Muxing DM800 recording to MP4 using MP4tools - ffmpeg error

[Manromen]

Hi,

I want to remux my dreambox recordings to mp4 to be able to play them using apple tv 3.

Anyone able to tell me whats going wrong?
Thanks

ffmpeg version 1.0-tessus Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Sep 28 2012 22:31:27 with llvm-gcc 4.2.1 (LLVM build 2336.1.00)
  configuration: --prefix=/Users/tessus/data/ext/ffmpeg/sw --as=yasm --extra-version=tessus --disable-shared --enable-static --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --enable-gpl --enable-pthreads --enable-postproc --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-libspeex --enable-bzlib --enable-zlib --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libxavs --enable-version3 --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvpx --enable-libgsm --enable-libopus --enable-fontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libass --enable-filters --enable-runtime-cpudetect
  libavutil      51. 73.101 / 51. 73.101
  libavcodec     54. 59.100 / 54. 59.100
  libavformat    54. 29.104 / 54. 29.104
  libavdevice    54.  2.101 / 54.  2.101
  libavfilter     3. 17.100 /  3. 17.100
  libswscale      2.  1.101 /  2.  1.101
  libswresample   0. 15.100 /  0. 15.100
  libpostproc    52.  0.100 / 52.  0.100
[h264 @ 0x102019000] non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0x102019000] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0x102019000] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x102019000] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x102019000] mmco: unref short failure
    Last message repeated 5 times
[mpegts @ 0x102006a00] Stream #3: not enough frames to estimate rate; consider increasing probesize
[mpegts @ 0x102006a00] Could not find codec parameters for stream 3 (Unknown: none ([5][0][0][0] / 0x0005)): unknown codec
Consider increasing the value for the 'analyzeduration' and 'probesize' options
[NULL @ 0x102019c00] start time is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x102006a00] PES packet size mismatch
    Last message repeated 1 times
Input #0, mpegts, from '/Users/gordon/Movies/X-Men Origins - Wolverine (2009).ts':
  Duration: 01:56:34.86, start: 36344.823589, bitrate: 6729 kb/s
  Program 61200 
    Stream #0:0[0x20](deu): Subtitle: dvb_teletext ([6][0][0][0] / 0x0006)
    Stream #0:1[0xff]: Video: h264 (High) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 50 fps, 50 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
    Stream #0:2[0x103](deu): Audio: ac3 ([6][0][0][0] / 0x0006), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16, 384 kb/s (clean effects)
    Stream #0:3[0x105]: Unknown: none ([5][0][0][0] / 0x0005)
  Program 61201 
  Program 61204 
  Program 61205 
  Program 61290 
Stream map '0:254' matches no streams.

[Selur]

"Stream map '0:254' matches no streams." indicates that you tried to so something with a stream which has the id 254, but looking at your output there is no such stream.
Stream 0 -> german dvb subtitle
Stream 1 -> video
Stream 2 -> audio
Streams 3 -> some stream ffmpeg doesn't understand

can't tell you exactly what you did wrong or how to fix it properly since you did not post the ffmpeg call you used,..

[Manromen]

Ah okay - thank you for the answer.
I don't used any command line. It's from the log file of mp4tools.

[Selur]

Hybrid should be able to remux the audio&video to mp4.
Start Hybrid, set 'Main->Audio handling to passthrough all', 'Main->Video handling to passthrough', specifiy a output file with .mp4 extension, enable: 'Config->Output settings->Container settings->MP4 settings->iTunes compatibility', press 'Main->Add to Queue' and 'Main->Start Queue' and if everything does right you should get a remuxed .m4a file with audio&video in it. (if not upload a small sample file and I can fix it tomorrow)

Alternatively use ffmpeg through the command line:

ffmpeg -i input.MTS -vcodec copy -acodec copy output.mp4

should do the trick too, assuming you ffmpeg version is not too old.

Cu Selur

[Manromen]

Okay I tried it with the command:

