No encodes working with ffmpegX

[mollycampbell]

Every time I try to encode a file - any kind of file, into any kind of format, the encode takes about 1 second, says it's done, and the encode file is 0kb. I tried deleting and reinstalling the program, but it's still doing the same thing. Any ideas what's wrong?

[Baldrick]

Please post the log from ffmpegx.

[Case]

You may access this log by clicking the blue "i" in the ffmpegX Progress window after a conversion attempt.

[shled]

Please post the log from ffmpegx.

Encoding started on Thu Jan 28 20:07:36 EST 2010
FIXME:Hardenabling SSE and SSE2 without detection
MEncoder dev-CVS-060307-04:23-4.0.1 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
Mac OSX static build for ffmpegX
CPU: Intel Pentium III Katmai/Pentium III Xeon Tanner (Family: 6, Stepping: 6)
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2
success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0x1cae0560
TS file format detected.
DEMUX OPEN, AUDIO_ID: 0, VIDEO_ID: -1, SUBTITLE_ID: -2,
PROBING UP TO 2000000, PROG: 0
VIDEO H264(pid=5500)...NO AUDIO! NO SUBS (yet)! PROGRAM N. 0
Opened TS demuxer, audio: ffffffff(pid 0), video: 10000005(pid 5500)...POS=0, PROBE=2000000
FPS seems to be: 50.000000
[V] filefmt:29 fourcc:0x10000005 size:0x0 fps:50.00 ftime:=0.0200
Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
Opening video filter: [scale w=1440 h=1080]
================================================== ========================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
================================================== ========================
Forcing output fourcc to 58564944 [DIVX]
[h264 @ 0x878f8c]error while decoding MB 32 3
[h264 @ 0x878f8c]concealing 3347 DC, 3347 AC, 3347 MV errors
VDec: vo config request - 1440 x 1080 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 26861228.00:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
SwScaler: using unscaled Planar YV12 -> Planar YV12 special converter
/bin/sh: line 1: 6799 Floating point exception'/Library/Application Support/ffmpegX/mencoder' /Users/admin/Documents/TopG-S14EP01.ts -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:vol=0 -srate 48000 -aid 0 -ovc lavc -sws 0 -lavcopts threads=2:vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=940:keyint=240:vqm in=2:vqmax=15 -ofps 50.00 -vop scale=1440:1080 -noodml -ffourcc DIVX -o /Users/admin/Documents/TopG-S14EP01.ts.ff.avi
åç

[Case]

/bin/sh: line 1: 6799 Floating point exception'/Library/Application Support/ffmpegX/mencoder' /Users/admin/Documents/TopG-S14EP01.ts -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:vol=0 -srate 48000 -aid 0 -ovc lavc -sws 0 -lavcopts threads=2:vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=940:keyint=240:vqm in=2:vqmax=15 -ofps 50.00 -vop scale=1440:1080 -noodml -ffourcc DIVX -o /Users/admin/Documents/TopG-S14EP01.ts.ff.avi

mencoder gets into an error with a "Floating point exception", trying to calculate something impossible using a floating point variable, then crashing.

Unfortunately, I have no idea how to troubleshoot this error with mencoder. If I would encounter a "Floating point exception" error, then I would try another preset, in the hope that this impossible calculation isn't made with a different preset.

[shled]

Thanks Case. I've tried a bunch of presets and all that happens is a small 4k new file is created, ffmpegX beeps and then is done.
Back to Handbrake I guess...
Too bad because I expect ffmpegX is much faster and certainly more flexible.

[Case]

I've tried a bunch of presets and all that happens is a small 4k new file is created, ffmpegX beeps and then is done.

Would you mind sharing a log from a conversion attempt using an ffmpeg preset (not mencoder)?

[shled]

Would you mind sharing a log from a conversion attempt using an ffmpeg preset (not mencoder)?

Of course.

After loading original .ts:
Source: MPEG-TS
Video: h264, yuv420p, 1440x1080



The defaults after loading original:
Video Size: 1440x1080
Autosize 4:3
Framerate: 50.00

Target:
Video Size: MOV
Video: ffmpeg, mpeg4, 1440x1080, 1492 kbps, 50.00 fps, no crop
Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, 96 kbps

