ffmpeg multiplex pcm audio

[Michael Rampe]

****please post more information****

A header read on the output (ffmpeg -i video-mux.mpg) as well as the relevant stream mapping info from the encode run would be helpful.

Michael

[Andre Saegerman]

Hi Michael,
thx for your reply.

the captured info of the encoding command:

X:\testen\video\Witse>call "C:\Program Files\ffmpeg-0.5\ffmpeg.exe" -y -t 1 -v 8 -i "X:\testen\video\Witse\witse1_1.mpg" -f wav -i "X:\testen\video\Witse\witse1_1_2.wav" -vcodec copy -acodec pcm_s16be "X:\testen\video\Witse\witse1_1_mux.mpg"
FFmpeg version 0.5, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-pthreads --enable-avisynth --enable-libfaac -
-enable-libfaad --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-memalign-hack
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 0 / 52.20. 0
libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Mar 16 2009 16:09:18, gcc: 4.2.4 [Sherpya]

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 50.00 (50/1)
-> 25.00 (25/1)
Input #0, mpegvideo, from 'X:\testen\video\Witse\witse1_1.mpg':
Duration: 00:00:08.70, bitrate: 7455 kb/s
Stream #0.0, 1/1200000: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x576 [PAR 64:45 DAR 1
6:9], 1/50, 7456 kb/s, 25 tbr, 1200k tbn, 50 tbc
Input #1, wav, from 'X:\testen\video\Witse\witse1_1_2.wav':
Duration: 00:00:08.55, bitrate: 1536 kb/s
Stream #1.0, 1/48000: Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s
Output #0, mpeg, to 'X:\testen\video\Witse\witse1_1_mux.mpg':
Stream #0.0, 1/90000: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x576 [PAR 64:45 DAR 16:
9], 1/25, q=2-31, 7456 kb/s, 90k tbn, 25 tbc
Stream #0.1, 1/90000: Audio: pcm_s16be, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #1.0 -> #0.1
Press [q] to stop encoding
[mpeg @ 0x1751050]buffer underflow i=1 bufi=4064 size=4096
Last message repeated 67 times
[mpeg @ 0x1751050]packet too large, ignoring buffer limits to mux it
[mpeg @ 0x1751050]buffer underflow i=1 bufi=4064 size=4096
[mpeg @ 0x1751050]buffer underflow i=1 bufi=4032 size=4096
[mpeg @ 0x1751050]packet too large, ignoring buffer limits to mux it
[mpeg @ 0x1751050]buffer underflow i=1 bufi=2120 size=4096
... (deleted a lot of identic lines
[mpeg @ 0x1751050]buffer underflow i=1 bufi=2076 size=4096
[mpeg @ 0x1751050]packet too large, ignoring buffer limits to mux it
[mpeg @ 0x1751050]buffer underflow i=1 bufi=2076 size=4096
frame= 25 fps= 0 q=-1.0 Lsize= 1172kB time=1.00 bitrate=9601.0kbits/s dup=
0 drop=0
video:977kB audio:188kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.587873%
————————————————————–
and header on the output:
X:\testen\video\Witse>ffmpeg -i witse1_1_mux.mpg
FFmpeg version 0.5, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-avfilt
er --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-pthreads --enable-avisynth --enable-libfaac -
-enable-libfaad --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enabl
e-libvorbis --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-memalign-hack
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 0 / 52.20. 0
libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Mar 16 2009 16:09:18, gcc: 4.2.4 [Sherpya]
Input #0, mpeg, from 'witse1_1_mux.mpg':
Duration: 00:00:00.98, start: 0.500000, bitrate: 9783 kb/s
Stream #0.0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x576 [PAR 64:45 DAR 16:9]
, 7456 kb/s, 50 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
Stream #0.1[0xa0]: Audio: pcm_s16be, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified

The encoded file plays with no problem on Windows Media Player (perfect quality), video OK but no sound on VLC MediaPlayer, Nero ShowTime,

Output from Mediainfo 0.7.15:
General
Complete name : X:\testen\video\Witse\witse1_1_mux.mpg
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 1.14 MiB
Duration : 880ms
Overall bit rate : 10.9 Mbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 880ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 7 456 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.719
Stream size : 801 KiB (68%)

Audio
ID : 160 (0xA0)
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Duration : 880ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 165 KiB (14%)