$ ffmpeg -i Es\ kommt\ noch\ dicker\ -\ S01E01.ts  -vcodec copy -acodec copy Es\ kommt\ noch\ dicker\ -\ S01E01.mp4
ffmpeg version 1.0.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Dec  7 2012 09:31:51 with llvm-gcc 4.2.1 (LLVM build 2336.11.00)
  configuration: --prefix=/Volumes/Ramdisk/sw --enable-gpl --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --enable-libspeex --enable-libvpx --disable-decoder=libvpx --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libx264 --enable-avfilter --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-filters --enable-libgsm --arch=x86_64 --enable-runtime-cpudetect
  libavutil      51. 73.101 / 51. 73.101
  libavcodec     54. 59.100 / 54. 59.100
  libavformat    54. 29.104 / 54. 29.104
  libavdevice    54.  2.101 / 54.  2.101
  libavfilter     3. 17.100 /  3. 17.100
  libswscale      2.  1.101 /  2.  1.101
  libswresample   0. 15.100 /  0. 15.100
  libpostproc    52.  0.100 / 52.  0.100
[h264 @ 0x7f9e94019000] non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0x7f9e94019000] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0x7f9e94019000] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x7f9e94019000] no frame!
...
[h264 @ 0x7f9e94019000] non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0x7f9e94019000] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0x7f9e94019000] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x7f9e94019000] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x7f9e94019000] mmco: unref short failure
    Last message repeated 5 times
[mpegts @ 0x7f9e94006600] Stream #3: not enough frames to estimate rate; consider increasing probesize
[mpegts @ 0x7f9e94006600] Could not find codec parameters for stream 3 (Unknown: none ([5][0][0][0] / 0x0005)): unknown codec
Consider increasing the value for the 'analyzeduration' and 'probesize' options
[NULL @ 0x7f9e94019c00] start time is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7f9e94006600] PES packet size mismatch
    Last message repeated 1 times
Input #0, mpegts, from 'Es kommt noch dicker - S01E01.ts':
  Duration: 01:10:00.72, start: 91785.969278, bitrate: 11953 kb/s
  Program 61300 
    Stream #0:0[0x20](deu): Subtitle: dvb_teletext ([6][0][0][0] / 0x0006)
    Stream #0:1[0xff]: Video: h264 (High) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 55.08 fps, 50 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
    Stream #0:2[0x103](deu): Audio: ac3 ([6][0][0][0] / 0x0006), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 384 kb/s (clean effects)
    Stream #0:3[0x105]: Unknown: none ([5][0][0][0] / 0x0005)
  Program 61301 
  Program 61302 
  Program 61303 
[mp4 @ 0x7f9e9401a200] track 1: codec frame size is not set
Output #0, mp4, to 'Es kommt noch dicker - S01E01.mp4':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf54.29.104
    Stream #0:0: Video: h264 ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 55.08 fps, 90k tbn, 90k tbc
    Stream #0:1(deu): Audio: ac3 ([165][0][0][0] / 0x00A5), 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s (clean effects)
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:0 (copy)
  Stream #0:2 -> #0:1 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
frame= 1514 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 size=   24098kB time=00:00:31.42 bitrate=6281.5kbits/frame= 1981 fps=1972 q=-1.0 size=   39246kB time=00:00:40.76 bitrate=7886.2kbits
...
frame=182047 fps=836 q=-1.0 size= 5141137kB time=01:00:49.14 bitrate=11541.4kbitInvalid timestamps stream=1, pts=8924, dts=8589925516, size=52417
[mpegts @ 0x7f9e94006600] Invalid timestamps stream=1, pts=10724, dts=8589927316, size=39609
[mpegts @ 0x7f9e94006600] Invalid timestamps stream=1, pts=1724, dts=8589929116, size=27505
[mpegts @ 0x7f9e94006600] Invalid timestamps stream=1, pts=3524, dts=8589930916, size=18145
frame=182600 fps=837 q=-1.0 size= 5153910kB time=01:01:00.20 bitrate=11535.1kbitf
...
frame=208644 fps=844 q=-1.0 size= 5803456kB time=01:09:41.70 bitrate=11369.0kbitframe=209052 fps=843 q=-1.0 size= 5809822kB time=01:09:49.86 bitrate=11359.3kbitPES packet size mismatch
frame=209585 fps=843 q=-1.0 Lsize= 5822968kB time=01:10:00.52 bitrate=11356.1kbits/s    
video:5621025kB audio:196509kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.093398%

Seems all fine. It plays well with VLC but I can't add it to iTunes.

[Selur]

It plays well with VLC but I can't add it to iTunes.

renaming the extension to .m4a instead of .mp4 might help (if not you H.264 content is probably not iTunes compatible,.. iTunes and Quicktime only support a subset of the H.264 standard)


Cu Selur

Ps.: instead of escaping each space it is easier to use "-marks.

[Manromen]

I'm currently trying Hybrid. Thats maybe the easiest way.
If that don't works I try to rename the other one. I thought m4a would be just audio.

Thank you a lot.

[Selur]

I thought m4a would be just audio.

It normally is intended for that, but hey since when does Apple follow format specifications? (to be fair '.m4a' is the suggested extension to use if you multiplex audio only into a mp4 container)

[Manromen]

Okay it's done. Still can't add it to iTunes. So I start thinking it's maybe your assumption that the h.264 is not iTunes compatible...
You know a fast way to make it compatible?

I tried some tools that take hours, but that's not an option for me because I have a lot of recordings.

[Selur]

If the video stream is not compatible with iTunes you only option is to reencode them and that takes time.
One of the problems you have is that you stream is 50fps and I'm pretty sure iTunes or at least appletv will not support anything above 30fps, see: https://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html

[Manromen]

I just tried iFlicks and it tells me that it couldn't add (his converted file) to iTunes, because iTunes is running in 64bit mode.

I can play both videos (Hybrid and iFlicks) with Quicktime, but I cannot add any of them to iTunes.

PS:
I think the stream is 1080i - so it's interlaced - should be 25 frames for real.

[Edit]
25 frames is told by Hybrid too.

[Manromen]

Wow - I really have to set iTunes to 32-bit to add videos:
http://support.iflicksapp.com/entries/20294457-itunes-didn-t-accept-the-file-for-unkno...s-10-4-on-lion

however - I still have to reencode my videos.

Thank you Selur for your help.

[Selur]

judging from https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3819757 it looks like Apple TV (and probably iTunes) doesn't support 1080i
(I'm off now preparing the new years festivities here )