Remuxing MPEG-4 ASP into MPEG-TS

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

(issue 2459)
Remuxing MPEG-4 ASP into MPEG-TS is possible, but the resulting file is unplayable.

$ make fate-vsynth1-mpeg4
...
$ ./ffmpeg -i tests/data/vsynth1/odivx.mp4 -vcodec copy out.ts
ffmpeg version N-39902-g788a60d Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Apr 17 2012 11:27:30 with gcc 4.3.2
  configuration: --cc=/usr/local/gcc-4.3.2/bin/gcc --enable-gpl --enable-libopenjpeg --extra-ldflags=-lm --enable-libmp3lame
  libavutil      51. 46.100 / 51. 46.100
  libavcodec     54. 14.101 / 54. 14.101
  libavformat    54.  3.100 / 54.  3.100
  libavdevice    53.  4.100 / 53.  4.100
  libavfilter     2. 70.100 /  2. 70.100
  libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
  libswresample   0. 11.100 /  0. 11.100
  libpostproc    52.  0.100 / 52.  0.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'tests/data/vsynth1/odivx.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2mp41
  Duration: 00:00:02.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2159 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: mpeg4 (Simple Profile) (mp4v / 0x7634706D), yuv420p, 352x288 [SAR 1:1 DAR 11:9], 2156 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
[mpegts @ 0x8eefae0] muxrate VBR, pcr every 2 pkts, sdt every 200, pat/pmt every 40 pkts
Output #0, mpegts, to 'out.ts':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2mp41
    encoder         : Lavf54.3.100
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: mpeg4 (mp4v / 0x7634706D), yuv420p, 352x288 [SAR 1:1 DAR 11:9], q=2-31, 2156 kb/s, 25 fps, 90k tbn, 25 tbc
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
frame=   50 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 Lsize=     574kB time=00:00:02.00 bitrate=2351.5kbits/s
video:526kB audio:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 9.061024%
$ ./ffmpeg -i out.ts
ffmpeg version N-39902-g788a60d Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Apr 17 2012 11:27:30 with gcc 4.3.2
  configuration: --cc=/usr/local/gcc-4.3.2/bin/gcc --enable-gpl --enable-libopenjpeg --extra-ldflags=-lm --enable-libmp3lame
  libavutil      51. 46.100 / 51. 46.100
  libavcodec     54. 14.101 / 54. 14.101
  libavformat    54.  3.100 / 54.  3.100
  libavdevice    53.  4.100 / 53.  4.100
  libavfilter     2. 70.100 /  2. 70.100
  libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
  libswresample   0. 11.100 /  0. 11.100
  libpostproc    52.  0.100 / 52.  0.100
[mpeg4 @ 0x8eec1e0] hmm, seems the headers are not complete, trying to guess time_increment_bits
[mpeg4 @ 0x8eec1e0] my guess is 5 bits ;)
[mpeg4 @ 0x8eec1e0] hmm, seems the headers are not complete, trying to guess time_increment_bits
[mpeg4 @ 0x8eec1e0] my guess is 5 bits ;)
[mpeg4 @ 0x8eec1e0] looks like this file was encoded with (divx4/(old)xvid/opendivx) -> forcing low_delay flag
[mpeg4 @ 0x8eec1e0] [IMGUTILS @ 0xbfcd6fa8] Picture size 0x0 is invalid
[mpeg4 @ 0x8eec1e0] get_buffer() failed (-1 0 (nil))
[mpeg4 @ 0x8eec1e0] [IMGUTILS @ 0xbfcd6fa8] Picture size 0x0 is invalid
[mpeg4 @ 0x8eec1e0] get_buffer() failed (-1 0 (nil))

...

[mpeg4 @ 0x8eec1e0] [IMGUTILS @ 0xbfcd6fa8] Picture size 0x0 is invalid
[mpeg4 @ 0x8eec1e0] get_buffer() failed (-1 0 (nil))
[mpeg4 @ 0x8eec1e0] [IMGUTILS @ 0xbfcd6fa8] Picture size 0x0 is invalid
[mpeg4 @ 0x8eec1e0] get_buffer() failed (-1 0 (nil))
[mpegts @ 0x8ee8380] decoding for stream 0 failed
[mpegts @ 0x8ee8380] Could not find codec parameters (Video: mpeg4 ([16][0][0][0] / 0x0010), yuv420p)
out.ts: could not find codec parameters

[Michael Niedermayer]

works fine with -vbsf dump_extra
maybe it should be added automatically but thats a seperate issue