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ffmpeg convert to avi for Haier HEC 110 DVD player

A file with this info plays in my dvd player from an SD card:

Code:

  Metadata:

    ISFT            : Some super fast AVI muxer 

  Duration: 00:46:44.95, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1046 kb/s

    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 624x352 [PAR 1:1 DAR 39:22], 23.98 tbr, 23.98 tbn, 23.98 tbc

    Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 40 kb/s

However, when I convert an mp4 to an avi using this command:

Code:

ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -f avi file.avi

and end up with this file information:

Code:

  Metadata:

    ISFT            : Lavf52.61.0

    Stream #0.0(eng): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 720x406 [PAR 1:1 DAR 360:203], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 23.98 tbn, 23.98 tbc

    Stream #0.1(und): Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 64 kb/s

One thing, of course, is the audio, but maybe I'm missing something else?

As far as the audio is concerned, I do have an mp3 codec:

Code:

ffmpeg -codecs

...

Code:

 D A    mp3            MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3)

 D A    mp3adu          ADU (Application Data Unit) MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3)

 D A    mp3on4          MP3onMP4

however

Code:

ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -f avi -acodec mp3 file.avi

gives me:

Code:

Unknown encoder 'mp3'

My basic questions then are:
1) If the first video plays on the DVD player from a USB port, what other reason besides the audio format might the second video not play?

2) How can I ensure that when I convert a video, sound is encoded in mp3 format?

you could try converting it to mpeg
such as

Code:

ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -target {ntsc,pal}-dvd file.mpg

Quote:

Originally Posted by secretlydead (Post 4767506)

However, when I convert an mp4 to an avi using this command:

and end up with this file information:

No command there. Please repost it ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by secretlydead (Post 4767506)

One thing, of course, is the audio, but maybe I'm missing something else?

Could be. The DVD-player could be looking at the FOURCC of the avi file to look if the codec used is supported (you can obviously override this with a ffmpeg option) or the video bitrate etc.

Quote:

Originally Posted by secretlydead (Post 4767506)

As far as the audio is concerned, I do have an mp3 codec:
>ffmpeg -codecs
...
D A mp3 MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3)
D A mp3adu ADU (Application Data Unit) MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3)
D A mp3on4 MP3onMP4

This list tells you that you can only Decode mp3 files with ffmpeg. To encode them, you'd need to install lame and recompile ffmpeg with explicit support to libmp3lame.

Quote:

Originally Posted by secretlydead (Post 4767506)

however

Code:

ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -f avi -acodec mp3 file.avi

gives me:

Unknown encoder 'mp3'

The correct acodec option would be libmp3lame, not mp3 ;)

For the one that DOES PLAY on my dvd player:

Code:

ffprobe -show_streams file.avi|grep codec_tag

gives:

Code:

codec_tag_string=XVID

codec_tag=0x44495658

codec_tag_string=U[0][0][0]

codec_tag=0x0055

For the one that DOES NOT play:

Code:

ffprobe -show_streams *avi |grep codec_tag

gives:

Code:

codec_tag_string=FMP4

codec_tag=0x34504d46

codec_tag_string=U[0][0][0]

codec_tag=0x0055

not sure if the FOURCC is causing the issue and it can be simply changed, or if it is encoded wrong. will try to answer if non one else does.

In conclusion, for the thousands and thousands of people using a linux box to convert video's for use on the Haier HEC 110 DVD player:

Code:

ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -f avi -vtag XVID -b 897k -acodec libmp3lame file.avi

Of course, this will probably work with a lot of different dvd players that need to play DIVX or AVI's or whatever.

The audio codec is probably not necessary, in fact, but that's where the path lead me.

One other change, the:
-b 897k
I put that there so it would match the input, as it seems to default to 200kb/s:

Code:

Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'file.mp4':

  Metadata:

    major_brand    : isom

    minor_version  : 512

    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41

    encoder        : muxer

  Duration: 00:47:01.41, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1019 kb/s

    Stream #0.0(eng): Video: h264, yuv420p, 720x406 [PAR 64757:64800 DAR 319:180], 897 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 23976 tbn, 47.95 tbc

    Stream #0.1(und): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 116 kb/s

File 'file.avi' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y

Output #0, avi, to 'file.avi':

  Metadata:

    ISFT            : Lavf52.61.0

    Stream #0.0(eng): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 720x406 [PAR 1:1 DAR 360:203], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 23.98 tbn, 23.98 tbc

    Stream #0.1(und): Audio: libmp3lame, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 64 kb/s

So it was the FOURCC - thanks.

No problem.
To achieve a better video quality you should consider performing a 2-pass encoding or raising the bitrate.
There's an option (-sameq) which tries to obtain the same video quality of the input file by automatically adjusting bitrate and quantizer.

Quote:

Originally Posted by secretlydead (Post 4767736)

In conclusion, for the thousands and thousands of people using a linux box to convert video's for use on the Haier HEC 110 DVD player:

Code:

ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -f avi -vtag XVID -b 897k -acodec libmp3lame file.avi

Of course, this will probably work with a lot of different dvd players that need to play DIVX or AVI's or whatever.

I don't possess one of these DVD players but perhaps the following would give a slightly better encode, but you may need a current git version of FFmpeg:

Code:

ffmpeg -y -i file.mp4 -threads auto \

-c:v mpeg4 -q:v 5 -vtag XVID -f avi -mbd rd -flags +mv4+aic -trellis 2 -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -g 300 \

-c:a libmp3lame -ac 2 -q:a 3 -ar 44100 \

file.avi"

You could fiddle the quality settings for both video and audio until you found an acceptable size / quality ratio.

