex, setindex!,&#xA;    unsafe_wrap, propertynames&#xA;&#xA;# VideoIO is a Julia wrapper to libav&#xA;#&#xA;# Bring bindings to libav library functions into namespace&#xA;using VideoIO: AVCodecContext, AVFrame, AVPacket, AVFormatContext, AVRational,&#xA;    AVStream, AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY8, AVIO_FLAG_WRITE, AVFMT_NOFILE,&#xA;    avformat_alloc_output_context2, avformat_free_context, avformat_new_stream,&#xA;    av_dump_format, avio_open, avformat_write_header,&#xA;    avcodec_parameters_from_context, av_frame_make_writable, avcodec_send_frame,&#xA;    avcodec_receive_packet, av_packet_rescale_ts, av_interleaved_write_frame,&#xA;    avformat_query_codec, avcodec_find_encoder_by_name, avcodec_alloc_context3,&#xA;    avcodec_open2, av_frame_alloc, av_frame_get_buffer, av_packet_alloc,&#xA;    avio_closep, av_write_trailer, avcodec_free_context, av_frame_free,&#xA;    av_packet_free&#xA;&#xA;# Submodule of VideoIO&#xA;using VideoIO: AVCodecs&#xA;&#xA;# Need to import this function from Julia&#x27;s Base to add more methods&#xA;import Base: convert&#xA;&#xA;const VIO_AVERROR_EOF = -541478725 # AVERROR_EOF&#xA;&#xA;# Methods to convert between AVRational and Julia&#x27;s Rational type, because it&#x27;s&#xA;# hard to access the AV rational macros with Julia&#x27;s C interface&#xA;convert(::Type{Rational{T}}, r::AVRational) where T = Rational{T}(r.num, r.den)&#xA;convert(::Type{Rational}, r::AVRational) = Rational(r.num, r.den)&#xA;convert(::Type{AVRational}, r::Rational) = AVRational(numerator(r), denominator(r))&#xA;&#xA;"""&#xA;    mutable struct NestedCStruct{T}&#xA;&#xA;Wraps a pointer to a C struct, and acts like a double pointer to that memory.&#xA;The methods below will automatically convert it to a single pointer if needed&#xA;for a function call, and make interacting with it in Julia look (more) similar&#xA;to interacting with it in C, except &#x27;->&#x27; in C is replaced by &#x27;.&#x27; in Julia.&#xA;"""&#xA;mutable struct NestedCStruct{T}&#xA;    data::RefValue{Ptr{T}}&#xA;end&#xA;NestedCStruct{T}(a::Ptr) where T = NestedCStruct{T}(Ref(a))&#xA;NestedCStruct(a::Ptr{T}) where T = NestedCStruct{T}(a)&#xA;&#xA;const AVCodecContextPtr = NestedCStruct{AVCodecContext}&#xA;const AVFramePtr = NestedCStruct{AVFrame}&#xA;const AVPacketPtr = NestedCStruct{AVPacket}&#xA;const AVFormatContextPtr = NestedCStruct{AVFormatContext}&#xA;const AVStreamPtr = NestedCStruct{AVStream}&#xA;&#xA;function field_ptr(::Type{S}, struct_pointer::Ptr{T}, field::Symbol,&#xA;                           index::Integer = 1) where {S,T}&#xA;    fieldpos = fieldindex(T, field)&#xA;    field_pointer = convert(Ptr{S}, struct_pointer) &#x2B;&#xA;        fieldoffset(T, fieldpos) &#x2B; (index - 1) * sizeof(S)&#xA;    return field_pointer&#xA;end&#xA;&#xA;field_ptr(a::Ptr{T}, field::Symbol, args...) where T =&#xA;    field_ptr(fieldtype(T, field), a, field, args...)&#xA;&#xA;function check_ptr_valid(p::Ptr, err::Bool = true)&#xA;    valid = p != C_NULL&#xA;    err &amp;&amp; !valid &amp;&amp; error("Invalid pointer")&#xA;    valid&#xA;end&#xA;&#xA;unsafe_convert(::Type{Ptr{T}}, ap::NestedCStruct{T}) where T =&#xA;    getfield(ap, :data)[]&#xA;unsafe_convert(::Type{Ptr{Ptr{T}}}, ap::NestedCStruct{T}) where T =&#xA;    unsafe_convert(Ptr{Ptr{T}}, getfield(ap, :data))&#xA;&#xA;function check_ptr_valid(a::NestedCStruct{T}, args...) where T&#xA;    p = unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, a)&#xA;    GC.@preserve a check_ptr_valid(p, args...)&#xA;end&#xA;&#xA;nested_wrap(x::Ptr{T}) where T = NestedCStruct(x)&#xA;nested_wrap(x) = x&#xA;&#xA;function getproperty(ap::NestedCStruct{T}, s::Symbol) where T&#xA;    check_ptr_valid(ap)&#xA;    p = unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ap)&#xA;    res = GC.@preserve ap unsafe_load(field_ptr(p, s))&#xA;    nested_wrap(res)&#xA;end&#xA;&#xA;function setproperty!(ap::NestedCStruct{T}, s::Symbol, x) where T&#xA;    check_ptr_valid(ap)&#xA;    p = unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ap)&#xA;    fp = field_ptr(p, s)&#xA;    GC.@preserve ap unsafe_store!(fp, x)&#xA;end&#xA;&#xA;function getindex(ap::NestedCStruct{T}, i::Integer) where T&#xA;    check_ptr_valid(ap)&#xA;    p = unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ap)&#xA;    res = GC.@preserve ap unsafe_load(p, i)&#xA;    nested_wrap(res)&#xA;end&#xA;&#xA;function setindex!(ap::NestedCStruct{T}, i::Integer, x) where T&#xA;    check_ptr_valid(ap)&#xA;    p = unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ap)&#xA;    GC.@preserve ap unsafe_store!(p, x, i)&#xA;end&#xA;&#xA;function unsafe_wrap(::Type{T}, ap::NestedCStruct{S}, i) where {S, T}&#xA;    check_ptr_valid(ap)&#xA;    p = unsafe_convert(Ptr{S}, ap)&#xA;    GC.@preserve ap unsafe_wrap(T, p, i)&#xA;end&#xA;&#xA;function field_ptr(::Type{S}, a::NestedCStruct{T}, field::Symbol,&#xA;                           args...) where {S, T}&#xA;    check_ptr_valid(a)&#xA;    p = unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, a)&#xA;    GC.@preserve a field_ptr(S, p, field, args...)&#xA;end&#xA;&#xA;field_ptr(a::NestedCStruct{T}, field::Symbol, args...) where T =&#xA;    field_ptr(fieldtype(T, field), a, field, args...)&#xA;&#xA;propertynames(ap::T) where {S, T&lt;:NestedCStruct{S}} = (fieldnames(S)...,&#xA;                                                       fieldnames(T)...)&#xA;

