MOV File with AVC & ADPCM/IMA4

[JesseWV]

I'm trying to get some video game trailers for Star Wars: The Old Republic to play on my PS3. They're in an MOV container with AVC video and ADPCM IMA4 audio.

I've tried using Avidemux to remux to an MP4 container using stream copy on the video and converting the audio to AAC. This produces an MP4 file that plays video just fine but there is no audio playback. The PS3 shows an AAC stream but has dashes for the bitrate. MediaInfo says there is only 1 channel AAC audio in the resulting file for some reason even though the original ADPCM IMA4 was 2 channel. I've tried forcing the audio to 2-channel stereo. The file then says it's 2-channel but still results in no audio playback.

I've also tried using Super to remux to MP4 and convert the audio to AAC. This gives me a file that hangs for about 20 seconds when I first play it. It eventually plays only audio which is slightly stuttering but no video. It shows the video stream at 1kbps. Strangely the video DOES appear on the thumbnail.

Here is the link to the file: http://www.swtor.com/media/trailers/armor-progression
(just click the downward arrow at the bottom of the playback window, then select the MOV file)

I just want the file to play properly directly from the PS3 HD with minimal conversion and loss of quality. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Here's what I see with MediaInfo from the original file:

General
CompleteName                     : BH_Armor_progression_EN_H264_V1.mov
Format                           : MPEG-4
Format_Profile                   : QuickTime
CodecID                          : qt  
FileSize/String                  : 58.7 MiB
Duration/String                  : 1mn 51s
OverallBitRate/String            : 4 408 Kbps
Encoded_Date                     : UTC 2010-06-08 23:17:05
Tagged_Date                      : UTC 2010-06-08 23:19:48
Encoded_Library/String           : Apple QuickTime 7.6.6
com.apple.quicktime.player.movie : (Binary)

Video
ID/String                        : 2
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format_Profile                   : Main@L3.1
Format_Settings_CABAC/String     : No
Format_Settings_RefFrames/String : 2 frames
Format_Settings_GOP              : M=2, N=24
CodecID                          : avc1
CodecID/Info                     : Advanced Video Coding
Duration/String                  : 1mn 51s
BitRate/String                   : 3 992 Kbps
Width/String                     : 1 280 pixels
Height/String                    : 720 pixels
DisplayAspectRatio/String        : 16:9
FrameRate_Mode/String            : Constant
FrameRate/String                 : 29.970 fps
ColorSpace                       : YUV
ChromaSubsampling                : 4:2:0
BitDepth/String                  : 8 bits
ScanType/String                  : Progressive
Bits-(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.145
StreamSize/String                : 53.2 MiB (91%)
Language/String                  : English
Encoded_Date                     : UTC 2010-06-08 23:17:03
Tagged_Date                      : UTC 2010-06-08 23:19:48
Color primaries                  : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177
Transfer characteristics         : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients              : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177

Audio
ID/String                        : 1
Format                           : ADPCM
Format_Settings_Firm             : IMA
CodecID                          : ima4
Duration/String                  : 1mn 51s
BitRate_Mode/String              : Constant
BitRate/String                   : 384 Kbps
Channel(s)/String                : 2 channels
ChannelPositions                 : Front: L R
SamplingRate/String              : 48.0 KHz
BitDepth/String                  : 16 bits
StreamSize/String                : 5.12 MiB (9%)
Language/String                  : English
Encoded_Date                     : UTC 2010-06-08 23:17:03
Tagged_Date                      : UTC 2010-06-08 23:19:48

[JesseWV]

Also, I apologize if I posted this in the wrong forum. I'm fairly certain this is an issue with the ADPCM IMA4 audio which needs converted so that's why posted here. Please move the thread if I am mistaken.

[bat999]

Hi

FFmpeg does the job OK.

ffmpeg -i BH_Armor_progression_EN_H264_V1.mov -vcodec copy -acodec libfaac output.mp4

General
Complete name                    : output.mp4
Format                           : MPEG-4
Format profile                   : Base Media
Codec ID                         : isom
File size                        : 54.1 MiB
Duration                         : 1mn 51s
Overall bit rate                 : 4 059 Kbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2010-06-08 00:00:00
Tagged date                      : UTC 2010-06-08 00:00:00
Writing application              : Lavf53.9.0

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : Main@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC           : No
Format settings, ReFrames        : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP             : M=2, N=24
Codec ID                         : avc1
Codec ID/Info                    : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                         : 1mn 51s
Duration_LastFrame               : -33ms
Bit rate                         : 3 992 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate mode                  : Constant
Frame rate                       : 29.970 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.145
Stream size                      : 53.2 MiB (98%)
Language                         : English
Encoded date                     : UTC 2010-06-08 00:00:00
Tagged date                      : UTC 2010-06-08 00:00:00
Color primaries                  : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177
Transfer characteristics         : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients              : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177

Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                   : LC
Codec ID                         : 40
Duration                         : 1mn 51s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 61.4 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 64.0 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 838 KiB (2%)
Language                         : English
Encoded date                     : UTC 2010-06-08 00:00:00
Tagged date                      : UTC 2010-06-08 00:00:00

[aedipuss]

ffdshow can decode it and then avidemux may be able to transcode it. you may need to enable it in ffdshow/audio configuration.

possibly installing quicktime might enable it also.

[JesseWV]

Hi

FFmpeg does the job OK.

Thanks! I did get your command line to work after getting libfaac. Do you know to change the bitrate of the audio? 64k sounds pretty bad.

[Baldrick]

Add "-ab 192k" to adjust audio bitrate.

[JesseWV]

Add "-ab 192k" to adjust audio bitrate.

Awesome! Now I just need to whip up a batch file to do all the files. I wonder why Super wouldn't do this properly. Doesn't it just use ffmpeg anyway?

[bat999]

Hi

FFmpeg does the job OK.

Do you know to change the bitrate of the audio?.

Yes.
Use -aq (quality)
100 is default
500 is maximum

ffmpeg -i BH_Armor_progression_EN_H264_V1.mov -vcodec copy -acodec libfaac -aq 500 output2.mp4