Re: Fwd: Convert .mkv containers into .mp4 containers playable on a PS3 using gst-launch

[Andreas Tunek-2]

2007/12/16, Michael R. Head <[hidden email]>:

> Apologies for top post, but there's not a good place to insert this
> post, since I don't have a direct response for your issue below.
>
> I did come up with a solution a year ago that worked pretty well for
> converting MKV into AVI (without recoding). This is what I did:
>
>
> for file in *.mkv; do
>   newf=`echo ${file/.mkv/.avi}`;
>   tmpf=`echo ${file/.mkv/.tmp.avi}`;
>   gst-launch-0.10 -m -v -T filesrc location="${file}" ! \
>     matroskademux name=d  d.audio_00 ! queue ! faad ! lame ! \
>     m.audio_00  d.video_00 ! queue  ! m.video_00 avimux name=m ! \
>     filesink location="${tmpf}";
>   avidemux --force-b-frame --load "${tmpf}" --audio-codec COPY \
>     --video-codec COPY --fps 23.976023 --rebuild-inex \
>     --output-format AVI --save  "${newf}" --quit;
>   rm "${tmpf}";
> done
>
> Perhaps that's useful to you?
>
> mike
>

Thanks for your help, but it is not really useful unfortunately. I
don't want to reencode anything, just transcode. Also, I don't know
enough about the the matroskademux and ffmux_mp4 to be able to use the
options unfortunately...

