ffmpeg cannot decode quicktime with combined gif and blur streams

[alain.dazzi@…]

I have the latest ffmpeg compiled and I cannot decode a creating .mov quicktime file (which seems to contain a GIF which I displayed with Bino).

~/zend/workspaces$ ffprobe -show_streams -print_format json -show_format ~/Desktop/703
ffprobe version N-37137-g749e5dc Copyright (c) 2007-2012 the FFmpeg developers

built on Feb 6 2012 18:30:38 with clang 3.0 (tags/Apple/clang-211.10.1)
configuration: --disable-decoder=amrnb --extra-cflags=-I/usr/local/include --extra-ldflags=-L/usr/local/lib --enable-nonfree --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-avfilter --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libfaac --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-libvpx --enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --disable-indevs --cc=clang
libavutil 51. 34.101 / 51. 34.101
libavcodec 53. 59.100 / 53. 59.100
libavformat 53. 30.100 / 53. 30.100
libavdevice 53. 4.100 / 53. 4.100
libavfilter 2. 60.100 / 2. 60.100
libswscale 2. 1.100 / 2. 1.100
libswresample 0. 6.100 / 0. 6.100
libpostproc 52. 0.100 / 52. 0.100

[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fe10c03d800] multiple edit list entries, a/v desync might occur, patch welcome

Last message repeated 1 times

[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fe10c03d800] Could not find codec parameters (Video: none (blur / 0x72756C62), 160x120, 0 kb/s)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/Users/alaindazzi/Desktop/703':

Metadata:

creation_time : 2003-12-16 16:25:56

Duration: 00:00:02.06, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 34 kb/s

Stream #0:0(eng): Video: gif (gif / 0x20666967), pal8, 160x120, 152 kb/s, 15 fps, 15 tbr, 600 tbn, 600 tbc
Metadata:

creation_time : 2003-12-16 16:25:56
handler_name : ?Apple Alias Data Handler

Stream #0:1(eng): Video: none (blur / 0x72756C62), 160x120, 0 kb/s, 0.50 fps, 0.50 tbr, 600 tbn, 600 tbc
Metadata:

creation_time : 2003-12-16 16:25:56
handler_name : ?Apple Alias Data Handler

Stream #0:2(eng): Video: gif (gif / 0x20666967), pal8, 160x120, 152 kb/s, 15 fps, 15 tbr, 600 tbn, 600 tbc
Metadata:

creation_time : 2003-12-16 16:25:56
handler_name : ?Apple Alias Data Handler

Unsupported codec with id 0 for input stream 1
{

"streams": [

{

"index": 0,
"codec_name": "gif",
"codec_long_name": "GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)",
"codec_type": "video",
"codec_time_base": "1/600",
"codec_tag_string": "gif ",
"codec_tag": "0x20666967",
"width": 160,
"height": 120,
"has_b_frames": 0,
"pix_fmt": "pal8",
"level": -99,
"bit_rate": "152400",
"r_frame_rate": "15/1",
"avg_frame_rate": "15/1",
"time_base": "1/600",
"start_time": "0.066667",
"duration": "0.066667",
"nb_frames": "1",
"tags": {

"creation_time": "2003-12-16 16:25:56",
"language": "eng",
"handler_name": "\u0018Apple Alias Data Handler"

}

},
{

"index": 1,
"codec_type": "video",
"codec_time_base": "1/600",
"codec_tag_string": "blur",
"codec_tag": "0x72756c62",
"width": 160,
"height": 120,
"has_b_frames": 0,
"level": -99,
"bit_rate": "896",
"r_frame_rate": "1/2",
"avg_frame_rate": "1/2",
"time_base": "1/600",
"start_time": "0.066667",
"duration": "2.000000",
"nb_frames": "1",
"tags": {

"creation_time": "2003-12-16 16:25:56",
"language": "eng",
"handler_name": "\u0018Apple Alias Data Handler"

}

},
{

"index": 2,
"codec_name": "gif",
"codec_long_name": "GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)",
"codec_type": "video",
"codec_time_base": "1/600",
"codec_tag_string": "gif ",
"codec_tag": "0x20666967",
"width": 160,
"height": 120,
"has_b_frames": 0,
"pix_fmt": "pal8",
"level": -99,
"bit_rate": "152400",
"r_frame_rate": "15/1",
"avg_frame_rate": "15/1",
"time_base": "1/600",
"start_time": "0.000000",
"duration": "0.066667",
"nb_frames": "1",
"tags": {

"creation_time": "2003-12-16 16:25:56",
"language": "eng",
"handler_name": "\u0018Apple Alias Data Handler"

}

}

],
"format": {

"filename": "/Users/alaindazzi/Desktop/703",
"nb_streams": 3,
"format_name": "mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2",
"format_long_name": "QuickTime?/MPEG-4/Motion JPEG 2000 format",
"start_time": "0.000000",
"duration": "2.066667",
"size": "8931",
"bit_rate": "34571",
"tags": {

"creation_time": "2003-12-16 16:25:56"

}

}

}
~/zend/workspaces$

Can someone help me with this issue?

