[FFmpeg-user] MPD file creation using FFMpeg fails validation check

[Rahul Prasad]

TL;DR DASH manifest file (mpd) created using ffmpeg fails the validation
test and also fails to play.

This is what I did:

Step 1: Transcoded 2 video files with different resolution and bitrate
(without audio stream)




*​​ffmpeg -y -i file1.mp4 -c:v libvpx -vf scale=-2:270 -quality good
-cpu-used 0 -b:v 400k -maxrate 400k -bufsize 400k  -keyint_min 150 -g 150
-an -f webm -dash 1 file1-270.webmffmpeg -y -i file1.mp4 -c:v libvpx -vf
scale=-2:360 -quality good -cpu-used 0 -b:v 1200k -maxrate 1200k -bufsize
1200k  -keyint_min 150 -g 150 -an -f webm -dash 1 file1-360.webm*
Step 2: Separately transcoded the audio stream


*​​ffmpeg -y -i file1.mp4 -c:a libvorbis -b:a 128k -vn -f webm -dash 1
file1-audio.webm*
Step 3: Created the Dash manifest file


*​​ffmpeg -f webm_dash_manifest -i file1-270.webm -f webm_dash_manifest -i
file1-360.webm -f webm_dash_manifest -i file1-audio.webm -c copy -map 0
-map 1 -map 2 -f webm_dash_manifest -adaptation_sets "id=0,streams=0,1
id=1,streams=2" file1.mpd*
When I run this I get
​this​
 warning "Output file is empty, nothing was encoded (check -ss / -t /
-frames parameters if used)". However, the output file
​gets
 created.

Now when I tried to run this file through DASH validation (
http://dashif.org/conformance.html) it said "MPD validation failed".
Another validation tool (http://www-itec.uni-klu.ac.at/dash/?page_id=605)
threw this error


*​​Line:Col[8:57]:cvc-elt.1: Cannot find the declaration of element
‘MPD’.MPD validation not successful – DASH is not valid!*

​​

Regards,
Rahul Prasad