Opened 8 years ago

Closed 8 years ago

Last modified 8 years ago

#5340 closed defect (worksforme)

ffmpeg with WMV input renders incorrect audio length (with some codecs)

Reported by: veganaiZe Owned by:
Priority: normal Component: undetermined
Version: unspecified Keywords:
Cc: Blocked By:
Blocking: Reproduced by developer: no
Analyzed by developer: no

Description

Summary of the bug:

When converting a (20 FPS) WMV video to another video/container format with particular audio (output) codecs, including "-acodec copy", the resulting audio length is incorrect (It's supposed to be 9m:51s, but it's 10m:18s).

How to reproduce:
Download the sample WMV video...

% ffmpeg -i <infile>.wmv -map 0:v -vcodec libx264 video.avi -map 0:a -acodec aac audio.aac

However, if I use ".m4a" as the extension, instead of ".aac" everything seems fine (when played with MPC-HC x64 v1.7.10)

The following command also exhibits similar issues...

% ffmpeg -i <infile>.wmv -vcodec libx264 -acodec copy outfile.avi

Change History (14)

comment:1 by veganaiZe, 8 years ago

See the following files in FTP ...

1) WMV in question: "ScreenCapture_2-28-2016 12.45.57 PM.wmv"
2) Report log for first command: ffmpeg-20160315-091438.txt
(The report was just over the attachment limit)

comment:2 by Carl Eugen Hoyos, 8 years ago

Keywords: wmv sync removed

I tested the following and cannot reproduce the issue:

$ ffmpeg -i ScreenCapture_2-28-2016\ 12.45.57\ PM.wmv out.aac
ffmpeg version N-79057-gfa3eecf Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 4.7 (SUSE Linux)
  configuration: --enable-gpl
  libavutil      55. 19.100 / 55. 19.100
  libavcodec     57. 28.103 / 57. 28.103
  libavformat    57. 28.102 / 57. 28.102
  libavdevice    57.  0.101 / 57.  0.101
  libavfilter     6. 39.102 /  6. 39.102
  libswscale      4.  0.100 /  4.  0.100
  libswresample   2.  0.101 /  2.  0.101
  libpostproc    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
Input #0, asf, from 'ScreenCapture_2-28-2016 12.45.57 PM.wmv':
  Metadata:
    VBR Peak        : 4569000
    DeviceConformanceTemplate: AP
    WM/WMADRCPeakReference: 15798
    WM/WMADRCPeakTarget: 15798
    WM/WMADRCAverageReference: 536
    WM/WMADRCAverageTarget: 536
    WMFSDKVersion   : 12.0.9600.17415
    WMFSDKNeeded    : 0.0.0.0000
    IsVBR           : 1
  Duration: 00:09:51.39, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 353 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Audio: wmapro (b[1][0][0] / 0x0162), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 64 kb/s
    Stream #0:1(eng): Video: vc1 (Advanced) (WVC1 / 0x31435657), yuv420p, 1068x640 [SAR 139:139 DAR 267:160], 2664 kb/s, 20 tbr, 1k tbn, 40 tbc
Output #0, adts, to 'out.aac':
  Metadata:
    VBR Peak        : 4569000
    DeviceConformanceTemplate: AP
    WM/WMADRCPeakReference: 15798
    WM/WMADRCPeakTarget: 15798
    WM/WMADRCAverageReference: 536
    WM/WMADRCAverageTarget: 536
    WMFSDKVersion   : 12.0.9600.17415
    WMFSDKNeeded    : 0.0.0.0000
    IsVBR           : 1
    encoder         : Lavf57.28.102
    Stream #0:0(eng): Audio: aac (LC), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s
    Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavc57.28.103 aac
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (wmapro (native) -> aac (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[aac @ 0x3a82760] Queue input is backward in timeits/s speed=25.8x
[adts @ 0x3a81560] Application provided invalid, non monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 0: 19174365 >= 19173357
size=    9407kB time=00:09:51.45 bitrate= 130.3kbits/s speed=  26x
video:0kB audio:9233kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 1.885651%
[aac @ 0x3a82760] Qavg: 29262.689

The output file is 9:51 afaict, what do I miss?

