WinDV Type 1 DV files. MPCHC reports Unknown [Stream 00].

[digicube]

I'm capturing VHS tapes using ADVC300 as Type 1 DV files. Type 1 DV files seems to fix audio video sync issues known to ADVC300.

MPCHC reports the files as Unknown [Stream 00]. Is this normal? The files play fine but AVISOURCE will not detect the audio. Maybe AVISOURCE will not work with Type 1 DV files. DIRECTSHOWSOURCE can create audio video sync issues if there are video hiccups. FFVIDEOSOURCE seems to be unable to or takes forever in opening large DV files (30+GB) even when I've made the index available using ffmsindex.exe.

General
Format                         : AVI
Format/Info                    : Audio Video Interleave
Commercial name                : DV
Format profile                 : OpenDML
File size                      : 9.42 GiB
Duration                       : 46mn 45s
Overall bit rate mode          : Constant
Overall bit rate               : 28.9 Mbps

Video
ID                             : 0
Format                         : DV
Duration                       : 46mn 45s
Bit rate mode                  : Constant
Bit rate                       : 24.4 Mbps
Encoded bit rate               : 28.8 Mbps
Width                          : 720 pixels
Height                         : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio           : 4:3
Frame rate mode                : Constant
Frame rate                     : 29.970 fps
Standard                       : NTSC
Chroma subsampling             : 4:1:1
Bit depth                      : 8 bits
Scan type                      : Interlaced
Scan order                     : Bottom Field First
Compression mode               : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)             : 2.357
Time code of first frame       : 17:47:08;10
Time code source               : Subcode time code
Stream size                    : 9.40 GiB (100%)

Audio
ID                             : 0-0
Format                         : PCM
Muxing mode                    : DV
Muxing mode, more info         : Muxed in Video #1
Duration                       : 46mn 45s
Bit rate mode                  : Constant
Bit rate                       : 1 536 Kbps
Encoded bit rate               : 0 bps
Channel(s)                     : 2 channels
Sampling rate                  : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                      : 16 bits
Stream size                    : 514 MiB (5%)
Encoded stream size            : 0.00 Byte (0%)

I have to use VirtualDub and do direct stream copy for MPCHC to report the steams correctly and AVISOURCE to detect the audio. According to GSpot, VirtualDub export the files as Type 2 DV files.

General
Format                         : AVI
Format/Info                    : Audio Video Interleave
Commercial name                : DV
Format profile                 : OpenDML
File size                      : 9.90 GiB
Duration                       : 46mn 45s
Overall bit rate mode          : Constant
Overall bit rate               : 30.3 Mbps
Writing library                : VirtualDub build 33848/release

Video
ID                             : 0
Format                         : DV
Codec ID                       : dvsd
Codec ID/Hint                  : Sony
Duration                       : 46mn 45s
Bit rate mode                  : Constant
Bit rate                       : 24.4 Mbps
Encoded bit rate               : 28.8 Mbps
Width                          : 720 pixels
Height                         : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio           : 4:3
Frame rate mode                : Constant
Frame rate                     : 29.970 fps
Standard                       : NTSC
Color space                    : YUV
Chroma subsampling             : 4:1:1
Bit depth                      : 8 bits
Scan type                      : Interlaced
Scan order                     : Bottom Field First
Compression mode               : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)             : 2.357
Time code of first frame       : 17:47:08;10
Time code source               : Subcode time code
Stream size                    : 9.40 GiB (95%)

Audio
ID                             : 1
Format                         : PCM
Format settings, Endianness    : Little
Format settings, Sign          : Signed
Codec ID                       : 1
Duration                       : 46mn 45s
Bit rate mode                  : Constant
Bit rate                       : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s)                     : 2 channels
Sampling rate                  : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                      : 16 bits
Stream size                    : 514 MiB (5%)
Alignment                      : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration           : 33 ms (1.00 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration   : 500 ms

[Brad]

Re: MPC-HC, dunno, can't check my other computer for DV files at the moment.

The files play fine but AVISOURCE will not detect the audio. Maybe AVISOURCE will not work with Type 1 DV files.

The incompatibility with Type-1 audio is noted in the AviSource documentation.

Maybe load video with AviSource and audio of AVI with FFAudio or other.

[aedipuss]

you could just change from type 1 to type 2 - https://www.videohelp.com/software/DV-Type-1-to-DV-Type-2-Converter

[jagabo]

In case you're not aware:

The DV data stream from the camcorder (or capture device) arrives at the computer with video and audio already multiplexed. When stored as a Type 1 DV AVI file the data is stored in a single stream in the AVI file -- marked as a video stream (even though it also contains audio). When stored as a Type 2 DV AVI, the audio is copied and stored as an additional stream -- an audio stream. So Type 1 files have only one stream marked as video, and Type 2 has two streams, one video and one audio.

Long ago, when computers were much slower, Type 1 made sense since it required less work while capturing. But since the audio is in the video stream software has be written specifically to handle the audio. AviSynth's AviSource() does not know how to access the audio from the video stream. It only gets the video. Many other programs have the same problem.

[digicube]

Thanks for all the tips.