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Mark Pope

2010-Apr-30 21:27 UTC

[theora] Ogv file only plays in VLC / Can't be used by most tools.

Hi,

I'm new here - thanks for having me. (Sorry if I'm in the wrong place or
a noob.)

I downloaded the Theora encoder sample (ver 1.1.1), modified it to encode a
sequence of bitmaps, and created an OGV file.

The OGV file plays fine in the latest VLC (1.0.5), but I can't do much else
with it:

I tried uploading to YouTube, and the video just comes out really corrupt: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHaMG6mcWu0
I tried using ffmpeg to convert to another format, but it gives errors (listed
below).
I tried using MEncoder264 and it failed too. The log is below the FFmpeg log. A
potentially useful line of the log is: "Theora header parsing failed:
-23"
I also tried using VLC to convert, but it created a zero sized file too.

It seems like the OGV file is bad in some way, but VLC is somehow
'luckily' able to play it.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what might be going on, or how to further
diagnose the problem?

I'd like to have a 'more robust' OGV file, which I can easily upload
to YouTube or convert to other formats.

In case anyone want's to inspect the OGV file, I've uploaded it here:
http://cid-0b8a3e1016031fcd.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Out.ogv

Thanks very much for any help,
Mark.

FFmpeg errors:

C:\Documents and Settings\mark.pope\Desktop\FFmpeg-0.5.1-svn-22140\FFmpeg-svn-22
140>ffmpeg -i C:\NG\Source\Tools\OggEncoder\Out.ogv test.mpg
FFmpeg version SVN-r22140-Sherpya, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Mar  2 2010 03:26:44 with gcc 4.2.5 20080919 (prerelease) [Sherpya]
  libavutil     50. 9. 0 / 50. 9. 0
  libavcodec    52.55. 0 / 52.55. 0
  libavformat   52.54. 0 / 52.54. 0
  libavdevice   52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
  libavfilter    1.17. 0 /  1.17. 0
  libswscale     0.10. 0 /  0.10. 0
  libpostproc   51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
Input #0, ogg, from 'C:\NG\Source\Tools\OggEncoder\Out.ogv':
  Duration: 00:00:14.53, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3052 kb/s
    Stream #0.0: Video: theora, yuv420p, 640x480, 30 tbr, 30 tbn, 30 tbc
File 'test.mpg' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
Output #0, mpeg, to 'test.mpg':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf52.54.0
    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg1video, yuv420p, 640x480, q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 90k tbn,
30 tbc
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Press [q] to stop encoding
[theora @ 01d4e9d0]error in unpack_block_qpis
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[theora @ 01d4e9d0]pic->data[0]!=NULL in avcodec_default_get_buffer
[theora @ 01d4e9d0]vp3: get_buffer() failed
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[theora @ 01d4e9d0]pic->data[0]!=NULL in avcodec_default_get_buffer
[theora @ 01d4e9d0]vp3: get_buffer() failed
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[theora @ 01d4e9d0]pic->data[0]!=NULL in avcodec_default_get_buffer
[theora @ 01d4e9d0]vp3: get_buffer() failed
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[theora @ 01d4e9d0]pic->data[0]!=NULL in avcodec_default_get_buffer
[theora @ 01d4e9d0]vp3: get_buffer() failed
Error while decoding stream #0.0
... and then many pages of the same error ...


===============================================================
MEncoder264 output:

Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\MEncoder264 v1.1.9\MEncoder.exe" -sws 9 -vf scale
-ovc x264 -x264encopts
frameref=6:bframes=3:me=3:subq=7:brdo:deblock:deblockalpha=0:deblockbeta=0:bime:b_adapt:cabac:b_pyramid:weight_b:mixed_refs:chroma_me:trellis=1:i4x4:i8x8:8x8mv:b8x8mv:4x4mv:8x8dct:nopsnr:bitrate=700:pass=1:turbo=1
-nosound -noskip -priority belownormal -passlogfile
"C:\NG\Source\Tools\OggEncoder\Out.x264.avi.stats" -of avi -o
"C:\NG\Source\Tools\OggEncoder\Out.x264.avi"
"C:\NG\Source\Tools\OggEncoder\Out.ogv"

