Enigmatic encoding of a video file

[calande]

Hello,

I received a video that, for the life of me, I'm unable to play. In Windows Media Player, I'm completely unable to play it, while in VLC, I can only play the audio. I had a look at the media properties of that file, and it seems there are both audio and video content:

General
Complete name               : sommaire.mp4
Format                      : MPEG-4
Format profile              : Base Media
Codec ID                    : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size                   : 15.3 MiB
Duration                    : 2 min 2 s
Overall bit rate mode       : Variable
Overall bit rate            : 1 046 kb/s
Frame rate                  : 3682 000.000 FPS
Encoded date                : 2022-08-16 08:41:50 UTC
Tagged date                 : 2022-08-16 08:41:50 UTC

Video
ID                          : 1
Format                      : AVC
Format/Info                 : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile              : High@L4.2
Format settings             : CABAC / 5 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC      : Yes
Format settings, Reference  : 5 frames
Codec ID                    : avc1
Codec ID/Info               : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                    : 1 ms
Bit rate                    : 105 Gb/s
Width                       : 1 920 pixels
Height                      : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio        : 16:9
Frame rate mode             : Variable
Frame rate                  : 3682 000.000 FPS
Color space                 : YUV
Chroma subsampling          : 4:2:0
Bit depth                   : 8 bits
Scan type                   : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)          : 0.014
Stream size                 : 12.5 MiB (81%)
Writing library             : x264 core 161 r3027 4121277
Encoding settings           : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=2 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / stitchable=1 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=infinite / keyint_min=30 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=5 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=5500 / vbv_bufsize=15000 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date                : 2022-08-16 08:41:50 UTC
Tagged date                 : 2022-08-16 08:41:50 UTC
Color range                 : Limited
Color primaries             : BT.709
Transfer characteristics    : BT.709
Matrix coefficients         : BT.709
Codec configuration box     : avcC

Audio
ID                          : 2
Format                      : AAC LC
Format/Info                 : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID                    : mp4a-40-2
Duration                    : 2 min 2 s
Bit rate mode               : Variable
Bit rate                    : 192 kb/s
Channel(s)                  : 2 channels
Channel layout              : L R
Sampling rate               : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                  : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode            : Lossy
Stream size                 : 2.77 MiB (18%)
Default                     : Yes
Alternate group             : 1
Encoded date                : 2022-08-16 08:40:30 UTC
Tagged date                 : 2022-08-16 08:40:30 UTC

The file can be downloaded here. Additionally I tried to open it in 2 video editors, none of them were able to open the file!
How about cutting your teeth on it? I wonder if someone is able to open it and play it as expected... Any idea why it doesn't play properly? How to convert it into a more common format?

Thank you!

[Brazil]

General
Duration                    : 2 min 2 s

Video
Duration                    : 1 ms
Bit rate                    : 105 Gb/s
Frame rate                  : 3682 000.000 FPS

Audio
Duration                    : 2 min 2 s

Look at the Video part
Duration 1 ms ? Really ?
Bitrate 105 Gb/s ? Really ?
Frame rate 3682000 FPS ? Seriously ?

No wonder why you can't play it.

Try to remux it with ffmpeg:

ffmpeg -i sommaire.mp4 -c copy sommaire-remux.mp4

[calande]

I also found it strange, but yet, there is content, there are bits... In VLC, the video content is reproduced with a still image...

[ProWo]

Your video has a corrupt frame rate.

Download mp4tool here: https://www.videohelp.com/download/MP4.tool-0.60b.zip

Start it, click the create button, drag your mp4 into.
Click on the videostream, in the FPS field you can see the corrupted fps value (3682000.000).
Select 30 fps here. Then check the audiostream too.
Set the path for your destination file and click Start Job.
Done.


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[calande]

Hey! This did the trick! Thank you so much

[videoAI]

Way to go @ProWo ..