How do I open an h264 file in Avisynth+ (64-bit)?

[bergqvistjl]

I've been tearing my hair out trying to do this.


I have an (interlaced) h264 stream that I've demuxed from an MKV file.

I've tried with: `vid=DirectShowSource("video.h264", audio=false)` but I just get:

DirectShowSource: couldn't open file video.h264
Cannot play back the file. The format is not supported.

I've tried the latest release of FFmpeg2Source, however that seems to just hang as soon as it tries to open seemingly any file.

What am I doing wrong?

FFMPEG proper gives me this:

$ ffmpeg -i video.h264
ffmpeg version 4.3.1-2020-10-01-full_build-www.gyan.dev Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 10.2.0 (Rev3, Built by MSYS2 project)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --disable-w32threads --disable-autodetect --enable-fontconfig --enable-iconv --enable-gnutls --enable-libxml2 --enable-gmp --enable-lzma --enable-libsnappy --enable-zlib --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libzmq --enable-avisynth --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-sdl2 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libzvbi --enable-librav1e --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libaom --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libvpx --enable-libass --enable-frei0r --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libzimg --enable-amf --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-cuvid --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc --enable-d3d11va --enable-dxva2 --enable-libmfx --enable-libcdio --enable-libgme --enable-libmodplug --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libshine --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libilbc --enable-libgsm --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopus --enable-libspeex --enable-libvorbis --enable-ladspa --enable-libbs2b --enable-libflite --enable-libmysofa --enable-librubberband --enable-libsoxr --enable-chromaprint
  libavutil      56. 51.100 / 56. 51.100
  libavcodec     58. 91.100 / 58. 91.100
  libavformat    58. 45.100 / 58. 45.100
  libavdevice    58. 10.100 / 58. 10.100
  libavfilter     7. 85.100 /  7. 85.100
  libswscale      5.  7.100 /  5.  7.100
  libswresample   3.  7.100 /  3.  7.100
  libpostproc    55.  7.100 / 55.  7.100
[h264 @ 0000022a4f7cdc40] Stream #0: not enough frames to estimate rate; consider increasing probesize
Input #0, h264, from 'video.h264':
  Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
    Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(top first), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 1200k tbn, 59.94 tbc

[davexnet]

I'm not sure if any of the source filters work with the h264 elementary stream.
Any reason not to access it from the container?

[ProWo]

lwlibavvideosource("your.h264")

[davexnet]

Thanks ProWo. Could have sworn I tried this earlier. I guess sometimes what we think we know is just phantoms ...