MEncoder dev-SVN-r19668-4.0.3 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         920  @ 2.67GHz (Family: 6, Model: 26,
Stepping: 4)
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2
Setting process priority: belownormal
success: format: 0  data: 0x0 - 0x15753
Theora header parsing failed: -23
libavformat file format detected.
VIDEO:  [theo]  640x480  0bpp  30.000 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:35  fourcc:0x6F656874  size:640x480  fps:30.00  ftime:=0.0333
Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
Opening video filter: [scale]
=========================================================================Opening
video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [fftheora] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg Theora)
=========================================================================VDec:
vo config request - 640 x 480 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
[theora @ 00B77270]Theora bitstream version 30201
[theora @ 00B77270]408 bits left in packet 81
[theora @ 00B77270]Theora bitstream version 30201
[theora @ 00B77270]408 bits left in packet 81
SwScaler: using unscaled 0x32315659 (21VY) -> 0x32315659 (21VY) special
converter
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2
New_Face failed. Maybe the font path is wrong.
Please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf).
subtitle font: load_sub_face failed.
Pos:   0.0s      1f (45%)  0.00fps Trem:   0min   0mb  A-V:0.000 [0:0]
Writing header...
ODML: vprp aspect is 4:3.
Writing header...
ODML: vprp aspect is 4:3.
Pos:   0.0s      4f (45%)  0.00fps Trem:   0min   0mb  A-V:0.000 [0:0]
> Error: Something went wrong! (ExitCode: 0)
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Twisted Lincoln, Inc.

2010-Apr-30 21:49 UTC

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[theora] Ogv file only plays in VLC / Can't be used by most tools.

I downloaded your OGV file, and it played properly in Totem 2.28.2.