comment:3 by veganaiZe, 8 years ago

I get 10m:18s with your same command…

ffmpeg -i "..\ScreenCapture_2-28-2016 12.45.57 PM.wmv" out.aac

>ffmpeg -i "..\ScreenCapture_2-28-2016 12.45.57 PM.wmv" out.aac
ffmpeg version N-79000-g66edd86 Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 5.3.0 (GCC)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-av
isynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enab
le-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --
enable-libdcadec --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-l
ibilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmfx --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenc
ore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --ena
ble-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enabl
e-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-l
ibvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-li
bwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enab
le-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-decklink --enable-zlib
  libavutil      55. 19.100 / 55. 19.100
  libavcodec     57. 28.100 / 57. 28.100
  libavformat    57. 28.100 / 57. 28.100
  libavdevice    57.  0.101 / 57.  0.101
  libavfilter     6. 39.102 /  6. 39.102
  libswscale      4.  0.100 /  4.  0.100
  libswresample   2.  0.101 /  2.  0.101
  libpostproc    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
Input #0, asf, from '..\ScreenCapture_2-28-2016 12.45.57 PM.wmv':
  Metadata:
    VBR Peak        : 4569000
    DeviceConformanceTemplate: AP
    WM/WMADRCPeakReference: 15798
    WM/WMADRCPeakTarget: 15798
    WM/WMADRCAverageReference: 536
    WM/WMADRCAverageTarget: 536
    WMFSDKVersion   : 12.0.9600.17415
    WMFSDKNeeded    : 0.0.0.0000
    IsVBR           : 1
  Duration: 00:09:51.39, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 353 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Audio: wmapro (b[1][0][0] / 0x0162), 44100 Hz, stereo, flt
p, 64 kb/s
    Stream #0:1(eng): Video: vc1 (Advanced) (WVC1 / 0x31435657), yuv420p, 1068x6
40 [SAR 139:139 DAR 267:160], 2664 kb/s, 20 tbr, 1k tbn, 40 tbc
Output #0, adts, to 'out.aac':
  Metadata:
    VBR Peak        : 4569000
    DeviceConformanceTemplate: AP
    WM/WMADRCPeakReference: 15798
    WM/WMADRCPeakTarget: 15798
    WM/WMADRCAverageReference: 536
    WM/WMADRCAverageTarget: 536
    WMFSDKVersion   : 12.0.9600.17415
    WMFSDKNeeded    : 0.0.0.0000
    IsVBR           : 1
    encoder         : Lavf57.28.100
    Stream #0:0(eng): Audio: aac (LC), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s
    Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavc57.28.100 aac
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (wmapro (native) -> aac (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[aac @ 0000006797781ca0] Queue input is backward in timepeed=9.82x
[adts @ 00000067977809e0] Application provided invalid, non monotonically increa
sing dts to muxer in stream 0: 19174365 >= 19173357
size=    9407kB time=00:09:51.45 bitrate= 130.3kbits/s speed= 9.9x
video:0kB audio:9233kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing
overhead: 1.885614%
[aac @ 0000006797781ca0] Qavg: 29138.799

And here is the result...

>ffmpeg -i out.aac
ffmpeg version N-79000-g66edd86 Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 5.3.0 (GCC)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-av
isynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enab
le-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --
enable-libdcadec --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-l
ibilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmfx --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenc
ore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --ena
ble-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enabl
e-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-l
ibvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-li
bwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enab
le-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-decklink --enable-zlib
  libavutil      55. 19.100 / 55. 19.100
  libavcodec     57. 28.100 / 57. 28.100
  libavformat    57. 28.100 / 57. 28.100
  libavdevice    57.  0.101 / 57.  0.101
  libavfilter     6. 39.102 /  6. 39.102
  libswscale      4.  0.100 /  4.  0.100
  libswresample   2.  0.101 /  2.  0.101
  libpostproc    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
[aac @ 0000002de955ae80] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurat
e
Input #0, aac, from 'out.aac':
  Duration: 00:10:17.91, bitrate: 124 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Audio: aac (LC), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 124 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified

Duration: 00:10:17.91

Microsoft Windows 8.1 (6.3.9600), 6GB RAM, x64 AMD A6-5200 APU w/ Radeon 8400 R3 series (512mb) Driver ver: 7.1.542.0

in reply to:  3 comment:4 by Carl Eugen Hoyos, 8 years ago

Resolution: worksforme
Status: newclosed

Replying to veganaiZe:

[aac @ 0000002de955ae80] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate

What is unclear about this warning?

comment:5 by veganaiZe, 8 years ago

So should I manually specific the duration? BTW: The only thing that is clear is your attitude problem.

comment:6 by veganaiZe, 8 years ago

My playback time matches the "estimated" duration.

comment:7 by veganaiZe, 8 years ago

Resolution: worksforme
Status: closedreopened

in reply to:  5 comment:8 by Carl Eugen Hoyos, 8 years ago

Resolution: worksforme
Status: reopenedclosed

Replying to veganaiZe:

So should I manually specific the duration?

