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• Hikvision NVR video conversion ffmpeg

  6 August 2024, by astralmaster

  I have a Hikvision NVR that stores security camera footage that I need to display on a website. I know that Hikvision uses proprietary H.264 codec that makes it impossible to play (coherently) in popular video players, like VLC, unless you install that codec everywhere you play it.

  



  My plan was to transcode the video using ffmpeg to regular H.264 codec and AAC for audio but the produced file has the same issues as the original - no audio when playing and very disruptive video. 
So the question is, does ffmpeg support encoding from Hikvision video/audio codecs? Or perhaps should try to convert to different web-capable codecs using ffmpeg?
My ffmpeg command looks like this:

  



  ffmpeg -i C:\1.mp4  -c:v libx264 -preset fast -crf 30 -b:v 200k -c:a aac -strict experimental -movflags faststart -threads 0 C:\2.mp4


  



  EDIT: What's interesting is that ffplay.exe opens and plays the original video files with no problem whatsoever, even on a computer where Hikvision codecs are not isntalled, therefore I figured conversion should be possible as well?

  



  Mediainfo output of the video file in question:

  



  General
CompleteName                     : C:\DownLoad\1.mp4
Format                           : MPEG-PS
FileSize/String                  : 8.60 MiB
Duration/String                  : 2 h 7 min
OverallBitRate/String            : 9 395 b/s
FileExtension_Invalid            : mpeg mpg m2p vob pss evo

Video
ID/String                        : 224 (0xE0)
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format_Profile                   : Baseline@L4
Format_Settings                  : 1 Ref Frames
Format_Settings_CABAC/String     : No
Format_Settings_RefFrames/String : 1 frame
Format_Settings_GOP              : M=1, N=30
Duration/String                  : 2 min 0 s
Width/String                     : 1 920 pixels
Height/String                    : 1 080 pixels
DisplayAspectRatio/String        : 16:9
FrameRate_Mode/String            : Variable
ColorSpace                       : YUV
ChromaSubsampling/String         : 4:2:0
BitDepth/String                  : 8 bits
ScanType/String                  : Progressive

Audio
ID/String                        : 192 (0xC0)
Format                           : MPEG Audio
Duration/String                  : 2 h 7 min
Compression_Mode/String          : Lossy
Video_Delay/String               : -33 min 40 s


  



  Output of ffmpeg:

  



  C:\ffmpeg\bin>ffmpeg -i C:\DownLoad\1.mp4  -c:v libx264 -preset fast -crf 30 -b:v 75k -c:a aac -strict experimental -movflags faststart -threads 0 C:\DownLoad\2.mp4
ffmpeg version N-86537-gae6f6d4 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 7.1.0 (GCC)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-cuda --enable-cuvid --enable-d3d11va --enable-dxva2 --enable-libmfx --enable-nvenc --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenh264 --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-zlib
  libavutil      55. 66.100 / 55. 66.100
  libavcodec     57. 99.100 / 57. 99.100
  libavformat    57. 73.100 / 57. 73.100
  libavdevice    57.  7.100 / 57.  7.100
  libavfilter     6. 94.100 /  6. 94.100
  libswscale      4.  7.101 /  4.  7.101
  libswresample   2.  8.100 /  2.  8.100
  libpostproc    54.  6.100 / 54.  6.100
Input #0, mpeg, from 'C:\DownLoad\1.mp4':
  Duration: 02:07:57.93, start: 789.820800, bitrate: 9 kb/s
    Stream #0:0[0x1e0]: Video: h264 (Baseline), yuv420p(progressive), 1920x1080, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
    Stream #0:1[0x1c0]: Audio: pcm_mulaw, 8000 Hz, mono, s16, 64 kb/s
File 'C:\DownLoad\2.mp4' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264))
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (pcm_mulaw (native) -> aac (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[aac @ 0000000002cd0280] Too many bits 8832.000000 > 6144 per frame requested, clamping to max
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast LZCNT SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX XOP FMA4
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] profile High, level 4.0
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] 264 - core 150 r2833 df79067 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2017 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=1 ref=2 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=6 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=12 lookahead_threads=2 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=1 keyint=250 keyint_min=25 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=30 rc=crf mbtree=1 crf=30.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
Output #0, mp4, to 'C:\DownLoad\2.mp4':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf57.73.100
    Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (libx264) ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuv420p, 1920x1080, q=-1--1, 75 kb/s, 25 fps, 12800 tbn, 25 tbc
    Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavc57.99.100 libx264
    Side data:
      cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/75000 buffer size: 0 vbv_delay: -1
    Stream #0:1: Audio: aac (LC) ([64][0][0][0] / 0x0040), 8000 Hz, mono, fltp, 48 kb/s
    Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavc57.99.100 aac
[mp4 @ 00000000010e9e00] Starting second pass: moving the moov atom to the beginning of the file speed= 116x
frame= 3269 fps= 66 q=-1.0 Lsize=   11086kB time=01:34:24.38 bitrate=  16.0kbits/s dup=269 drop=0 speed= 115x
video:10429kB audio:592kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.594114%
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] frame I:14    Avg QP:21.86  size: 59795
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] frame P:833   Avg QP:24.81  size:  8993
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] frame B:2422  Avg QP:28.70  size:   970
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] consecutive B-frames:  1.0%  0.2%  1.4% 97.4%
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] mb I  I16..4: 18.9% 66.3% 14.8%
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] mb P  I16..4:  4.0%  7.7%  0.4%  P16..4: 16.2%  2.0%  0.6%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:69.1%
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] mb B  I16..4:  0.6%  0.2%  0.0%  B16..8:  5.5%  0.1%  0.0%  direct: 0.7%  skip:92.9%  L0:44.0% L1:55.0% BI: 1.0%
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] 8x8 transform intra:59.0% inter:83.3%
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 25.3% 36.1% 7.7% inter: 1.0% 2.3% 0.1%
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] i16 v,h,dc,p: 23% 24% 43% 10%
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 37% 26% 23%  2%  2%  3%  2%  3%  3%
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 43% 23% 12%  4%  4%  5%  4%  4%  2%
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] i8c dc,h,v,p: 81%  7%  9%  3%
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] Weighted P-Frames: Y:1.0% UV:0.0%
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] ref P L0: 73.6% 26.4%
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] ref B L0: 80.9% 19.1%
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] ref B L1: 90.0% 10.0%
[libx264 @ 0000000002514c80] kb/s:653.30
[aac @ 0000000002cd0280] Qavg: 64512.656

C:\ffmpeg\bin>


  



  Download link to sample:

  



  https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ccptsuiqk2ntsv/1.zip?dl=0

  



  This sample is exactly 2 minutes long, but VLC will tell you otherwise.

  


• what's the recommended CDN or Hosting should I use for online media converter app? [on hold]

  20 November 2017, by Moe D.

  I’m working on web application that will let users download videos from facebook, twitter and vimeo as MP4 or MP3.

  I don’t know what’s the recommended CDN or Hosting plan or product I should use to can host all these big media files ( mp3 and mp4 ) with a lot of download requests per hour and to be affordable in the same time?

  And will auto deleting files that older than 6 hours on the cloud save some cloud storage costs ?

• How to split video or audio by silent parts

  9 February 2021, by TermiT

  I need to automatically split video of a speech by words, so every word is a separate video file. Do you know any ways to do this?

  



  My plan was to detect silent parts and use them as words separators. But i didn't find any tool to do this and looks like ffmpeg is not the right tool for that.