[FFmpeg-user] Fwd: coding video for some old Sony

Sun Sep 1 18:01:31 EEST 2019

On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 at 23:07, Michael Castellon <castellonmichael at gmail.com>
wrote:

> maybe, video or audio quality .
> please try,
> ffmpeg -i input.avi -c:v mpeg4 -vtag xvid -qscale:v 5 -c:a libmp3lame
> -qscale:a 5 output.avi
>
> maybe, the resolution
> -vf scale=720:480:decrease
>
> information for divx player,
> https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/MPEG-4
>
> luck...
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 2:32 PM Erik Dobák <erik.dobak at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 at 18:48, Michael Castellon <
> > castellonmichael at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > please try.
> > >
> > > ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v mpeg4 -vtag xvid output.avi
> > >
> > > good luck
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 3:20 PM Erik Dobák <erik.dobak at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 at 12:07, Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Am Mo., 12. Aug. 2019 um 18:54 Uhr schrieb Erik Dobák <
> > > > > erik.dobak at gmail.com>:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > sorry for mixing this up. it should be:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > playing fine:
> > > > > > Disenchantment.S01E01.720p.WEB-DL.x264.avi
> > > > > > Monty_Python_s_The_Meaning_Of_Life
> > > > > >
> > > > > > not playing fine:
> > > > > > catch22
> > > > > > eels
> > > > > > life of Brian
> > > > >
> > > > > That does not make the mail significantly more readable.
> > > > >
> > > > > It appears that this is a resolution or aspect ratio issue,
> > > > > feel free to post the command lines including complete,
> > > > > uncut console output of current FFmpeg git head with
> > > > > different resolutions.
> > > > >
> > > > > As said, global motion compensation may also be relevant.
> > > > >
> > > > > > i have checked the output myself but can not see any reason why
> > the 3
> > > > > > should not play fine on the TV. after some interweb reasearch i
> > found
> > > > > some
> > > > > > posts about Sony blocking watermarked videos on their products.
> it
> > > > might
> > > > > be
> > > > > > the case here. but that would be beyond the ffmpeg topic i guess.
> > > > >
> > > > > This is very, very unlikely, even more so for re-encoded videos.
> > > > >
> > > > > Please find out what top-posting means and avoid it here.
> > > > >
> > > > > Carl Eugen
> > > > >
> > > > i will investigate now the ratio as possible cause of my pirated
> > content
> > > > playback problem. will let you know the outcome in a few days.
> > > > thank you.
> > > >
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> > no i did try that codec before.
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i tried both on one video but when playing them still 'playback not
available' for both options you have described.

attaching the ffmpeg -i output:

$ ffmpeg -i catch22_c.avi
ffmpeg version 4.1.4-1~deb10u1 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 8 (Debian 8.3.0-6)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version='1~deb10u1'
--toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
--incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --arch=amd64 --enable-gpl
--disable-stripping --enable-avresample --disable-filter=resample
--enable-avisynth --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom
--enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca
--enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libflite
--enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi
--enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libmp3lame
--enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt
--enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librsvg --enable-librubberband
--enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex
--enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab
--enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp
--enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq
--enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opengl
--enable-sdl2 --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883
--enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-shared
  libavutil      56. 22.100 / 56. 22.100
  libavcodec     58. 35.100 / 58. 35.100
  libavformat    58. 20.100 / 58. 20.100
  libavdevice    58.  5.100 / 58.  5.100
  libavfilter     7. 40.101 /  7. 40.101
  libavresample   4.  0.  0 /  4.  0.  0
  libswscale      5.  3.100 /  5.  3.100
  libswresample   3.  3.100 /  3.  3.100
  libpostproc    55.  3.100 / 55.  3.100
Input #0, avi, from 'catch22_c.avi':
  Metadata:
    IAS1            : English
    encoder         : Lavf58.20.100
  Duration: 01:56:41.08, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 427 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg4 (Simple Profile) (xvid / 0x64697678),
yuv420p, 720x480 [SAR 26:17 DAR 39:17], 286 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn,
25 tbc
    Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (U[0][0][0] / 0x0055), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp,
128 kb/s