[FFmpeg-user] Ffmpeg lying about video width and height

Tue Jun 13 16:23:15 EEST 2023

Hi all:

it looks strange to me that ffmpeg and exiftool don't agree in telling width
and height of a certain video of mine being ffmpeg no doubt wrong because it
gives same values for videos that are clearly different in sizes.  Please help
with this strange issue.  I'm attaching below ffmpeg and exiftool outputs.
Thanks in advance,

Rodolfo

ffmpeg version 5.1.2-3 Copyright (c) 2000-2022 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 12 (Debian 12.2.0-14)
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  libavutil      57. 28.100 / 57. 28.100
  libavcodec     59. 37.100 / 59. 37.100
  libavformat    59. 27.100 / 59. 27.100
  libavdevice    59.  7.100 / 59.  7.100
  libavfilter     8. 44.100 /  8. 44.100
  libswscale      6.  7.100 /  6.  7.100
  libswresample   4.  7.100 /  4.  7.100
  libpostproc    56.  6.100 / 56.  6.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'mad1.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2mp41
    encoder         : Lavf56.36.100
  Duration: 00:02:00.07, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1331 kb/s
  Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: mpeg4 (Simple Profile) (mp4v / 0x7634706D), yuv420p, 720x576 [SAR 64:45 DAR 16:9], 1198 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 12800 tbn (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
      vendor_id       : [0][0][0][0]
  Stream #0:1[0x2](und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : SoundHandler
      vendor_id       : [0][0][0][0]
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ExifTool Version Number         : 12.57
File Name                       : mad1.mp4
Directory                       : .
File Size                       : 20 MB
File Modification Date/Time     : 2015:07:19 11:11:16+00:00
File Access Date/Time           : 2023:06:13 09:46:03+00:00
File Inode Change Date/Time     : 2023:06:13 09:45:22+00:00
File Permissions                : -rwxrwxrwx
File Type                       : MP4
File Type Extension             : mp4
MIME Type                       : video/mp4
Major Brand                     : MP4 Base Media v1 [IS0 14496-12:2003]
Minor Version                   : 0.2.0
Compatible Brands               : isom, iso2, mp41
Media Data Size                 : 19909615
Media Data Offset               : 44
Movie Header Version            : 0
Create Date                     : 0000:00:00 00:00:00
Modify Date                     : 0000:00:00 00:00:00
Time Scale                      : 1000
Duration                        : 0:02:00
Preferred Rate                  : 1
Preferred Volume                : 100.00%
Preview Time                    : 0 s
Preview Duration                : 0 s
Poster Time                     : 0 s
Selection Time                  : 0 s
Selection Duration              : 0 s
Current Time                    : 0 s
Next Track ID                   : 3
Track Header Version            : 0
Track Create Date               : 0000:00:00 00:00:00
Track Modify Date               : 0000:00:00 00:00:00
Track ID                        : 1
Track Duration                  : 0:02:00
Track Layer                     : 0
Track Volume                    : 0.00%
Image Width                     : 1024
Image Height                    : 576
Graphics Mode                   : srcCopy
Op Color                        : 0 0 0
Compressor ID                   : mp4v
Source Image Width              : 720
Source Image Height             : 576
X Resolution                    : 72
Y Resolution                    : 72
Bit Depth                       : 24
Pixel Aspect Ratio              : 64:45
Video Frame Rate                : 25
Matrix Structure                : 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Media Header Version            : 0
Media Create Date               : 0000:00:00 00:00:00
Media Modify Date               : 0000:00:00 00:00:00
Media Time Scale                : 48000
Media Duration                  : 0:02:00
Media Language Code             : und
Handler Description             : SoundHandler
Balance                         : 0
Audio Format                    : mp4a
Audio Channels                  : 2
Audio Bits Per Sample           : 16
Audio Sample Rate               : 48000
Handler Type                    : Metadata
Handler Vendor ID               : Apple
Encoder                         : Lavf56.36.100
Image Size                      : 1024x576
Megapixels                      : 0.590
Avg Bitrate                     : 1.33 Mbps
Rotation                        : 0