When I do a demux of the muxed file I get

X:\testen\video\Witse>call "C:\Program Files\ffmpeg-0.5\ffmpeg.exe" -y -i "X:\testen\video\Witse\witse1_1_mux.mpg" -vn -f wav "X:\testen\video\Witse\witse1_1_mux.wav"
FFmpeg version 0.5, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-avfilt
...
built on Mar 16 2009 16:09:18, gcc: 4.2.4 [Sherpya]
Input #0, mpeg, from 'X:\testen\video\Witse\witse1_1_mux.mpg':
Duration: 00:00:00.98, start: 0.500000, bitrate: 9783 kb/s
Stream #0.0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x576 [PAR 64:45 DAR 16:9]
, 7456 kb/s, 50 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
Stream #0.1[0xa0]: Audio: pcm_s16be, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s
Output #0, wav, to 'X:\testen\video\Witse\witse1_1_mux.wav':
Stream #0.0: Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 -> #0.0
Press [q] to stop encoding
[pcm_s16be @ 0x1724780]invalid PCM packet
Error while decoding stream #0.1
Error while decoding stream #0.1
... 90 identic lines omitted
Error while decoding stream #0.1
Error while decoding stream #0.1
size= 2kB time=0.01 bitrate=1569.5kbits/s
video:0kB audio:2kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 2.178218%
When I open the resulting wav-file in Cool Edit 2000, I have about 10ms valid audio.

I hope you can help!
Many thanks

[Andre Saegerman]

some more info: when I multiplex with a mp3 file (instead of uncompressed audio) everything works fine.

X:\testen\video\Witse>call "C:\Program Files\ffmpeg-0.5\ffmpeg.exe" -y -t 1 -v 8 -i "X:\testen\video\Witse\witse1_1.mpg" -i "X:\testen\video\Witse\witse1_1.mp3" -vcodec copy -acodec copy "X:\testen\video\Witse\witse1_1_mux.mpg"
...
Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 50.00 (50/1)
-> 25.00 (25/1)
Input #0, mpegvideo, from 'X:\testen\video\Witse\witse1_1.mpg':
Duration: 00:00:08.70, bitrate: 7455 kb/s
Stream #0.0, 1/1200000: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x576 [PAR 64:45 DAR 1
6:9], 1/50, 7456 kb/s, 25 tbr, 1200k tbn, 50 tbc
Input #1, mp3, from 'X:\testen\video\Witse\witse1_1.mp3':
Duration: 00:00:08.76, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 128 kb/s
Stream #1.0, 1/90000: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 128 kb/s
Output #0, mpeg, to 'X:\testen\video\Witse\witse1_1_mux.mpg':
Stream #0.0, 1/90000: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x576 [PAR 64:45 DAR 16:
9], 1/25, q=2-31, 7456 kb/s, 90k tbn, 25 tbc
Stream #0.1, 1/90000: Audio: libmp3lame, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 128 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #1.0 -> #0.1
Press [q] to stop encoding
frame= 25 fps= 0 q=-1.0 Lsize= 998kB time=1.00 bitrate=8175.6kbits/s dup=
0 drop=0
video:977kB audio:16kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.513607%

[Michael Rampe]

A little bit of research shows that PCM is not supported in the mpg container format.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_container_formats

Can you use another type of container? what is your purpose?

Michael

[Andre Saegerman]

I’m sorry to disagree, I read in row “MPEG Video File (.mpg, .mpeg)”: Audio Formats supported “MPEG-1 Layers I, II, III (mp3), other formats only in private streams: LPCM[15]”
LPCM is Linear Pulse Code modulation, that is uncompressed audio. Private stream ID: 0xA0.

On https://dvd.sourceforge.net/dvdinfo/dvdmpeg.html you can read:
Private stream 1 (Audio and subpictures)
sub-stream 0x20 to 0x3f are subpictures
sub-stream 0x80 to 0x87 are audio (AC3, DTS, SDDS)
sub-stream 0xA0 to 0xA7 are LPCM audio

I am able to multiplex the MPEG2 videofile and the wav-file with Womble MPEG Video Wizard 5.0 and the file plays without problem on Win Media Player, VLC player, Nero Show Time and stand-alone DVD player.
I also tried Muxman 0.16 and this works for some MPEG2 videofiles, but not all (it complains about being the GOP too long (>36), although Womble MPEG GOP fixer says that all is OK).

I am trying to write a “granny proof” application (wizard) to burn automatically a DVD with MPEG2 video and uncompressed audio with DVD-subtitles. So I need a command line multiplexer. My application runs OK for MP2 and MP3 audio.

[Andre Saegerman]

Some more info: when I use the ffmpeg … -f dvd option, I can play the file in WMP and Nero Showtime, NOT VLC player

[Douglas Jotblad]

I had the same error so I tried different pcm codecs “pcm_alaw” gave me the result I wanted with no errors & quality was great!
Hope this helps!