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

Fri Apr 30 14:49:33 PDT 2010

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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