Regards
Andreas

> On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 23:40 +0100, Andreas Tunek wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Andreas Tunek <[hidden email]>
> > Date: 2007-dec-15 23:11
> > Subject: Re: [gst-devel] Convert .mkv containers into .mp4 containers
> > playable on a PS3 using gst-launch
> > To: Mark Nauwelaerts <[hidden email]>
> >
> >
> > If I add the identity element I get the following output:
> >
> >
> >  gst-launch -v filesrc
> > location=Shrek.the.Halls.720p.HDTV.AVC.AC3-GB.mkv ! matroskademux
> > name=d  ffmux_mp4 name=m ! filesink location=test.mp4 d.video_00 !
> > queue ! identity ! m.video_00 d.audio_00 ! queue ! identity !
> > m.audio_00
> >
> > ** (gst-launch-0.10:9581): WARNING **: Add decoder amv (111) please
> >
> > //similar stuff
> >
> > ** (gst-launch-0.10:9581): WARNING **: Add decoder adpcm_thp (69650) please
> > Ställer in rörledningen till PAUSED...
> > Rörledningen utför PREROLL...
> > /pipeline0/identity0: last-message = "event   ******* (identity0:sink)
> > E (type: 102, GstEventNewsegment, update=(boolean)false,
> > rate=(double)1, applied_rate=(double)1,
> > format=(GstFormat)GST_FORMAT_TIME, start=(gint64)0,
> > stop=(gint64)1279776000000, position=(gint64)0;) 0x92b0ca0"
> > /pipeline0/identity0: last-message = "event   ******* (identity0:sink)
> > E (type: 118, taglist, video-codec=(string)H264,
> > language-code=(string)und;) 0x92b0cc8"
> > /pipeline0/queue0.sink: caps = video/x-h264,
> > codec_data=(buffer)014d4033ffe10016674d40339a7602802dd0800001f480005dc0478c189c01000468eebc80,
> > width=(int)1280, height=(int)720, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1,
> > framerate=(fraction)1580417221/65891899
> > /pipeline0/queue0.src: caps = video/x-h264,
> > codec_data=(buffer)014d4033ffe10016674d40339a7602802dd0800001f480005dc0478c189c01000468eebc80,
> > width=(int)1280, height=(int)720, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1,
> > framerate=(fraction)1580417221/65891899
> > /pipeline0/identity0.src: caps = video/x-h264,
> > codec_data=(buffer)014d4033ffe10016674d40339a7602802dd0800001f480005dc0478c189c01000468eebc80,
> > width=(int)1280, height=(int)720, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1,
> > framerate=(fraction)1580417221/65891899
> > /pipeline0/identity0.sink: caps = video/x-h264,
> > codec_data=(buffer)014d4033ffe10016674d40339a7602802dd0800001f480005dc0478c189c01000468eebc80,
> > width=(int)1280, height=(int)720, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1,
> > framerate=(fraction)1580417221/65891899
> > /pipeline0/identity0: last-message = "chain   *******
> > (identity0:sink)i (1320 bytes, timestamp: 0:00:00.000000000, duration:
> > 0:00:00.041692724, offset: -1, offset_end: -1, flags: 33) 0x9421618"
> > /pipeline0/m.video_0: caps = video/x-h264,
> > codec_data=(buffer)014d4033ffe10016674d40339a7602802dd0800001f480005dc0478c189c01000468eebc80,
> > width=(int)1280, height=(int)720, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1,
> > framerate=(fraction)1580417221/65891899
> >
> > Pressing ctrl-c gives the following:
> >
> > Caught interrupt -- handling interrupt.
> > Interrupt: Stopping pipeline ...
> > FEL: rörledningen vill inte utföra preroll.
> > Ställer in rörledningen till NULL...
> > /pipeline0/m.video_0: caps = NULL
> > /pipeline0/identity0.src: caps = NULL
> > /pipeline0/identity0.sink: caps = NULL
> > /pipeline0/queue0.src: caps = NULL
> > /pipeline0/queue0.sink: caps = NULL
> > /pipeline0/d.audio_00: caps = NULL
> > /pipeline0/d.video_00: caps = NULL
> > FRIGÖR rörledning...
> >
> >
> > I don't really know what all this means, but maybe someone else do?
> >
> > /Andreas
> >
> > 2007/12/8, Mark Nauwelaerts <[hidden email]>:
> > > identity is inserted the usual way
> > > (it is just another element that does nothing to the data passing through
> > > ---unless specifically asked otherwise--- but gives some info on what it
> > > "sees").  Concretely, using the fragment below (in place of the current one)
> > >
> > > d.video_00 ! queue ! identity ! m.video_00 d.audio_00 ! queue ! identity !
> > > m.audio_00
> > >
> > > should suffice. As gst-launch is being run with -v, you should get updates about
> > > identity's last-message property, which holds the diagnostics info (evidently,
> > > if needed, even more identity could be inserted at other places to show buffer
> > > by buffer what is happening).
> > >
> > > Other thoughts and comments:
> > > - After and/or beyond that, debug levels can be set/increased to have elements
> > > show what is going on ...
> > > - [at least some time ago, don't know now] ffmpeg's mp4 muxer may not always
> > > produce "nice results", depending on whichever piece of software player or
> > > hardware is used to play it (but I don't use any mp4, so ... ?)
> > > - framerate given below looks "not normal"
> > > - in "more normal" operation, I would also expect to see more ... caps =
> > > lines in the output
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Mark.
> > >
> > > Andreas Tunek wrote:
> > > > 2007/12/8, Mark Nauwelaerts <[hidden email]>:
> > > >> It is possible (though somewhat exotic) for the muxer to become "stuck" if the
> > > >> incoming streams do not have proper (= nicely sequential and balanced)
> > > >> timestamps.  You could try to verify this by inserting an identity element
> > > >> (after each queue) and see what it reports.
> > > >> This would also tell how far (#buffers) the pipeline really got).
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > How do you insert an identity element?
> > > >
> > > >> Also, matroskademux is not quite forthcoming in its error reporting.
> > > >> If it runs into some error, it will pause its task without sending any
> > > >> message/notification (unlike avimux in this regard)
> > > >> [it does send an EOS which normally should clear downstream blocking and finish
> > > >> things, but you never know ...]
> > > >>
> > > >> Regards,
> > > >> Mark.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the help.
> > > > Andreas
> > > >> Andreas Tunek wrote:
> > > >>> Is there really no way to transcode a .mkv to a .mp4 using gst-launch?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> 2007/12/3, Andreas Tunek <[hidden email]>:
> > > >>>> Using
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> gst-launch -v filesrc location=heroes.s02e07.720p.hdtv.x264-nbs.mkv !