--
Log:
FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Sat Jan 30 10:20:46 EST 2010
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
[h264 @ 0x54340c]illegal aspect ratio
[h264 @ 0x54340c]illegal aspect ratio
[h264 @ 0x54340c]error while decoding MB 32 3
[h264 @ 0x54340c]concealing 3347 DC, 3347 AC, 3347 MV errors
Seems that stream 0 comes from film source: 90000.00 (90000/1) -> 50.00 (50/1)
Input #0, mpegts, from '/Users/admin/Documents/TopG-S14EP01.ts':
Duration: 01:00:59.8, start: 77174.583800, bitrate: 10440 kb/s
Stream #0.0[0x157c], 50.00 fps(r): Video: h264, yuv420p, 1440x1080
Stream #0.1[0x157e](NAR): Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 256 kb/s
Stream #0.2[0x157d](eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5 channels, 384 kb/s
Output #0, mov, to '/Users/admin/Documents/TopG-S14EP01.ts.ff.mov':
Stream #0.0, 50.00 fps(c): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 1440x1080, q=2-9, 1492 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, 96 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
[h264 @ 0x54340c]illegal aspect ratio
[h264 @ 0x54340c]illegal aspect ratio
[h264 @ 0x54340c]error while decoding MB 32 3
[h264 @ 0x54340c]concealing 3347 DC, 3347 AC, 3347 MV errors
[h264 @ 0x54340c]illegal aspect ratio
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]error while decoding MB 17 3
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]illegal short term buffer state detected
[h264 @ 0x54340c]concealing 3362 DC, 3362 AC, 3362 MV errors
[h264 @ 0x54340c]illegal aspect ratio
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]error while decoding MB 16 2
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x54340c]concealing 3453 DC, 3453 AC, 3453 MV errors
[h264 @ 0x54340c]illegal aspect ratio
[h264 @ 0x54340c]error while decoding MB 17 2
[h264 @ 0x54340c]illegal short term buffer state detected
[h264 @ 0x54340c]concealing 3452 DC, 3452 AC, 3452 MV errors
[h264 @ 0x54340c]illegal aspect ratio
[h264 @ 0x54340c]concealing 3060 DC, 3060 AC, 3060 MV errors
[h264 @ 0x54340c]illegal aspect ratio
h264.c:3612: failed assertion `best_i != INT_MIN'
/bin/sh: line 1: 54303 Abort trap /Applications/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/ffmpeg -i /Users/admin/Documents/TopG-S14EP01.ts -y -threads 2 -map 0.0:0.0 -f mov -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1492 -aspect 4:3 -s 1440x1080 -r 50.00 -g 240 -me epzs -qmin 2 -qmax 9 -acodec aac -ab 96 -ar 48000 -ac 2 -map 0.1:0.1 -benchmark /Users/admin/Documents/TopG-S14EP01.ts.ff.mov

Not sure what to do about illegal aspect ratio.

[Banister]

The first video I tried to convert after Installation worked great. But now everything I try, I see the same results as described in this thread. the error that I see in the log is...

ERROR: Could not open movie: /Users/banister_murray/Desktop/A_Colbert_Christmas__The_Greatest_Gift_of_All.vob

I see the "Could not open movie" error for every thing I've tried now. I can open the movies with VLC, so I'm confused.

[Case]

ERROR: Could not open movie: foo.vob

VLC will play almost anything, even faulty files, which makes it unsuitable for testing the validity of a file.
Does this happen on other files files besides just this VOB file? Other VOB files? Other types of files?
Does this happen with mencoder presets as well as ffmpeg presets?
Can you play the file(s) with other player software besides VLC? E.g. MPlayer.

[Case]

Source: MPEG-TS
Video: h264, yuv420p, 1440x1080

[h264 @ 0x54340c]illegal aspect ratio
h264.c:3612: failed assertion `best_i != INT_MIN'

I fear there is an incompatibility between this version of ffmpeg and your source file. The program seems not capable of decoding the source file in a meaningful way and sort of gives up.

[mollycampbell]

This is the log report I got today when this error occured:

FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Wed Feb 10 13:15:26 MST 2010
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
Seems that stream 1 comes from film source: 1000.00 (1000/1) -> 29.97 (30000/1001)
Input #0, asf, from '/Users/Molly/Downloads/Jesse Cintron V2.wmv':
Duration: 00:02:11.6, start: 5.000000, bitrate: 691 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Audio: wmav2, 44100 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
Stream #0.1, 29.97 fps(r): Video: WMV3 / 0x33564D57, 640x360
Codec type mismatch for mapping #0.0 -> #0.0

[Case]

Codec type mismatch for mapping #0.0 -> #0.0

Try setting the "Invert mapping" checkbox in the Audio tab. That should prevent this error for files that have audio as stream #0.0 and video as stream #0.1.

Stream #0.1, 29.97 fps(r): Video: WMV3 / 0x33564D57, 640x360

WMV support is limited in the ffmpeg version that is included in ffmpegX 0.0.9y. So there is still a chance that you encounter an "unsupported codec" error for some WMV files.

