[FFmpeg-trac] #6594(undetermined:new): VLC not displaying h264 closed captions

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Thu Aug 17 16:35:19 EEST 2017


#6594: VLC not displaying h264 closed captions
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             Reporter:  MayeulC      |                     Type:  defect
               Status:  new          |                 Priority:  normal
            Component:               |                  Version:
  undetermined                       |  unspecified
             Keywords:               |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:               |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0            |
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 '''Summary of the bug:'''
 I have a video file in the mkv format, that contains an mp4 video track,
 in which there are some closed captions:
 {{{
 Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p(progressive), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1
 DAR 16:9], Closed Captions, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc
 (default)
 }}}

 The closed captions are displayed fine on mpv, but not on vlc (or any
 other player I tried, for that matter; as they are probably based on
 ffmpeg).

 I have also been unable to extract the subtitle track (though 'ffmpeg -f
 lavfi -i "movie=input.mp4[out0+subcc]" -map s output.srt' looked
 promising, it only produces a 0B srt file).

 '''How to reproduce:'''

 Load the video in vlc, and try to turn on the subtitles track: there is
 none.
 Do the same in mpv; subtitles are displayed

 I wanted to upload the sample on upload.ffmpeg.org, but it seems to be
 down, so there it is (1.7MB):
 https://mega.nz/#!tBZnzAhY!K_PNpxDaRFYXS7firdWw0vAn4GrW8gpzX7-e-5ZlBFY

 (The extract might contain some minor spoiler for game of thrones, I don't
 know as I am not personally interested in the series; the caption is "I
 wish you all the happiness in the world")

 '''List of what was tried:'''

 Players/tools I tried:
 Android: MX Player, Mobo Player, VLC for android -- failure | mpv-android:
 success
 Tools: mkvinfo, HandBrake, MKVToolNix don't display any subtitle track (I
 stress that the track is embedded in the h264 video stream).
 Linux: VLC, Dragon Player, MPlayer, Kodi --failure | mpv: success

 I tried this both on the mkv container and the extracted video track in a
 mp4 container (where possible).

 The output of 'ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "movie=test.mp4[out0+subcc]"' has:
 {{{
 Input #0, lavfi, from 'movie=test.mp4[out0+subcc]':
   Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
     Stream #0:0: Video: rawvideo (I420 / 0x30323449), yuv420p, 1280x720
 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 1200k tbr, 1200k tbn, 1200k tbc
     Stream #0:1: Subtitle: eia_608
 }}}


 ----

 ffmpeg version (running on an updated Arch Linux):
 {{{
 ffmpeg version 3.3.3 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
 built with gcc 7.1.1 (GCC) 20170630
 configuration: --prefix=/usr --disable-debug --disable-static --disable-
 stripping --enable-avisynth --enable-avresample --enable-fontconfig
 --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-ladspa --enable-libass
 --enable-libbluray --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-
 libgsm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame
 --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg
 --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-libschroedinger --enable-
 libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-
 libv4l2 --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-
 libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxcb --enable-libxvid
 --enable-shared --enable-version3
 libavutil      55. 58.100 / 55. 58.100
 libavcodec     57. 89.100 / 57. 89.100
 libavformat    57. 71.100 / 57. 71.100
 libavdevice    57.  6.100 / 57.  6.100
 libavfilter     6. 82.100 /  6. 82.100
 libavresample   3.  5.  0 /  3.  5.  0
 libswscale      4.  6.100 /  4.  6.100
 libswresample   2.  7.100 /  2.  7.100
 libpostproc    54.  5.100 / 54.  5.100
 }}}

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