Tony Lovasco
Twisted Lincoln, Inc.
www.twistedlincoln.com

On 04/30/2010 04:27 PM, Mark Pope wrote:>
> Hi,
>
> I'm new here -- thanks for having me. (Sorry if I'm in the wrong
place
> or a noob.)
>
> I downloaded the Theora encoder sample (ver 1.1.1), modified it to 
> encode a sequence of bitmaps, and created an OGV file.
>
> The OGV file plays fine in the latest VLC (1.0.5), but I can't do much 
> else with it:
>
> I tried uploading to YouTube, and the video just comes out really 
> corrupt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHaMG6mcWu0
>
> I tried using ffmpeg to convert to another format, but it gives errors 
> (listed below).
>
> I tried using MEncoder264 and it failed too. The log is below the 
> FFmpeg log. A potentially useful line of the log is: "Theora header 
> parsing failed: -23"
>
> I also tried using VLC to convert, but it created a zero sized file too.
>
> It seems like the OGV file is bad in some way, but VLC is somehow 
> 'luckily' able to play it.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions on what might be going on, or how to 
> further diagnose the problem?
>
> I'd like to have a 'more robust' OGV file, which I can easily
upload
> to YouTube or convert to other formats.
>
> In case anyone want's to inspect the OGV file, I've uploaded it
here:
> http://cid-0b8a3e1016031fcd.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Out.ogv
>
> Thanks very much for any help,
>
> Mark.
>
> FFmpeg errors:
>
> C:\Documents and 
> Settings\mark.pope\Desktop\FFmpeg-0.5.1-svn-22140\FFmpeg-svn-22
>
> 140>ffmpeg -i C:\NG\Source\Tools\OggEncoder\Out.ogv test.mpg
>
> FFmpeg version SVN-r22140-Sherpya, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg 
> developers
>
>   built on Mar  2 2010 03:26:44 with gcc 4.2.5 20080919 (prerelease) 
> [Sherpya]
>
>   libavutil     50. 9. 0 / 50. 9. 0
>
>   libavcodec    52.55. 0 / 52.55. 0
>
>   libavformat   52.54. 0 / 52.54. 0
>
>   libavdevice   52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
>
>   libavfilter    1.17. 0 /  1.17. 0
>
>   libswscale     0.10. 0 /  0.10. 0
>
>   libpostproc   51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
>
> Input #0, ogg, from 'C:\NG\Source\Tools\OggEncoder\Out.ogv':
>
>   Duration: 00:00:14.53, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3052 kb/s
>
>     Stream #0.0: Video: theora, yuv420p, 640x480, 30 tbr, 30 tbn, 30 tbc
>
> File 'test.mpg' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
>
> Output #0, mpeg, to 'test.mpg':
>
>   Metadata:
>
>     encoder         : Lavf52.54.0
>
>     Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg1video, yuv420p, 640x480, q=2-31, 200 
> kb/s, 90k tbn, 30 tbc
>
> Stream mapping:
>
>   Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
>
> Press [q] to stop encoding
>
> [theora @ 01d4e9d0]error in unpack_block_qpis
>
> Error while decoding stream #0.0
>
> [theora @ 01d4e9d0]pic->data[0]!=NULL in avcodec_default_get_buffer
>
> [theora @ 01d4e9d0]vp3: get_buffer() failed
>
> Error while decoding stream #0.0
>
> [theora @ 01d4e9d0]pic->data[0]!=NULL in avcodec_default_get_buffer
>
> [theora @ 01d4e9d0]vp3: get_buffer() failed
>
> Error while decoding stream #0.0
>
> [theora @ 01d4e9d0]pic->data[0]!=NULL in avcodec_default_get_buffer
>
> [theora @ 01d4e9d0]vp3: get_buffer() failed
>
> Error while decoding stream #0.0
>
> [theora @ 01d4e9d0]pic->data[0]!=NULL in avcodec_default_get_buffer
>
> [theora @ 01d4e9d0]vp3: get_buffer() failed
>
> Error while decoding stream #0.0
>
> ... and then many pages of the same error ...
>
> ===============================================================>
> MEncoder264 output:
>
> Commandline:
>
> "C:\Program Files\MEncoder264 v1.1.9\MEncoder.exe" -sws 9 -vf
scale
> -ovc x264 -x264encopts 
>
frameref=6:bframes=3:me=3:subq=7:brdo:deblock:deblockalpha=0:deblockbeta=0:bime:b_adapt:cabac:b_pyramid:weight_b:mixed_refs:chroma_me:trellis=1:i4x4:i8x8:8x8mv:b8x8mv:4x4mv:8x8dct:nopsnr:bitrate=700:pass=1:turbo=1
> -nosound -noskip -priority belownormal -passlogfile 
> "C:\NG\Source\Tools\OggEncoder\Out.x264.avi.stats" -of avi -o 
> "C:\NG\Source\Tools\OggEncoder\Out.x264.avi" 
> "C:\NG\Source\Tools\OggEncoder\Out.ogv"
>
> MEncoder dev-SVN-r19668-4.0.3 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
>
> CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         920  @ 2.67GHz (Family: 6, 
> Model: 26, Stepping: 4)
>
> CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
>
> Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2
>
> Setting process priority: belownormal
>
> success: format: 0  data: 0x0 - 0x15753
>
> Theora header parsing failed: -23
>
> libavformat file format detected.
>
> VIDEO:  [theo]  640x480  0bpp  30.000 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
>
> [V] filefmt:35  fourcc:0x6F656874  size:640x480  fps:30.00  ftime:=0.0333
>
> Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
>
> Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
>
> Opening video filter: [scale]
>
>
=========================================================================>
> Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
>
> Selected video codec: [fftheora] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg Theora)
>
>
=========================================================================>
> VDec: vo config request - 640 x 480 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
>
> VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
>
> Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
>
> [theora @ 00B77270]Theora bitstream version 30201
>
> [theora @ 00B77270]408 bits left in packet 81
>
> [theora @ 00B77270]Theora bitstream version 30201
>
> [theora @ 00B77270]408 bits left in packet 81
>
> SwScaler: using unscaled 0x32315659 (21VY) -> 0x32315659 (21VY) 
> special converter
>
> x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
>
> x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2
>
> New_Face failed. Maybe the font path is wrong.
>
> Please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf).
>
> subtitle font: load_sub_face failed.
>
> Pos:   0.0s      1f (45%)  0.00fps Trem:   0min   0mb  A-V:0.000 [0:0]
>
> Writing header...
>
> ODML: vprp aspect is 4:3.
>
> Writing header...
>
> ODML: vprp aspect is 4:3.
>
> Pos:   0.0s      4f (45%)  0.00fps Trem:   0min   0mb  A-V:0.000 [0:0]
>
> > Error: Something went wrong! (ExitCode: 0)
>
>
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ogg.k.ogg.k at googlemail.com

2010-Apr-30 21:56 UTC

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[theora] Ogv file only plays in VLC / Can't be used by most tools.

