Enceded Video Not playing Properly!

[Jim Sustacek]

I think there was some odd issue with your source files? I had to process them individually first, then combine them, so it took three commands:
ffmpeg -y -i "Render.avi" -crf 35.0 -vcodec libx264 -vf scale=320:240 -aspect 4:3 -coder 1 -flags +loop -cmp +chroma -partitions +parti4x4+partp8x8+partb8x8 -me_method hex -subq 6 -me_range 16 -g 250 -keyint_min 25 -sc_threshold 40 -i_qfactor 0.71 -b_strategy 1 -qcomp 0.6 -qmin 0 -qmax 69 -qdiff 4 -bf 3 -refs 5 -direct-pred 3 -trellis 1 -wpredp 2 -rc_lookahead 50 -threads 0 "video.mp4"

ffmpeg.exe -y -i "Kalimba.mp3" -vn -acodec libvo_aacenc -ar 48000 -b:a 128k "audio.mp4"

ffmpeg.exe -y -i video.mp4 -i audio.mp4 -c copy -shortest "Sample.mp4"

Let us know if that works for you.

[Lou Logan]

[Jim Sustacek] “ffmpeg -y -i “Render.avi” -crf 35.0 -vcodec libx264 -vf scale=320:240 -aspect 4:3 -coder 1 -flags +loop -cmp +chroma -partitions +parti4x4+partp8x8+partb8x8 -me_method hex -subq 6 -me_range 16 -g 250 -keyint_min 25 -sc_threshold 40 -i_qfactor 0.71 -b_strategy 1 -qcomp 0.6 -qmin 0 -qmax 69 -qdiff 4 -bf 3 -refs 5 -direct-pred 3 -trellis 1 -wpredp 2 -rc_lookahead 50 -threads 0 “video.mp4″”

Declaring a bewildering multitude of various libx264 options is not recommended. That’s what the encoding presets are for. The presets were designed by the x264 developers so users would not have to create such massive (and often incorrect) commands. Additionally, the presets keep up with any changes, new features, etc; unlike manually setting a million options.

So instead of your long command you could use:
ffmpeg -i input -codec:v libx264 -preset slow -crf 23 -vf scale=320:-1 output.mp4

A crf value of 35 is fairly low quality so I used a value that will provide higher quality, and “-threads 0” is now default, so that is not required.

Also see the FFmpeg and x264 Encoding Guide for more details and examples.

[Lou Logan]

You are experiencing the same issue as described in FFmpeg output is black video, with audio. Basically, you need to add the following option:
-pix_fmt yuv420p
or
-vf format=yuv420p
…and read my response in this thread to Jim Sustacek about your command (I now realize that was your command that Jim provided).

So your command can look like:
ffmpeg.exe -i Render.avi -i Kalimba.mp3 -codec:v libx264 -crf 23 -preset slow -filter:v format=yuv420p,scale=320:-1,setdar=4:3 -codec:a libvo_aacenc -ar 48000 -b:a 128k -shortest Sample.mp4

Next time please simply include your ffmpeg command and the complete console output in your message on this forum.