Remuxing mov with timecode and 29.97 FPS fails

[rmk]

I have two cases of 29.97 FPS files generated with Final Cut Pro 7 with timecode which fail when attempting to remux them with error: Timecode frame rate not supported

Command line and output:

ffmpeg -i ~/sample-db/fcp7/xdcam_ex/fcp7_xdcam_ex_1080\@30p_2s.mov -vcodec copy -acodec copy remuxed.mov
ffmpeg version N-42906-g506ffa7 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Jul 26 2012 17:20:09 with gcc 4.2.1 (GCC) (Apple Inc. build 5664)
  configuration: 
  libavutil      51. 65.100 / 51. 65.100
  libavcodec     54. 44.101 / 54. 44.101
  libavformat    54. 20.100 / 54. 20.100
  libavdevice    54.  2.100 / 54.  2.100
  libavfilter     3.  3.100 /  3.  3.100
  libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
  libswresample   0. 15.100 /  0. 15.100
Guessed Channel Layout for  Input Stream #0.1 : stereo
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/Users/krueger/sample-db/fcp7/xdcam_ex/fcp7_xdcam_ex_1080@30p_2s.mov':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt  
    minor_version   : 537199360
    compatible_brands: qt  
    creation_time   : 2012-05-24 12:47:05
  Duration: 00:00:02.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 29627 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: mpeg2video (Main) (xdvf / 0x66766478), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 35000 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 2997 tbn, 59.94 tbc
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2012-05-24 12:47:05
      handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
      timecode        : 01:00:00:00
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: pcm_s16le (sowt / 0x74776F73), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2012-05-24 12:47:05
      handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
    Stream #0:2(eng): Data: none (tmcd / 0x64636D74)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2012-05-24 12:47:18
      handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
      timecode        : 01:00:00:00
[mov @ 0x10106f600] Timecode frame rate not supported
Output #0, mov, to 'remuxed.mov':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt  
    minor_version   : 537199360
    compatible_brands: qt  
    encoder         : Lavf54.20.100
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: mpeg2video (xdvf / 0x66766478), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 35000 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 2997 tbn, 2997 tbc
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2012-05-24 12:47:05
      handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
      timecode        : 01:00:00:00
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: pcm_s16le (sowt / 0x74776F73), 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2012-05-24 12:47:05
      handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy)
Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?): Operation not permitted

[rmk]

Uploaded file to incoming/mov-remux-2997-with-timestamp-fails.mov

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Sample uploaded to samples/ffmpeg-bugs/trac/ticket1576, regression since 1ec23d9.

$ ffmpeg -i mov-remux-2997-with-timestamp-fails.mov -acodec copy -vcodec copy out.mov
ffmpeg version N-43027-g981d97f Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Jul 30 2012 08:29:03 with gcc 4.3.2 (GCC)
  configuration: --cc=/usr/local/gcc-4.3.2/bin/gcc --enable-gpl --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libvorbis --enable-libspeex --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --extra-ldflags=-lm --enable-libvpx --enable-libxavs --enable-x11grab --enable-libass --enable-nonfree --enable-libfaac --enable-libopus
  libavutil      51. 65.100 / 51. 65.100
  libavcodec     54. 45.100 / 54. 45.100
  libavformat    54. 21.100 / 54. 21.100
  libavdevice    54.  2.100 / 54.  2.100
  libavfilter     3.  5.100 /  3.  5.100
  libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
  libswresample   0. 15.100 /  0. 15.100
  libpostproc    52.  0.100 / 52.  0.100
Guessed Channel Layout for  Input Stream #0.1 : stereo
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'mov-remux-2997-with-timestamp-fails.mov':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt
    minor_version   : 537199360
    compatible_brands: qt
    creation_time   : 1942-04-19 06:18:49
  Duration: 00:00:02.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 29627 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: mpeg2video (Main) (xdvf / 0x66766478), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 35000 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 2997 tbn, 59.94 tbc
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 1942-04-19 06:18:49
      handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
      timecode        : 01:00:00:00
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: pcm_s16le (sowt / 0x74776F73), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 1942-04-19 06:18:49
      handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
    Stream #0:2(eng): Data: none (tmcd / 0x64636D74)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 1942-04-19 06:19:02
      handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
      timecode        : 01:00:00:00
[mov @ 0x90b5bc0] Timecode frame rate not supported
Output #0, mov, to 'out.mov':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt
    minor_version   : 537199360
    compatible_brands: qt
    encoder         : Lavf54.21.100
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: mpeg2video (xdvf / 0x66766478), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 35000 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 2997 tbn, 2997 tbc
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 1942-04-19 06:18:49
      handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
      timecode        : 01:00:00:00
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: pcm_s16le (sowt / 0x74776F73), 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 1942-04-19 06:18:49
      handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy)
Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?): Operation not permitted

[Clément Bœsch]

I will submit a patch to ignore timecode errors; it's too much trouble when a bad couple timecode+rate is extracted. It's possible there is another issue here too; I'll look into this. Thanks for the report.

[Clément Bœsch]

Should be fixed in aca0f781.