[FFmpeg-user] ffmpeg amerge and amix filter delay

Leo GSA leogsa at gmail.com
Mon Nov 2 09:52:12 CET 2015


ffmpeg amerge and amix filter delay

I need to take audio-streams from several IP cameras and merge them into
one file, so that they would sound simaltaneousely.

I tried filter "amix": (for testing purposes I take audio-stream 2 times
from the same camera. yes, I tried 2 cameras - result is the same)


ffmpeg -i rtsp://user:pass@172.22.5.202 -i rtsp://user:pass@172.22.5.202
-map 0:a -map 1:a  -filter_complex
amix=inputs=2:duration=first:dropout_transition=3  -ar 22050 -vn -f flv
rtmp://172.22.45.38:1935/live/stream1


result: I say "hello". And hear in speakers the first "hello" and in 1
second I hear the second "hello". Instead of hearing two "hello"'s
simaltaneousely.

and tried filter "amerge":


ffmpeg -i rtsp://user:pass@172.22.5.202 -i rtsp://user:pass@172.22.5.202
-map 0:a -map 1:a  -filter_complex amerge -ar 22050 -vn -f flv rtmp://
172.22.45.38:1935/live/stream1


result: the same as in the first example, but now I hear the first "hello"
in left speaker and in 1 second I hear the second "hello" in right speaker,
instead of hearing two "hello"'s in both speakers simaltaneousely.

So, the question is: how to make them sound simaltaneousely? May be you
know some parameter? or some other command?

P.S. Here is ful command-line output for both variants: amix:

    ffmpeg -i rtsp://admin:12345@172.22.5.202 -i rtsp://
admin:12345 at 172.22.5.202 -map 0:a -map 1:a -filter_complex
amix=inputs=2:duration=longest:dropout_transition=0 -vn -ar 22050 -f flv
rtmp://172.22.45.38:1935/live/stream1       ffmpeg version N-76031-g9099079
Copyright (c) 2000-2015 the FFmpeg developers
      built with gcc 4.4.7 (GCC) 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16)
      configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-libx264 --enable-libmp3lame
--enable-nonfree --enable-version3
      libavutil      55.  4.100 / 55.  4.100
      libavcodec     57.  6.100 / 57.  6.100
      libavformat    57.  4.100 / 57.  4.100
      libavdevice    57.  0.100 / 57.  0.100
      libavfilter     6. 11.100 /  6. 11.100
      libswscale      4.  0.100 /  4.  0.100
      libswresample   2.  0.100 /  2.  0.100
      libpostproc    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
    Input #0, rtsp, from 'rtsp://admin:12345@172.22.5.202':
      Metadata:
        title           : Media Presentation
      Duration: N/A, start: 0.032000, bitrate: N/A
        Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Baseline), yuv420p, 1280x720, 20 fps, 25
tbr, 90k tbn, 40 tbc
        Stream #0:1: Audio: adpcm_g726, 8000 Hz, mono, s16, 16 kb/s
        Stream #0:2: Data: none
    Input #1, rtsp, from 'rtsp://admin:12345@172.22.5.202':
      Metadata:
        title           : Media Presentation
      Duration: N/A, start: 0.032000, bitrate: N/A
        Stream #1:0: Video: h264 (Baseline), yuv420p, 1280x720, 20 fps, 25
tbr, 90k tbn, 40 tbc
        Stream #1:1: Audio: adpcm_g726, 8000 Hz, mono, s16, 16 kb/s
        Stream #1:2: Data: none
    Output #0, flv, to 'rtmp://172.22.45.38:1935/live/stream1':
      Metadata:
        title           : Media Presentation
        encoder         : Lavf57.4.100
        Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3 (libmp3lame) ([2][0][0][0] / 0x0002), 22050
Hz, mono, fltp (default)
        Metadata:
          encoder         : Lavc57.6.100 libmp3lame
    Stream mapping:
      Stream #0:1 (g726) -> amix:input0
      Stream #1:1 (g726) -> amix:input1
      amix -> Stream #0:0 (libmp3lame)
    Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
    [rtsp @ 0x2689600] Thread message queue blocking; consider raising the
thread_queue_size option (current value: 8)
    [rtsp @ 0x2727c60] Thread message queue blocking; consider raising the
thread_queue_size option (current value: 8)
    [rtsp @ 0x2689600] max delay reached. need to consume packet
    [NULL @ 0x268c500] RTP: missed 38 packets
    [rtsp @ 0x2689600] max delay reached. need to consume packet
    [NULL @ 0x268d460] RTP: missed 4 packets
    [flv @ 0x2958360] Failed to update header with correct duration.
    [flv @ 0x2958360] Failed to update header with correct filesize.
    size=      28kB time=00:00:06.18 bitrate=  36.7kbits/s
    video:0kB audio:24kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB
muxing overhead: 16.331224%


and amerge:

# ffmpeg -i rtsp://admin:12345@172.22.5.202 -i rtsp://
admin:12345 at 172.22.5.202 -map 0:a -map 1:a -filter_complex amerge -vn -ar
22050 -f flv rtmp://172.22.45.38:1935/live/stream1
    ffmpeg version N-76031-g9099079 Copyright (c) 2000-2015 the FFmpeg
developers
      built with gcc 4.4.7 (GCC) 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16)
      configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-libx264 --enable-libmp3lame
--enable-nonfree --enable-version3
      libavutil      55.  4.100 / 55.  4.100
      libavcodec     57.  6.100 / 57.  6.100
      libavformat    57.  4.100 / 57.  4.100
      libavdevice    57.  0.100 / 57.  0.100
      libavfilter     6. 11.100 /  6. 11.100
      libswscale      4.  0.100 /  4.  0.100
      libswresample   2.  0.100 /  2.  0.100
      libpostproc    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
    Input #0, rtsp, from 'rtsp://admin:12345@172.22.5.202':
      Metadata:
        title           : Media Presentation
      Duration: N/A, start: 0.064000, bitrate: N/A
        Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Baseline), yuv420p, 1280x720, 20 fps, 25
tbr, 90k tbn, 40 tbc
        Stream #0:1: Audio: adpcm_g726, 8000 Hz, mono, s16, 16 kb/s
        Stream #0:2: Data: none
    Input #1, rtsp, from 'rtsp://admin:12345@172.22.5.202':
      Metadata:
        title           : Media Presentation
      Duration: N/A, start: 0.032000, bitrate: N/A
        Stream #1:0: Video: h264 (Baseline), yuv420p, 1280x720, 20 fps, 25
tbr, 90k tbn, 40 tbc
        Stream #1:1: Audio: adpcm_g726, 8000 Hz, mono, s16, 16 kb/s
        Stream #1:2: Data: none
    [Parsed_amerge_0 @ 0x3069cc0] No channel layout for input 1
    [Parsed_amerge_0 @ 0x3069cc0] Input channel layouts overlap: output
layout will be determined by the number of distinct input channels
    Output #0, flv, to 'rtmp://172.22.45.38:1935/live/stream1':
      Metadata:
        title           : Media Presentation
        encoder         : Lavf57.4.100
        Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3 (libmp3lame) ([2][0][0][0] / 0x0002), 22050
Hz, stereo, s16p (default)
        Metadata:
          encoder         : Lavc57.6.100 libmp3lame
    Stream mapping:
      Stream #0:1 (g726) -> amerge:in0
      Stream #1:1 (g726) -> amerge:in1
      amerge -> Stream #0:0 (libmp3lame)
    Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
    [rtsp @ 0x2f71640] Thread message queue blocking; consider raising the
thread_queue_size option (current value: 8)
    [rtsp @ 0x300fb40] Thread message queue blocking; consider raising the
thread_queue_size option (current value: 8)
    [rtsp @ 0x2f71640] max delay reached. need to consume packet
    [NULL @ 0x2f744a0] RTP: missed 18 packets
    [flv @ 0x3058b00] Failed to update header with correct duration.
    [flv @ 0x3058b00] Failed to update header with correct filesize.
    size=      39kB time=00:00:04.54 bitrate=  70.2kbits/s
    video:0kB audio:36kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB
muxing overhead: 8.330614%



Thanx.

UPDATE 30 oct 2015: I found interesting detail when connecting 2 cameras
(they have different microphones and I hear the difference between them):
the order of "Hello"'s from different cams depends on the ORDER OF INPUTS.
with command


ffmpeg -i rtsp://cam2 -i rtsp://cam1 -map 0:a -map 1:a -filter_complex
amix=inputs=2:duration=longest:dropout_transition=0 -vn -ar 22050 -f flv
rtmp://172.22.45.38:1935/live/stream1


I hear "hello" from 1st cam and then in 1 second "hello" from 2nd cam.

with command

ffmpeg -i rtsp://cam1 -i rtsp://cam2 -map 0:a -map 1:a -filter_complex
amix=inputs=2:duration=longest:dropout_transition=0 -vn -ar 22050 -f flv
rtmp://172.22.45.38:1935/live/stream1

I hear "hello" from 2nd cam and then in 1 second "hello" from 1st cam.

So, As I understand - ffmpeg takes inputs not simaltaneousely, but in the
order of inputs given.
Question: how to tell ffmpeg to read inputs simaltaneousely?


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