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FS#25983 - [ffmpeg] not compatible with IPOD when using ffmpeg

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Art Balingit (art3011) - Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 04:12 GMT
Last edited by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Monday, 14 November 2011, 08:25 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Ionut Biru (wonder)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
After encoding videos to mp4 using ffmpeg and x264, it loads to iTunes. However, when syncing to the iPod, it fails with a message of the video not being compatible. Downgrading to ffmpeg-20110330-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz and
x264-20110327-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz works.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
x264 20110617-1
ffmpeg 20110724-1
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:

Using 2 pass

ffmpeg -y -i "$INPUT" -an -pass 1 -s 640x480 -vcodec libx264 -preset slow -vpre ipod640 -b 500k -threads 0 -f ipod /dev/null

ffmpeg -y -i "$INPUT" -acodec copy -pass 2 -s 640x480 -vcodec libx264 -preset slow -vpre ipod640 -b 500k -threads 0 -f ipod "$OUTPUT"

Using 1 pass

ffmpeg -y -i "$INPUT" -acodec copy -s 640x480 -vcodec libx264 -preset slow -vpre ipod640 -crf 22 -threads 0 -f ipod "$OUTPUT"
This task depends upon

Closed by  Ionut Biru (wonder)
Monday, 14 November 2011, 08:25 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  ffmpeg-20111108-1
Comment by DrZaius (DrZaius) - Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 19:29 GMT
Please also show your complete FFmpeg terminal output for a non-working command (1 pass example should be fine).
Comment by Art Balingit (art3011) - Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 22:54 GMT
This is an example of a converted file that will load to iTunes but will not sync with iPod.

[art@julie dwhelper]$ ffmpeg -i "Siguro - Yeng Constantino.flv" -acodec copy -s 640x360 -vcodec libx264 -preset slow -vpre ipod640 -crf 22 -threads 0 -f ipod -y "Siguro - Yeng Constantino.mp4"
ffmpeg version 0.7.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Jul 24 2011 08:54:22 with gcc 4.6.1
configuration: --prefix=/usr --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-libvpx --enable-libtheora --enable-postproc --enable-shared --enable-x11grab --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librtmp --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --disable-debug
libavutil 50. 43. 0 / 50. 43. 0
libavcodec 52.122. 0 / 52.122. 0
libavformat 52.110. 0 / 52.110. 0
libavdevice 52. 5. 0 / 52. 5. 0
libavfilter 1. 80. 0 / 1. 80. 0
libswscale 0. 14. 1 / 0. 14. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
[flv @ 0xf3d0a0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, flv, from 'Siguro - Yeng Constantino.flv':
Metadata:
duration : 248
starttime : 0
totalduration : 248
width : 640
height : 360
videodatarate : 620
audiodatarate : 128
totaldatarate : 755
framerate : 24
bytelength : 23382134
canseekontime : true
sourcedata : B7A387308HH1315205347037725
purl :
pmsg :
Duration: 00:04:07.66, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 765 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p, 640x360, 634 kb/s, 24 tbr, 1k tbn, 48 tbc
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 130 kb/s
[buffer @ 0xf460c0] w:640 h:360 pixfmt:yuv420p tb:1/1000000 sar:0/1 sws_param:
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] profile High, level 3.0
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] 264 - core 115 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2011 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=1 ref=5 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=umh subme=8 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=6 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 b_adapt=2 b_bias=0 direct=3 weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=0 keyint=250 keyint_min=24 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=50 rc=crf mbtree=1 crf=22.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 vbv_maxrate=10000 vbv_bufsize=10000 crf_max=0.0 nal_hrd=none ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
[ipod @ 0xf446c0] Warning, extension is not .m4a nor .m4v Quicktime/Ipod might not play the file
Last message repeated 1 times
Output #0, ipod, to 'Siguro - Yeng Constantino.mp4':
Metadata:
duration : 248
starttime : 0
totalduration : 248
width : 640
height : 360
videodatarate : 620
audiodatarate : 128
totaldatarate : 755
framerate : 24
bytelength : 23382134
canseekontime : true
sourcedata : B7A387308HH1315205347037725
purl :
pmsg :
encoder : Lavf52.110.0
Stream #0.0: Video: libx264, yuv420p, 640x360, q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 24 tbn, 24 tbc
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo, 130 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
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video:24442kB audio:3838kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.827901%
frame I:225 Avg QP:19.79 size: 16107
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] frame P:2739 Avg QP:23.58 size: 5208
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] frame B:2981 Avg QP:26.39 size: 2395
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] consecutive B-frames: 25.8% 12.2% 29.8% 32.2%
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] mb I I16..4: 17.5% 43.5% 39.0%
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] mb P I16..4: 8.0% 12.9% 3.3% P16..4: 37.9% 15.8% 5.9% 0.0% 0.0% skip:16.3%
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] mb B I16..4: 1.5% 2.5% 1.0% B16..8: 45.3% 10.1% 1.8% direct: 2.6% skip:35.2% L0:55.2% L1:37.7% BI: 7.1%
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] 8x8 transform intra:50.6% inter:71.6%
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] direct mvs spatial:99.7% temporal:0.3%
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 53.4% 76.6% 31.7% inter: 16.2% 27.4% 1.3%
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] i16 v,h,dc,p: 42% 21% 12% 26%
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 28% 14% 14% 5% 6% 8% 7% 9% 9%
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 26% 13% 7% 7% 9% 11% 9% 9% 8%
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] i8c dc,h,v,p: 41% 20% 26% 13%
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] ref P L0: 85.0% 10.3% 2.9% 1.2% 0.6%
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] ref B L0: 91.6% 6.8% 1.3% 0.3%
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] ref B L1: 97.1% 2.9%
[libx264 @ 0xf45700] kb/s:808.31
[art@julie dwhelper]$
Comment by DrZaius (DrZaius) - Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 23:29 GMT
This is an upstream issue. There has been a good amount of changes to the preset system recently. As you can see in your output the options in the ipod640 preset are being ignored. This has been partially fixed in git master recently, but it is still broken as it still ignores "negative" flag2 options (-wpred-dct8x8 specifically in your case). I didn't check for a bug report upstream, but it's a known issue. Until a fix is merged into the 0.7 branch (what Arch uses currently I think) you can try:

ffmpeg -i input -acodec copy -vf scale="640:trunc(ow/a/2)*2" -vcodec libx264 -preset slow -profile baseline -level 3.0 -crf 22 -threads 0 -f ipod output.mp4

If that fails add:
-x264opts ref=1 -maxrate 10000000 -bufsize 10000000

If that fails blame iTunes.
Comment by Art Balingit (art3011) - Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 00:05 GMT
Thanks. I will wait for the upstream fix. In the meantime, I will use the syntax above and see if that works.

I have nothing more to add. You can close this bug report if you wish.
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 18:52 GMT
@LouL have you contacted upstream?
Comment by DrZaius (DrZaius) - Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 19:04 GMT
Not yet. I thought this would have been addressed sooner upstream. I also wanted to test the ipod640 preset options and my example I gave to Art on an iDevice because the ipod640 preset is quite old and might be obsolete. I received an iPhone a few days ago and will test today. If the ipod640 preset is still required then I will open a bug report upstream and ask if a fix (I assume it would be fairly simple, but I may be wrong) can be included in the upcoming point release.
Comment by DrZaius (DrZaius) - Thursday, 22 September 2011, 05:54 GMT
This should be fixed upstream now, but I was too late to get it included into the point release. However, it's fairly likely that there will be another release in two to four weeks due to an influx of security related fixes.
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Monday, 03 October 2011, 15:45 GMT
i pushed a new version in testing built against new x264. can you guys test it?
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Sunday, 13 November 2011, 11:36 GMT
we are now using ffmpeg master. this issue is still valid?
Comment by DrZaius (DrZaius) - Monday, 14 November 2011, 03:59 GMT
This can be closed. With the now recent FFmpeg the iPod presets work. For example:
ffmpeg -i input -vcodec libx264 -preset medium -vpre ipod640 -crf 24 -ab 128k -strict experimental out.mp4

Can the title be change from [x264] to [ffmpeg]?
Comment by Art Balingit (art3011) - Monday, 14 November 2011, 05:02 GMT
Yes you can change the title to [ffmpeg].

I have not a chance to test it with the latest ffmpeg. The last time I tested it with version 20111003-1, and x264 version 20111001-1, it still does not work, meaning, it gets an error syncing with iPod. I can only test it this weekend when I do pacman -Syu.

But if you see that it is already fixed and you have tested it, then you can close it.

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