[Vitoarc]

I haven't tried this personally, but I understand that iSquint converts WMV:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19769/isquint

If you pay for Flip4Mac, you can export to WMV from MPEG Streamclip and NOT get the watermark. The unpaid version exports from Streamclip with the watermark.

[Dinky2]

Although this thread is from a long time ago, maybe someone can help me out. I am trying to convert a .TS file to e.g. a .MOV file using ffmegx. As described earlier in this thread, ffmpegx terminates in a second and does not convert anything.

The log says:

Encoding started on Fri Feb 11 21:21:20 CET 2011
FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
[h264 @ 0x54340c]concealing 4080 DC, 4080 AC, 4080 MV errors
Input #0, mpegts, from '/Volumes/Freecom User Data/De Wereld Draait Door (VARA)_20110211_1930.ts':
Duration: 00:53:18.6, start: 5884.133144, bitrate: 13586 kb/s
Stream #0.0[0x75](dut): Subtitle: dvbsub
Stream #0.1[0xa1], 25.00 fps(r): Video: h264, yuv420p, 1920x1080
Stream #0.2[0xa2](dut): Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 256 kb/s
Stream #0.3[0xa3](dut): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
Stream #0.4[0xb0](888): Subtitle: dvbsub
Codec type mismatch for mapping #0.0 -> #0.0

As suggested earlier I checked "invert mapping" in the audio tab, but that didn't help. It gave the same problem, except the last line of the log said
Codec type mismatch for mapping #0.0 -> #0.1

Does someone have suggestions ?

[Case]

Stream #0.0: Subtitle
Stream #0.1: Video
Stream #0.2: Audio: mp2
Stream #0.3: Audio: ac3
Stream #0.4: Subtitle
Codec type mismatch for mapping #0.0 -> #0.0

You would want ffmpegX to get to the following stream mapping
#0.1 --> #0.0 (video to video)
#0.3 --> #0.1 (audio to audio)
I think for this file it would work if you set ffmpegX to "Invert mapping" AND set set the Audio track to "2" (or "1" or "3", but not "0", and most likely "2"). That latter is to prevent confusion over subtitle streams as possible audio streams. The new log should list a stream mapping that hopefully resembles
#0.1 --> #0.0
#0.3 --> #0.1

If that doesn't work, then there are alternatives, but try this first.

[Dinky2]

Thanks Case, I'll give it a go

[Dinky2]

Unfortunately this doesn't work either. I do get other messages though.The log now looks like this (similar for audio track 1 and 2)


FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
Sat Feb 12 10:43:25 CET 2011
[h264 @ 0x54340c]concealing 4080 DC, 4080 AC, 4080 MV errors
Input #0, mpegts, from '/Volumes/Freecom User Data/De Wereld Draait Door (VARA)_20110211_1930.ts':
Duration: 00:53:18.6, start: 5884.133144, bitrate: 13586 kb/s
Stream #0.0[0x75](dut): Subtitle: dvbsub
Stream #0.1[0xa1], 25.00 fps(r): Video: h264, yuv420p, 1920x1080
Stream #0.2[0xa2](dut): Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 256 kb/s
Stream #0.3[0xa3](dut): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
Stream #0.4[0xb0](888): Subtitle: dvbsub
Output #0, mov, to '/Volumes/Freecom User Data/De Wereld Draait Door (VARA)_20110211_1930.ts.ff.mov':
Stream #0.0, 25.00 fps(c): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 1920x1088, q=2-9, 11730 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, 96 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 -> #0.0 [sync #0.0]
Stream #0.3 -> #0.1 [sync #0.1]
[h264 @ 0x54340c]concealing 4080 DC, 4080 AC, 4080 MV errors
[h264 @ 0x54340c]illegal short term buffer state detected
[h264 @ 0x54340c]concealing 4080 DC, 4080 AC, 4080 MV errors
[h264 @ 0x54340c]concealing 4080 DC, 4080 AC, 4080 MV errors
[h264 @ 0x54340c]illegal short term buffer state detected
[h264 @ 0x54340c]concealing 4080 DC, 4080 AC, 4080 MV errors
h264.c:3612: failed assertion `best_i != INT_MIN'
/bin/sh: line 1: 4451 Abort trap /Applications/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/ffmpeg -i /Volumes/Freecom\ User\ Data/De\ Wereld\ Draait\ Door\ \(VARA\)_20110211_1930.ts -y -threads 2 -map 0.1:0.0 -f mov -vcodec mpeg4 -b 11730 -aspect 16:9 -s 1920x1088 -r pal -g 12 -me epzs -qmin 2 -qmax 9 -acodec aac -ab 96 -ar 48000 -ac 2 -map 0.3:0.1 -benchmark /Volumes/Freecom\ User\ Data/De\ Wereld\ Draait\ Door\ \(VARA\)_20110211_1930.ts.ff.mov

For audio track 3 I get the same results as with 0

[Case]

Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 -> #0.0 [sync #0.0]
Stream #0.3 -> #0.1 [sync #0.1]

Well, that part worked.

