Quicktime reads only 1GB of avi file produced with ffmpegX

[Marco Nonella]

I have used the ffmpeg and mencoder methods to produced avi files of a video. The resulting avi's are 1.3 GB. Quicktime only shows a part of the movie and claims the size of the file is 1021.4 MB. An avi of the same video produced with D-vision, however, plays correctly.

Thanks for any suggestion!

Marco[/quote]

[major]

You should provide some more detail in order to spot a possible problem. If you kept the process output (blue "i" icon) it would be worthwhile to check if there is any error indication. Also, you should confirm whether the issue happened with ffmpeg engine, or mencoder engine. You could also try to play the file with VLC or Mplayer to see if it they handle it correctly.

[Marco Nonella]

Unfortunately, i have not kept the process output. As far as i remember, i couldn't find any disturbing messages. i find the same behaviour with ffmpeg and mencoder engines. Both files play fine with mplayer and vlc.
i found the same problem with the l and k versions, but can't remember how previous versions behaved (i might only have had smaller movies).

[Rick.S]

Hi have the same problem:

This is a terminal output:

Last login: Sun Jul 25 12:10:14 on ttyp2
Welcome to Darwin!
/Utility/Video/Encoder-Decoder/Video/ffmpeg\ X/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/pbpaste | sh
[g5-dual:~] XXXXXXX% /Utility/Video/Encoder-Decoder/Video/ffmpeg\ X/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/pbpaste | sh
Encoding started on Sun Jul 25 12:13:23 CEST 2004
MEncoder dev-CVS-040718-22:22-3.3 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team

AltiVec found
CPU: PowerPC
Reading /Users/XXXXXXX/.mplayer/codecs.conf: This codecs.conf is too old and incompatible with this MPlayer release! at line 6
Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: This codecs.conf is too old and incompatible with this MPlayer release! at line 6
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
File not found: 'frameno.avi'
Failed to open frameno.avi
Reading config file /Users/XXXXXXX/.mplayer/mencoder: No such file or directory
font: can't open file: /Users/XXXXXXX/.mplayer/font/font.desc
Font /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0xA35A8B4F
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG2 720x576 (aspect 3) 25.000 fps 3500.0 kbps (437.5 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:2 fourcc:0x10000002 size:720x576 fps:25.00 ftime:=0.0400
================================================== ========================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
MP3lib: init layer2&3 finished, tables done
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x20), ratio: 24000->192000 (192.0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
================================================== ========================
Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1 (-1=autodetect) osd: 1
Opening video filter: [scale w=720 h=304]
Opening video filter: [crop w=720 h=440 x=0 y=68]
Crop: 720 x 440, 0 ; 68
Opening video filter: [lavcdeint]
================================================== ========================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
VDecoder init failed
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.3.1
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
================================================== ========================
MP3 audio selected
Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit -> 48000Hz/2ch/16bit...
Writing AVI header...
ODML: Aspect information not (yet?) available or unspecified, not writing vprp header.
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 1 -> 1
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 1 -> 1
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 4 -> 4
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 4 -> 4

SwScaler: BILINEAR scaler, from Planar YV12 to Planar YV12 using AltiVec
videocodec: libavcodec (720x304 fourcc=58564944 [XVID])
High quality encoding selected (non real time)!
Pos: 0.0s 1f ( 0%) 0fps Trem: 0min 0mb A-V:0.000 [0:0]
1 duplicate frame(s)!
Pos: 0.9s 22f ( 0%) 9fps Trem: 0min 0mb A-V:-0.084 [0:192]
1 duplicate frame(s)!
Pos: 1.3s 32f ( 0%) 9fps Trem: 0min 0mb A-V:-0.084 [1754:192]
1 duplicate frame(s)!
Pos: 1.9s 46f ( 0%) 9fps Trem: 0min 0mb A-V:-0.080 [1371:192]
1 duplicate frame(s)!
ODML: Starting new RIFF chunk at 1023MB.12min 1188mb A-V:-0.050 [1264:192]
Pos:6016.0s 150396f (88%) 35fps Trem: 9min 1194mb A-V:-0.049 [1263:192]


I think that the strage line is this:
ODML: Starting new RIFF chunk at 1023MB.12min 1188mb A-V:-0.050 [1264:192]

[ykz]

ODML: Starting new RIFF chunk at 1023MB.12min 1188mb A-V:-0.050 [1264:192]

i have the same "Starting new Riff chunk" message and at the moment I'm trying out if the latest mencoder (dev-CVS-040614-08:32-3.3) binary also gives this message.

cheers

[major]

Was your source a VOB file?

[ykz]

Was your source a VOB file?

indeed it is and also the "other" mencoder gives this "ODML: Starting new RIFF chunk at 1023MB" message.
Of course it's not a problem for VLC to play the file but I need to check if this file plays on my standalone DivX player.

[major]

How the VOB was extracted in both of your cases?

[ykz]

How the VOB was extracted in both of your cases?

0sex in my case and i did use a manual switch for encoding a test file with a high vbitrate, in case you need it:

-oac mp3lame -lameopts br=96:cbr:vol=0:mode=1 -mc 0 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=2100:trell:mbd=2:vmax_b_fram es=1:v4mv:vb_strategy=0:vlelim=0:vcelim=0:cmp=2ubcmp=2recmp=2redia=1:dia=1:vme=4snr:vpass=1 -vop scale=704:304,crop=704:432:8:72 -sws 1

[Rick.S]

[quote="ykz"]

How the VOB was extracted in both of your cases?

Yes a VIDEO_TS folder make by MacTheRipper 2.0.
The same VIDEO_TS folder made a perfect DVD with Toast &

[major]

Now fixed for release in version 0.0.9o.

[Rick.S]

Now fixed for release in version 0.0.9o.

I know that is a "stupid" question, but:

When will be out the next version ?

[ykz]

Now fixed for release in version 0.0.9o.

thanks, major!

i suppose this will require a new mencoder binary!?