> > > >>>> matroskademux name=d  ffmux_mp4 name=m ! filesink
> > > >>>> location=heroes.s2.7.mp4 d.video_00 ! queue ! m.video_00 d.audio_00 !
> > > >>>> queue ! m.audio_00
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> it stops here:
> > > >>>> Ställer in rörledningen till PAUSED...
> > > >>>> Rörledningen utför PREROLL...
> > > >>>> /pipeline0/queue0.sink: caps = video/x-h264,
> > > >>>> codec_data=(buffer)01640033ffe1001867640033ac721c05005ba100000303e90000bb808f18319e01000468eebcb0,
> > > >>>> width=(int)1280, height=(int)720, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1,
> > > >>>> framerate=(fraction)1710843747/71356439
> > > >>>> /pipeline0/queue0.src: caps = video/x-h264,
> > > >>>> codec_data=(buffer)01640033ffe1001867640033ac721c05005ba100000303e90000bb808f18319e01000468eebcb0,
> > > >>>> width=(int)1280, height=(int)720, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1,
> > > >>>> framerate=(fraction)1710843747/71356439
> > > >>>> /pipeline0/m.video_0: caps = video/x-h264,
> > > >>>> codec_data=(buffer)01640033ffe1001867640033ac721c05005ba100000303e90000bb808f18319e01000468eebcb0,
> > > >>>> width=(int)1280, height=(int)720, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1,
> > > >>>> framerate=(fraction)1710843747/71356439
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Any help?
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> 2007/12/1, Andreas Tunek <[hidden email]>:
> > > >>>>> Thanks for your help. Unfortunately I still have problems.....
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> 2007/11/28, Edward Hervey <[hidden email]>:
> > > >>>>>> On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 19:17 +0100, Andreas Tunek wrote:
> > > >>>>>>> Hi Gstreamers
> > > >>>>>>   We Stream the G !
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> I am sorry if this is the wrong list for this question, if so, please
> > > >>>>>>> direct me to the correct list.
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> I have a PS3 sitting next to my beautiful plasma TV. I use the PS3
> > > >>>>>>> browser to download mpeg2 movies from my own server at home and view
> > > >>>>>>> them using the PS3, but unfortunately most media I want to watch is
> > > >>>>>>> not in mpeg2 format.
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> The PS3 is supposed to be able to play h264 video and aac audio and is
> > > >>>>>>> also supposed to be able to use the .mp4 container.
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> Most of the media I would want to watch are .mkv files with h264
> > > >>>>>>> encoded video and aac audio and I was wondering if anyone has any luck
> > > >>>>>>> to remux the .mkv to a .mp4 using gst-launch? When I asked this on
> > > >>>>>>> #gstreamer on freenode some helpful person (sorry, I forgot your
> > > >>>>>>> name...) gave me this pipeline:
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>  gst-launch filesrc location=heroes.s02e07.720p.hdtv.x264-nbs.mkv !
> > > >>>>>>> matroskademux name=d  ffmux_mp4 name=m ! filesink
> > > >>>>>>> location=heroes.s2.7.mp4 m.video00 ! queue ! video00 audio00 ! queue !
> > > >>>>>>> d.audio00
> > > >>>>>> Put your various parts one after the other and you'll see your (syntax)
> > > >>>>>> error :
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> filesrc ! matroskademux name=d
> > > >>>>>> ffmux_mp4 name=m ! filesink
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> Now you want to connect the two together.
> > > >>>>>>  matroskademux has pads with names 'video_%02d' or 'audio_%02d', that
> > > >>>>>> means that the first audio and video pad will be video_00 and audio_00.
> > > >>>>>>  Using the same logic for ffmux_mp4, we have video_00 and audio_00
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>  Which gives us :
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> d.video_00 ! queue ! m.video_00
> > > >>>>>> d.audio_00 ! queue ! m.audio_00
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>   I'll let you figure out where your errors were and reconstruct the
> > > >>>>>> whole pipeline.
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>> I made the following pipeline:
> > > >>>>> gst-launch filesrc location=heroes.s02e07.720p.hdtv.x264-nbs.mkv !
> > > >>>>> matroskademux name=d  ffmux_mp4 name=m ! filesink
> > > >>>>> location=heroes.s2.7.mp4 d.video_00 ! queue ! m.video_00 d.audio_00 !
> > > >>>>> queue ! m.audio_00
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> I get a lot of warnings like
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> ** (gst-launch-0.10:2695): WARNING **: Add decoder imc (86046) please
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> ** (gst-launch-0.10:2695): WARNING **: Add decoder libgsm (86037) please
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> ** (gst-launch-0.10:2695): WARNING **: Add decoder libgsm_ms (86049) please
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> but then I get
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Ställer in rörledningen till PAUSED...
> > > >>>>> Rörledningen utför PREROLL... (pipeline is doing Preroll)
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> And this is all that is happening. The output file is 0 byte.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Is there an error in my pipeline or is there another problem?
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> I tried this on F8 wit Livna packages.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Regards
> > > >>>>> tuna
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> However, when I run the above pipeline it complains that there is no
> > > >>>>>>> video00-element.
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> I am running Fedora 7 with freshrpms, but I can try it on F8 with Livna as well.
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> Have anyone successfully remuxed files and played them on a PS3 using
> > > >>>>>>> gst-launch? If so, could you please post the gst-launch pipeline you
> > > >>>>>>> are using?
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> Are there any other tools I should use, maybe there is something
> > > >>>>>>> convenient I have missed?
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> Best regards
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> tuna
> > > >>>>>>    Edward
> > > >>>>>>
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