incorrect processing of the input file *.mp4

[kingcrimsonster]

The output is a small non-working file

[Selur]

Hybrid calls ffmpeg with:

"C:\Program Files\Hybrid\64bit\ffmpeg.exe" -y -r 25/1 -i "C:\Windows\Temp\2022-03-06@18_30_20_5910__05.mkv" -i "C:\Windows\Temp\iId_1_aid_0_2022-03-06@18_30_20_5910_02.wav" -vcodec copy -acodec copy -metadata encoding_tool="Hybrid 2021.12.10.1" -map 0:0 -map 1:0 -aspect 704:476 -r 25/1 -f avi "D:\clips\new68 [2022.03.04]\Boney M\norm\1978.01.19_Intro + Belfast (Picolo Slam)_new.avi"

which reports:

ffmpeg version N-104760-g48fbb2bf17-ga7df966c82+3 Copyright (c) 2000-2021 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 11.2.0 (Rev2, Built by MSYS2 project) configuration: --pkg-config=pkgconf --cc='ccache gcc' --cxx='ccache g++' --ld='ccache g++' --disable-autodetect --enable-amf --enable-bzlib --enable-cuda --enable-cuvid --enable-d3d11va --enable-dxva2 --enable-iconv --enable-lzma --enable-nvenc --enable-zlib --enable-sdl2 --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-nvdec --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libaom --disable-debug --enable-fontconfig --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmfx --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libwebp --enable-libxml2 --enable-libzimg --enable-libshine --enable-gpl --enable-avisynth --enable-libxvid --enable-libopenmpt --enable-version3 --enable-librav1e --enable-libsrt --enable-libgsm --enable-libvmaf --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libflite --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libilbc --enable-libsvthevc --enable-libsvtvp9 --enable-libkvazaar --enable-libmodplug --enable-librtmp --enable-librubberband --enable-libtesseract --enable-libxavs --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-openal --enable-libcodec2 --enable-ladspa --enable-libglslang --enable-vulkan --enable-libdavs2 --enable-libxavs2 --enable-libuavs3d --enable-mbedtls --extra-cflags=-DLIBTWOLAME_STATIC --extra-libs=-lstdc++ --extra-cflags=-DCACA_STATIC --extra-cflags=-DMODPLUG_STATIC --extra-cflags=-DCHROMAPRINT_NODLL --extra-libs=-lstdc++ --extra-cflags=-DZMQ_STATIC --extra-libs=-lpsapi --extra-cflags=-DLIBXML_STATIC --extra-libs=-liconv --disable-w32threads --extra-cflags=-DKVZ_STATIC_LIB --extra-cflags=-DAL_LIBTYPE_STATIC --extra-cflags='-II:/media-autobuild_suite/local64/include' --extra-cflags='-II:/media-autobuild_suite/local64/include/AL' libavutil 57. 10.101 / 57. 10.101 libavcodec 59. 14.100 / 59. 14.100 libavformat 59. 9.102 / 59. 9.102 libavdevice 59. 0.101 / 59. 0.101 libavfilter 8. 18.100 / 8. 18.100 libswscale 6. 1.101 / 6. 1.101 libswresample 4. 0.100 / 4. 0.100 libpostproc 56. 0.100 / 56. 0.100 Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'C:\Windows\Temp\2022-03-06@18_30_20_5910__05.mkv': Metadata: encoder : libebml v1.4.2 + libmatroska v1.6.4 creation_time : 2022-03-06T14:30:22.000000Z Duration: 00:04:22.80, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1676 kb/s Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(tv, unknown/bt709/bt709, progressive), 704x476 [SAR 1:1 DAR 176:119], 25 fps, 25 tbr, 1k tbn (default) (forced) Metadata: BPS : 1674769 DURATION : 00:04:22.800000000 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 6570 NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 55016191 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v59.0.0 ('Shining Star') 64-bit _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2022-03-06 14:30:22 _STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #1.0 : stereo Input #1, wav, from 'C:\Windows\Temp\iId_1_aid_0_2022-03-06@18_30_20_5910_02.wav': Duration: 00:04:23.01, bitrate: 1411 kb/s Stream #1:0: Audio: pcm_s16le ([1][0][0][0] / 0x0001), 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 1411 kb/s Overriding aspect ratio with stream copy may produce invalid files Output #0, avi, to 'D:\clips\new68 [2022.03.04]\Boney M\norm\1978.01.19_Intro + Belfast (Picolo Slam)_new.avi': Metadata: encoding_tool : Hybrid 2021.12.10.1 ISFT : Lavf59.9.102 Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High) (H264 / 0x34363248), yuv420p(tv, unknown/bt709/bt709, progressive), 704x476 [SAR 1:1 DAR 176:119], q=2-31, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn (default) (forced) Metadata: BPS : 1674769 DURATION : 00:04:22.800000000 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 6570 NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 55016191 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v59.0.0 ('Shining Star') 64-bit _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2022-03-06 14:30:22 _STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES Stream #0:1: Audio: pcm_s16le ([1][0][0][0] / 0x0001), 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 1411 kb/s Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy) Stream #1:0 -> #0:1 (copy) Press [q] to stop, [?] for help frame= 1 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 size= 10kB time=00:00:00.00 bitrate=N/A speed= 0x [avi @ 000001233fbaaf40] H.264 bitstream malformed, no startcode found, use the video bitstream filter 'h264_mp4toannexb' to fix it ('-bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb' option with ffmpeg) av_interleaved_write_frame(): Invalid data found when processing input frame: 1, fps: 0 -> time: inf frame= 1 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 Lsize= 14kB time=00:00:00.02 bitrate=4877.2kbits/s speed=30.5x video:38kB audio:4kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: unknown Conversion failed!

So I could write a workaround, by adding '-bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb' to the ffmpeg muxing call whenever someone wants to muxliplex a H.264 stream into an .avi file, but since this is only needed if the input is broken in some way (remuxing H.264 mp4 files to mkv works fine here for all my samples) I do not plan to write a workaround for this. (Hybrid is not meant to try to cope with broken/malformed input files.)
You can try to remux your file with mkvtoolnix to mkv before processing it with Hybrid. (mkvtoolnix does some attempts to 'repair' files.)

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