> I downloaded the Theora encoder sample (ver 1.1.1), modified it to encode a
> sequence of bitmaps, and created an OGV file.
You could also use ffmpeg2theora for that use, it might be easier.
> I tried uploading to YouTube, and the video just comes out really corrupt:
Youtube transcodes the video with an old version of ffmpeg, which does
not work with some features of the Theora bitstream, which were not yet
used by the previous libtheora encoder, but which are used by 1.1.1.
> I tried using ffmpeg to convert to another format, but it gives errors
> (listed below).
Same program as Youtube, though a newer ffmpeg might work.
> It seems like the OGV file is bad in some way, but VLC is somehow
'luckily'
> able to play it.
Likely the file is alright.
> I'd like to have a 'more robust' OGV file, which I can easily
upload to
> YouTube or convert to other formats.
You could use an older version of libtheora, though you won't have the
encoder improvements in quality and bitrate. Or moan to Youtube to
update their buggy toolchain.
> In case anyone want's to inspect the OGV file, I've uploaded it
here:
> http://cid-0b8a3e1016031fcd.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Out.ogv
That's a... HTML file... with a lot of Javascript.
Maybe it links to a video, though, I haven't searched inside.

Mark Pope

2010-Apr-30 23:12 UTC

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[theora] Ogv file only plays in VLC / Can't be used by most tools.

Thank you all for your helpful responses.

I got the latest ffmepg (from http://ffmpeg.arrozcru.org/autobuilds/) and it
converts my file to mpeg fine. This gives me the workaround I needed. Thanks!


I used VLC to convert to 264 format and mpeg4 format. (To do so, choose
'Media -> Convert / Save'.)  Perhaps it uses a different decoder for
playback than conversion?

Also my usage case is more complicated than encoding bitmaps, I was just using
that as an intermediate step.

Thanks again,
Mark.

-----Original Message-----
From: xiphmont at gmail.com [mailto:xiphmont at gmail.com] On Behalf Of xiphmont
at xiph.org
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 2:57 PM
To: Mark Pope
Subject: Re: [theora] Ogv file only plays in VLC / Can't be used by most
tools.
> I downloaded the Theora encoder sample (ver 1.1.1), modified it to encode a
> sequence of bitmaps, and created an OGV file.
>
> The OGV file plays fine in the latest VLC (1.0.5), but I can't do much
else
> with it:
Unfortunately, the summary to all the problems you're having below is
probably 'ffmpeg'...
> I tried uploading to YouTube, and the video just comes out really corrupt:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHaMG6mcWu0
YouTube uses an older, buggy version of ffmpeg to handle video, and it
can't read Theora properly.  Until recently, ffmpeg just treated
Theora as if it was still VP3, so it can't actually handle real Theora
files.

This was just fixed a few months ago, but Google/Youtube are still
using the broken version.
> I tried using ffmpeg to convert to another format, but it gives errors
> (listed below).
Probably the same problem unless you're sure you have a recent build.
> I tried using MEncoder264 and it failed too. The log is below the FFmpeg
> log. A potentially useful line of the log is: "Theora header parsing
failed:
> -23"
THis also uses ffmpeg to decode theora.
> I also tried using VLC to convert, but it created a zero sized file too.
That's more interesting.  What did you try to convert it to?
> It seems like the OGV file is bad in some way, but VLC is somehow
'luckily'
> able to play it.
You could send a snippet of the file and I'll inspect it.  it's
possible something did go wrong with the modifications to
encoder_example.

BTW, png2theora will make an OGV out of a directory of .PNG files.

Monty

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