[cehoyos]

Replying to alain.dazzi@…:

Can someone help me with this issue?

Please first explain the issue by posting a ffmpeg command line together with its complete, uncut console output, explain what is wrong with the output file and provide a sample.

[alain.dazzi@…]

quick time movie contain 2 video/gif streams

[alain.dazzi@…]

I have attached the source movie.

~/Desktop/robert$ ffmpeg -i 633.mov
ffmpeg version N-37137-g749e5dc Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers

built on Mar 16 2012 16:45:08 with clang 3.0 (tags/Apple/clang-211.10.1)
configuration: --disable-decoder=amrnb --extra-cflags=-I/usr/local/include --extra-ldflags=-L/usr/local/lib --enable-nonfree --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-avfilter --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libfaac --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-libvpx --enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --disable-indevs --cc=clang
libavutil 51. 34.101 / 51. 34.101
libavcodec 53. 59.100 / 53. 59.100
libavformat 53. 30.100 / 53. 30.100
libavdevice 53. 4.100 / 53. 4.100
libavfilter 2. 60.100 / 2. 60.100
libswscale 2. 1.100 / 2. 1.100
libswresample 0. 6.100 / 0. 6.100
libpostproc 52. 0.100 / 52. 0.100

[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7feb5183d800] multiple edit list entries, a/v desync might occur, patch welcome

Last message repeated 1 times

[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7feb5183d800] Could not find codec parameters (Video: none (blur / 0x72756C62), 160x120, 0 kb/s)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '633.mov':

Metadata:

creation_time : 2003-12-16 16:25:56

Duration: 00:00:02.06, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 34 kb/s

Stream #0:0(eng): Video: gif (gif / 0x20666967), pal8, 160x120, 152 kb/s, 15 fps, 15 tbr, 600 tbn, 600 tbc
Metadata:

creation_time : 2003-12-16 16:25:56
handler_name : ?Apple Alias Data Handler

Stream #0:1(eng): Video: none (blur / 0x72756C62), 160x120, 0 kb/s, 0.50 fps, 0.50 tbr, 600 tbn, 600 tbc
Metadata:

creation_time : 2003-12-16 16:25:56
handler_name : ?Apple Alias Data Handler

Stream #0:2(eng): Video: gif (gif / 0x20666967), pal8, 160x120, 152 kb/s, 15 fps, 15 tbr, 600 tbn, 600 tbc
Metadata:

creation_time : 2003-12-16 16:25:56
handler_name : ?Apple Alias Data Handler

At least one output file must be specified
~/Desktop/robert$

I am trying to convert it to .mp4, .3gp and .flv to post to our web site (those are the formats we support).

Here the command I use to convert it to a flv .. It is part of a transcoder (so I cut out this part and put it in a script) ...
~/Desktop/robert$ cat g
ffmpeg -y -i 633.mov -vcodec flv \

-pix_fmt yuv420p \
-b:v 900k \
-an -r 15 -vf scale="426:320" test.flv

~/Desktop/robert$
~/Desktop/robert$ ./g
ffmpeg version N-37137-g749e5dc Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers

built on Mar 16 2012 16:45:08 with clang 3.0 (tags/Apple/clang-211.10.1)
configuration: --disable-decoder=amrnb --extra-cflags=-I/usr/local/include --extra-ldflags=-L/usr/local/lib --enable-nonfree --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-avfilter --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libfaac --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-libvpx --enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --disable-indevs --cc=clang
libavutil 51. 34.101 / 51. 34.101
libavcodec 53. 59.100 / 53. 59.100
libavformat 53. 30.100 / 53. 30.100
libavdevice 53. 4.100 / 53. 4.100
libavfilter 2. 60.100 / 2. 60.100
libswscale 2. 1.100 / 2. 1.100
libswresample 0. 6.100 / 0. 6.100
libpostproc 52. 0.100 / 52. 0.100