You cannot specify the duration: It is just shown as an information for the user, FFmpeg ignores it.

My playback time matches the "estimated" duration.

I still cannot reproduce:

$ ffmpeg -i ScreenCapture_2-28-2016\ 12.45.57\ PM.wmv out.aac
$ time ffplay -autoexit out.aac
ffplay version N-79068-g6b7ce0e Copyright (c) 2003-2016 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 4.7 (SUSE Linux)
  configuration: --enable-gpl
  libavutil      55. 19.100 / 55. 19.100
  libavcodec     57. 28.103 / 57. 28.103
  libavformat    57. 28.102 / 57. 28.102
  libavdevice    57.  0.101 / 57.  0.101
  libavfilter     6. 39.102 /  6. 39.102
  libswscale      4.  0.100 /  4.  0.100
  libswresample   2.  0.101 /  2.  0.101
  libpostproc    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
[aac @ 0x7fde3c000920] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, aac, from 'out.aac':
  Duration: 00:10:44.61, bitrate: 119 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Audio: aac (LC), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 119 kb/s
 591.32 M-A:  0.000 fd=   0 aq=    0KB vq=    0KB sq=    0B f=0/0

real    9m51.589s
user    0m12.173s
sys     0m7.817s
$ ffmpeg -i out.aac -f null -
ffmpeg version N-79068-g6b7ce0e Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 4.7 (SUSE Linux)
  configuration: --enable-gpl
  libavutil      55. 19.100 / 55. 19.100
  libavcodec     57. 28.103 / 57. 28.103
  libavformat    57. 28.102 / 57. 28.102
  libavdevice    57.  0.101 / 57.  0.101
  libavfilter     6. 39.102 /  6. 39.102
  libswscale      4.  0.100 /  4.  0.100
  libswresample   2.  0.101 /  2.  0.101
  libpostproc    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
[aac @ 0x386c3c0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, aac, from 'out.aac':
  Duration: 00:10:44.61, bitrate: 119 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Audio: aac (LC), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 119 kb/s
Output #0, null, to 'pipe:':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf57.28.102
    Stream #0:0: Audio: pcm_s16le, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 1411 kb/s
    Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavc57.28.103 pcm_s16le
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (aac (native) -> pcm_s16le (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
size=N/A time=00:09:51.38 bitrate=N/A speed=1.16e+03x
video:0kB audio:101876kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: unknown

Which application plays the aac file for ten minutes?

comment:9 by veganaiZe, 8 years ago

MPC-HC reports 10m:18s time but stops the video (with a/v in sync) at 9m:51s... that's all good.

It would be nice if ffmpeg applied the correct duration, that it displays at the end of conversion, to the resulting output file. Because if I run ffprobe against it, right after conversion, it just uses the incorrect estimate (as does MPC-HC).

There seems to be no reasonable way to accomplish this with ffmpeg command-line switches.

Thank you.

in reply to:  9 comment:10 by Carl Eugen Hoyos, 8 years ago

Replying to veganaiZe:

It would be nice if ffmpeg applied the correct duration, that it displays at the end of conversion, to the resulting output file.

How would that work?

comment:11 by veganaiZe, 8 years ago

Resolution: worksformeinvalid

comment:12 by veganaiZe, 8 years ago

Resolution: invalid
Status: closedreopened

Why does my media player correctly report the time (before playback) for the original .WMV file, but not for the ffmpeg converted file?

Maybe there is some way to extract the correct duration information from the container's header and apply that?

I don't know... If you can't think of a way, that is okay by me. Feel free to close this bug out. Thank you for the assistance.

in reply to:  12 comment:13 by Carl Eugen Hoyos, 8 years ago

Resolution: worksforme
Status: reopenedclosed

Replying to veganaiZe:

Why does my media player correctly report the time (before playback) for the original .WMV file, but not for the ffmpeg converted file?

Please test ffmpeg -i input out.asf && ffmpeg -i out.asf to confirm that for asf files a duration is written in the file header. As you found out, this does not happen for aac files because aac files do not store the file duration. FFmpeg already prints a warning in this case.

Please stop reopening this ticket: Your claim was that FFmpeg output files are significantly longer than the input files, you forced me to test this (in realtime) with different media players but you have already confirmed that this is not the case.

comment:14 by veganaiZe, 8 years ago

I'm sorry. I was trying to hash out an issue in Blender's video sequence editor and I must have blurred the results in my mind. Thank you for your time & patience. FFmpeg is to video what Linux is to the CPU.

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