These work in the DVD player:

Code:

  Duration: 01:15:51.04, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1509 kb/s

    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 720x384 [PAR 1:1 DAR 15:8], 23.98 tbr, 23.98 tbn, 23.98 tbc

    Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 128 kb/s

    Metadata:

      strn            : VTS_01_1 T80 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms_new

codec_tag_string=XVID

858 MB

Code:

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 24000.00 (24000/1) -> 23.98 (24000/1001)

  Metadata:

    ISFT            : Lavf52.61.0

  Duration: 00:47:06.04, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 903 kb/s

    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 720x404 [PAR 1:1 DAR 180:101], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 23.98 tbn, 24k tbc

    Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 64 kb/s

codec_tag_string=XVID

319 MB

These do not:

Code:

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 30000.00 (30000/1) -> 29.97 (30000/1001)

  Metadata:

    ISFT            : Lavf52.61.0

  Duration: 01:17:12.96, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 825 kb/s

    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 640x360 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 29.97 tbn, 30k tbc

    Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 64 kb/s

codec_tag_string=XVID

478 MB

Code:

[mpeg4 @ 0x9494690]Invalid and inefficient vfw-avi packed B frames detected

  Metadata:

    ISFT            : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2540/release)

  Duration: 01:30:51.52, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1075 kb/s

    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 624x336 [PAR 1:1 DAR 13:7], 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc

    Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 128 kb/s

codec_tag_string=XVID

732 MB

Is there anything within this information that jumps out and tells you why the first two work while the second two do not?

The first non-working avi file is a 30 fps file, which your player likely doesn't support.
Regarding the second non-working file, reading these messages I think you should fix the reported error by recreating the avi file with avidemux (as suggested by one user on that mailing list) or another tool. Maybe ffmpeg itself is sufficient for this, specifying "copy" as acodec and vcodec:

Code:

ffmpeg -i non-working-avi.avi -acodec copy -vcodec copy new-avi.avi

It was the size of the screen.

The tag

-s svga

did it.

so the final solution is:

Code:

ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -f avi -vtag XVID -b 897k -acodec libmp3lame -s svga file.avi

with an optional -pass 2 but that produces a bug on my version.

The video I'm transcoding is available from http://jimgaffigan.com/ for $5 by the way. Very funny comedian.

Since pass 2 doesn't work on ffmpeg or avconv, I've started to use avidemux as suggested here.

What were the errors reported by ffmpeg/avconv?
If you'd like a more "batchable" solution you can give a try at xvidenc.

This works:

Code:

Input #0, avi, from 'test.avi':

  Duration: 00:00:42.74, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1483 kb/s

    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4 (Advanced Simple Profile), yuv420p, 800x450 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 29.97 tbr, 29.97 tbn, 29.97 tbc

    Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 128 kb/s

This doesn't:

Code:

Input #0, avi, from 'test2.avi':

  Duration: 02:34:29.46, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1641 kb/s

    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4 (Advanced Simple Profile), yuv420p, 800x450 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 29.97 tbr, 29.97 tbn, 29.97 tbc

    Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 128 kb/s

The difference I see is just in the length of the video. Could it be anything else?

Thanks, I installed xvidenc and will take a look.

The error for ffmpeg was all over the Internet with no solution, but here it is again anyway, as simple as i could test it (I tried for hours to solve this):

Code:

dan@danlaptop:/dir$ avconv -i thing.mkv -pass 2 thing.avi

avconv version 0.8.3-4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the Libav developers

  built on Jun 12 2012 16:37:58 with gcc 4.6.3

[matroska,webm @ 0x809f240] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate

Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'thing.mkv':

  Duration: 01:59:32.33, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A

    Stream #0.0: Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p, 960x540, PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 1k tbn, 59.94 tbc (default)

    Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16 (default)

[buffer @ 0x80e10a0] w:960 h:540 pixfmt:yuv420p

Cannot read file 'av2pass-0.log': No such file or directory

Error reading log file 'av2pass-0.log' for pass-2 encoding

dan@danlaptop:/dir$ touch av2pass-0.log

dan@danlaptop:/dir$ chmod 777 av2pass-0.log

dan@danlaptop:/dir$ avconv -i thing.mkv -pass 2 thing.avi

avconv version 0.8.3-4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the Libav developers

  built on Jun 12 2012 16:37:58 with gcc 4.6.3

[matroska,webm @ 0x9d5b240] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate

Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'thing.mkv':

  Duration: 01:59:32.33, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A

    Stream #0.0: Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p, 960x540, PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 1k tbn, 59.94 tbc (default)

    Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16 (default)

File 'thing.avi' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y

[buffer @ 0x9d9d0a0] w:960 h:540 pixfmt:yuv420p

Incompatible sample format 's16' for codec 'ac3', auto-selecting format 'flt'

Output #0, avi, to '/dir/thing.avi':

    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 960x540 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, pass 2, 200 kb/s, 90k tbn, 29.97 tbc (default)

    Stream #0.1: Audio: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000, 44100 Hz, stereo, flt, 200 kb/s (default)

Stream mapping:

  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 -> mpeg4)

  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac -> ac3)

Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height

You sure you've performed pass 1 prior to pass 2?
Pass 1 could be safely redirected to /dev/null as it's only needed for the log file...

oops.

i didn't realize that -pass was telling what pass it's supposed to be doing, rather than just instructing it to do two passes.

i'll work on this and write a script that splits my files into chunks small enough to play on this dvd player.