[h264 @ 0x54340c]concealing 4080 DC, 4080 AC, 4080 MV errors
[h264 @ 0x54340c]illegal short term buffer state detected
[h264 @ 0x54340c]concealing 4080 DC, 4080 AC, 4080 MV errors
[h264 @ 0x54340c]concealing 4080 DC, 4080 AC, 4080 MV errors
[h264 @ 0x54340c]illegal short term buffer state detected
[h264 @ 0x54340c]concealing 4080 DC, 4080 AC, 4080 MV errors
h264.c:3612: failed assertion `best_i != INT_MIN'
/bin/sh: line 1: 4451 Abort trap

ffmpegX doesn't seems to like this HD H.264 video stream very much. Perhaps you can try to just copy the video stream as-is, by selecting Passthrough as Video Codec in the Video tab (along with the settings from before)?

[Lasater19]

i used to use ffmpeg fairly regularly until my computer crashed a while ago, now i am trying to get my old setup back. ever since i downloaded ffmpeg anew i have not been able to get it to work. i mostly use it to convert to mpeg-2 so I can burn DVDs, however this is the log i always see:

INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for MOTION!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING SSE and MMX for TRANSFORM!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for PREDICTION!
Wed Feb 16 11:47:04 CST 2011
movtoy4m
Copyright 2002-2006 Johan Lindström
All rights reserved..
INFO: [yuvscaler] yuvscaler 1.9.0 (15-02-2004) is a general scaling utility for yuv frames
INFO: [yuvscaler] (C) 2001-2004 Xavier Biquard <xbiquard@free.fr>, yuvscaler -h for help, or man yuvscaler
ERROR: Could not open movie: /Users/lasater19/Desktop/Wall-E.mp4
**ERROR: [yuvscaler] Could'nt read YUV4MPEG header!
**ERROR: [mpeg2enc] Could not read YUV4MPEG2 header: system error (failed read/write)!

if someone could enlighten me as to what this means and how i can fix it it would be greatly appreciated. ffmpeg used to work without fail, now i must be doing something wrong or something is out of place, thank you so much, if anyone has any ideas let me know

[trevan]

I used to be able to encode with most any setting. I recently updated my macbook pro (system software updates), and had to reinstall ffmpegx for some reason. Now, when I try to encode I get errors with almost every setting.

Here's the latest error:

FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
Tue Mar 1 10:30:57 MST 2011
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x5597b8]negative ctts, ignoring
Seems that stream 1 comes from film source: 2997.00 (2997/1) -> 29.97 (30000/1001)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/Desktop/Hidden Benefits Web.mov':
Duration: 00:49:05.9, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3129 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s
Stream #0.1(eng), 29.97 fps(r): Video: h264, yuv420p, 720x405
Frame size must be a multiple of 2


Any ideas?


Here's the only setting that I've been able to get to work, but it was way too choppy (frame rate too low):

FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
Tue Mar 1 10:12:33 MST 2011
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x5597b8]negative ctts, ignoring
Seems that stream 1 comes from film source: 2997.00 (2997/1) -> 29.97 (30000/1001)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/Desktop/Hidden Benefits Web.mov':
Duration: 00:49:05.9, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3129 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s
Stream #0.1(eng), 29.97 fps(r): Video: h264, yuv420p, 720x405
Output #0, mp4, to '/Desktop/Hidden Benefits Web.mp4':
Stream #0.0, 23.98 fps(c): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 320x176, q=2-9, 379 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, 96 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 -> #0.0 [sync #0.0]
Stream #0.0 -> #0.1 [sync #0.1]
video:29175kB audio:23779kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 145.759677%
bench: utime=320.910s
Encoding completed on Tue Mar 1 10:17:47 MST 2011

[Case]

Input #0, mov:
Stream #0.1(eng), 29.97 fps(r): Video: h264, yuv420p, 720x405
Frame size must be a multiple of 2

Like the error says, for this conversion the target (output) frame size must be a multiple of 2, i.e. width and height must be even numbers, even if the source file is not. (Some conversions are even more restrictive: multiples of 4/8/16.) You may change the output size in the Video tab.

Input #0, mov:
Stream #0.1, 29.97 fps: Video
Output #0, mp4:
Stream #0.0, 23.98 fps: Video

The second conversion looks like a deliberate framerate reduction. It shouldn't be "way too choppy", but enough to notice. One in five frames gets dropped. You may match the source file framerate by choosing 29.97 fps in the Video tab.