can't embed h265 in MP4

[julian]

curl -O http://h265encoding.com/downloads/bigBuckBunny_h265_360p.ts
% ffmpeg -i bigBuckBunny_h265_360p.ts -acodec copy -vcodec copy test.mp4
ffmpeg version 2.1.3-tessus Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Jan 16 2014 13:50:59 with llvm-gcc 4.2.1 (LLVM build 2336.1.00)
  configuration: --prefix=/Users/tessus/data/ext/ffmpeg/sw --as=yasm --extra-version=tessus --disable-shared --enable-static --disable-ffplay --enable-gpl --enable-pthreads --enable-postproc --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-libspeex --enable-bzlib --enable-zlib --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libxavs --enable-version3 --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvpx --enable-libgsm --enable-libopus --enable-fontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-filters --enable-runtime-cpudetect
  libavutil      52. 48.101 / 52. 48.101
  libavcodec     55. 39.101 / 55. 39.101
  libavformat    55. 19.104 / 55. 19.104
  libavdevice    55.  5.100 / 55.  5.100
  libavfilter     3. 90.100 /  3. 90.100
  libswscale      2.  5.101 /  2.  5.101
  libswresample   0. 17.104 /  0. 17.104
  libpostproc    52.  3.100 / 52.  3.100
[mpegts @ 0x102018200] PES packet size mismatch
Input #0, mpegts, from 'bigBuckBunny_h265_360p.ts':
  Duration: 00:09:56.17, start: 0.083333, bitrate: 932 kb/s
  Program 1 
    Stream #0:0[0x12d]: Video: hevc (HEVC / 0x43564548), yuv420p, 640x360, 24 tbr, 90k tbn, 90k tbc
    Stream #0:1[0x12e]: Audio: aac ([15][0][0][0] / 0x000F), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 72 kb/s
File 'bigBuckBunny_h265_1080p.mp4' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
[mp4 @ 0x102018800] track 0: could not find tag, codec not currently supported in container
Output #0, mp4, to 'bigBuckBunny_h265_1080p.mp4':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf55.19.104
    Stream #0:0: Video: hevc (HEVC / 0x43564548), yuv420p, 640x360, q=2-31, 90k tbn, 90k tbc
    Stream #0:1: Audio: aac ([64][0][0][0] / 0x0040), 44100 Hz, stereo, 72 kb/s
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

supposedly embedding H265 / HVEC in MP4 should be possible, MP4Box can do it ( ​http://www.cnx-software.com/2013/07/10/play-hevch-265-videos-and-embed-hevc-streams-into-mp4-and-ts-files-with-openhevc-and-gpac/ )

[jeeb]

14496-15, 3rd edition is not yet finished (​link). Because of various seemingly political reasons, the FDIS ballot still hasn't been gotten through with, even though the drafts haven't gotten any major edits since last summer.

Both GPAC and L-SMASH support muxing with the way that's noted in the draft that was going to be pushed to the FDIS ballot. L-SMASH disables it in the command line application for now as it's not official yet (although it's a simple case of switching a #if 0 to #if 1 to re-enable it).

Thanks to the way how extradata for AVC and HEVC is handled in libavformat/-codec (or more like, isn't handled), you would have to write bitstream filters similar to AVC's to convert to and from Annex B from and to the 14496-15 extradata format. For example, MPEG-TS contains HEVC in Annex B format, while you need it in a different format to mux it like noted in 14496-15.

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Duplicate of ticket #3306.