[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fe4f403d800] multiple edit list entries, a/v desync might occur, patch welcome

Last message repeated 1 times

[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fe4f403d800] Could not find codec parameters (Video: none (blur / 0x72756C62), 160x120, 0 kb/s)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '633.mov':

Metadata:

creation_time : 2003-12-16 16:25:56

Duration: 00:00:02.06, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 34 kb/s

Stream #0:0(eng): Video: gif (gif / 0x20666967), pal8, 160x120, 152 kb/s, 15 fps, 15 tbr, 600 tbn, 600 tbc
Metadata:

creation_time : 2003-12-16 16:25:56
handler_name : ?Apple Alias Data Handler

Stream #0:1(eng): Video: none (blur / 0x72756C62), 160x120, 0 kb/s, 0.50 fps, 0.50 tbr, 600 tbn, 600 tbc
Metadata:

creation_time : 2003-12-16 16:25:56
handler_name : ?Apple Alias Data Handler

Stream #0:2(eng): Video: gif (gif / 0x20666967), pal8, 160x120, 152 kb/s, 15 fps, 15 tbr, 600 tbn, 600 tbc
Metadata:

creation_time : 2003-12-16 16:25:56
handler_name : ?Apple Alias Data Handler

[buffer @ 0x7fe4f3c19580] w:160 h:120 pixfmt:pal8 tb:1/1000000 sar:0/1 sws_param:
[scale @ 0x7fe4f3c1a580] w:160 h:120 fmt:pal8 -> w:426 h:320 fmt:yuv420p flags:0x4
Output #0, flv, to 'test.flv':

Metadata:

creation_time : 2003-12-16 16:25:56
encoder : Lavf53.30.100
Stream #0:0(eng): Video: flv1 ([2][0][0][0] / 0x0002), yuv420p, 426x320, q=2-31, 900 kb/s, 1k tbn, 15 tbc
Metadata:

creation_time : 2003-12-16 16:25:56
handler_name : ?Apple Alias Data Handler

Stream mapping:

Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (gif -> flv)

Press [q] to stop, ? for help
frame= 1 fps= 0 q=4.4 Lsize= 10kB time=00:00:00.13 bitrate= 600.8kbits/s
video:10kB audio:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 2.704358%
~/Desktop/robert$

This creates an flv but the duration is not right. It shows a still image not an animated gif. What would be the procedure to convert this file to an flv or mp4 an preserve the animation?

Here is what was created ...

~/Desktop/robert$ ffmpeg -i test.flv
ffmpeg version N-37137-g749e5dc Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers

built on Mar 16 2012 16:45:08 with clang 3.0 (tags/Apple/clang-211.10.1)
configuration: --disable-decoder=amrnb --extra-cflags=-I/usr/local/include --extra-ldflags=-L/usr/local/lib --enable-nonfree --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-avfilter --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libfaac --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-libvpx --enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --disable-indevs --cc=clang
libavutil 51. 34.101 / 51. 34.101
libavcodec 53. 59.100 / 53. 59.100
libavformat 53. 30.100 / 53. 30.100
libavdevice 53. 4.100 / 53. 4.100
libavfilter 2. 60.100 / 2. 60.100
libswscale 2. 1.100 / 2. 1.100
libswresample 0. 6.100 / 0. 6.100
libpostproc 52. 0.100 / 52. 0.100

Input #0, flv, from 'test.flv':

Metadata:

creation_time : 2003-12-16 16:25:56
encoder : Lavf53.30.100

Duration: 00:00:00.06, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1201 kb/s

Stream #0:0: Video: flv1, yuv420p, 426x320, 900 kb/s, 1k tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc

[cehoyos]

FFmpeg and QuickTime? show the initial gif image visually identical, the blur stream (that blurs the image when played with QuickTime?) is currently not read by FFmpeg, I don't know how likely it is that this will ever be supported.

[alain.dazzi@…]

The blur matters but it is actually not that important to me. The real issue is that when I convert this .mov to an .flv (or .mp4 see command above), the resulting video does not play correctly. The initial content is shortened from 2.06 second to 0.06 second? I have tried different frame rates still ffmpeg is unable to convert this movie correctly. Please run ...
ffmpeg -y -i 633.mov -vcodec flv \
-pix_fmt yuv420p \
-b:v 900k \
-an -r 15 -vf scale="426:320" test.flv
and check test.flv