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    Edit : Some things that I have already tried

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    • Explicitly setting the stream duration to be the same number as the number of frames that I add, or a few more beyond that
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    • Explicitly setting the stream start time to zero, while the first frame has a PTS of 1
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    • Playing around with encoder parameters, as well as gop_size, using B frames, etc.
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    • Setting the private data for the mov/mp4 muxer to set the movflag negative_cts_offsets
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    • Changing the framerate
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    • Tried different pixel formats, such as AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P
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    Also to be clear while I can just transfer the file into another while ignoring the edit lists to work around this problem, I am hoping to not make damaged mp4 files in the first place.

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  • New Challenges

    14 mars 2013, par silvia

    I finished up at Google last week and am now working at NICTA, an Australian ICT research institute.

    My work with Google was exciting and I learned a lot. I like to think that Google also got a lot out of me – I coded and contributed to some YouTube caption features, I worked on Chrome captions and video controls, and above all I worked on video accessibility for HTML at the W3C.

    I was one of the key authors of the W3C Media Accessibility Requirements document that we created in the Media Accessibility Task Force of the W3C HTML WG. I then went on to help make video accessibility a reality. We created WebVTT and the <track> element and applied it to captions, subtitles, chapters (navigation), video descriptions, and metadata. To satisfy the need for synchronisation of video with other media resources such as sign language video or audio descriptions, we got the MediaController object and the @mediagroup attribute.

    I must say it was a most rewarding time. I learned a lot about being productive at Google, collaborate successfully over the distance, about how the WebKit community works, and about the new way of writing W3C standard (which is more like pseudo-code). As one consequence, I am now a co-editor of the W3C HTML spec and it seems I am also about to become the editor of the WebVTT spec.

    At NICTA my new focus of work is WebRTC. There is both a bit of research and a whole bunch of application development involved. I may even get to do some WebKit development, if we identify any issues with the current implementation. I started a week ago and am already amazed by the amount of work going on in the WebRTC space and the amazing number of open source projects playing around with it. Video conferencing is a new challenge and I look forward to it.