[FFmpeg-user] Since MacOS / Catalina upgrade - "Unable to find a suitable output format for 'h264_videotoolbox'"

MediaMouth communque at gmail.com
Thu Jan 30 03:55:06 EET 2020


THE CLI
ffmpeg -i '/Path/To/Source.mov' h264_videotoolbox -crf 16 -vf scale=1280:720,format=yuv420p '/Path/To/Dest.mp4'


THE CONTEXT
The source is Apple ProRes 422 HQ at 1920x1080
The machine is MacBook Pro 16" OS 10.15.3
ffmpeg was installed using "brew install ffmpeg"
> sudo xcode-select --install
stdout: xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, use "Software Update" to install updates

THE STDOUT
ffmpeg version 4.2.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers
  built with Apple clang version 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.16)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/4.2.2_1 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --enable-avresample --cc=clang --host-cflags='-I/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-13.0.1.jdk/Contents/Home/include -I/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-13.0.1.jdk/Contents/Home/include/darwin -fno-stack-check' --host-ldflags= --enable-ffplay --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-libaom --enable-libbluray --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-librubberband --enable-libsnappy --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-lzma --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-frei0r --enable-libass --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librtmp --enable-libspeex --enable-libsoxr --enable-videotoolbox --disable-libjack --disable-indev=jack
  libavutil      56. 31.100 / 56. 31.100
  libavcodec     58. 54.100 / 58. 54.100
  libavformat    58. 29.100 / 58. 29.100
  libavdevice    58.  8.100 / 58.  8.100
  libavfilter     7. 57.100 /  7. 57.100
  libavresample   4.  0.  0 /  4.  0.  0
  libswscale      5.  5.100 /  5.  5.100
  libswresample   3.  5.100 /  3.  5.100
  libpostproc    55.  5.100 / 55.  5.100
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7f8589805200] Referenced QT chapter track not found
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/Path/To/Source.mov':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt  
    minor_version   : 537199360
    compatible_brands: qt  
    creation_time   : 2018-02-06T20:00:59.000000Z
  Duration: 01:21:56.58, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 174493 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: prores (HQ) (apch / 0x68637061), yuv422p10le(tv, bt709, progressive), 1920x1080, 172185 kb/s, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 24 fps, 24 tbr, 24 tbn, 24 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2018-02-06T20:00:59.000000Z
      handler_name    : Apple Video Media Handler
      encoder         : Apple ProRes 422 (HQ)
      timecode        : 00:00:00:00
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: pcm_s24le (in24 / 0x34326E69), 48000 Hz, stereo, s32 (24 bit), 2304 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2018-02-06T20:00:59.000000Z
      handler_name    : Apple Sound Media Handler
      timecode        : 00:00:00:00
    Stream #0:2(eng): Data: none (tmcd / 0x64636D74) (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2018-02-06T20:00:59.000000Z
      handler_name    : Time Code Media Handler
      timecode        : 00:00:00:00
[NULL @ 0x7f8589813400] Unable to find a suitable output format for 'h264_videotoolbox'
h264_videotoolbox: Invalid argument






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