[FFmpeg-user] Command Line Args identical to VLC's Profile "Video - H.264 + MP3 (MP4)"?

[Gan Uesli Starling]

Can anyone give me a command line encoding example for FFmpeg identical
to VLC's default profile "Video - H.264 + MP3 (MP4)"?

The way I'm doing MP4's now works fine on Linux (both MoivePlayer and
VLC) and also on Windows for VLC but not at all for WMP. This is a
problem because I don't make them only for me, but also for work where
they have to distribute to customers that won't or can't use VLC and
insist they must also play in WMP. How I'm fixing that now is to
post-convert them using VLC. I'd very like to bypass that step and
achieve VLC's good results on my own. Anyone?

Thanks in advance,

Ĝan Starling

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Post by Gan Uesli Starling
The way I'm doing MP4's now works fine on Linux (both
MoivePlayer and VLC) and also on Windows for VLC but
not at all for WMP.

Please provide your failing command line together with
the complete, uncut console output.

Carl Eugen

[Gan Uesli Starling]

The command as used now to compile a directory of stills into video...

ffmpeg -f image2 -y -i "foo/bar/frame_%09d.$ext_fm" -r 30 -s 960x720
-qmin 0 -qmax 40 "foo/bar/name.mp4"

The output is...

ffmpeg version git-2014-01-19-0500623 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg
developers
built on Jan 19 2014 12:36:41 with gcc 4.6 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)
configuration: --prefix=/home/aplonis/ffmpeg_build
--extra-cflags=-I/home/aplonis/ffmpeg_build/include
--extra-ldflags=-L/home/aplonis/ffmpeg_build/lib
--bindir=/home/aplonis/bin --extra-libs=-ldl --enable-gpl
--enable-libass --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus
--enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264
--enable-nonfree --enable-x11grab
libavutil 52. 63.100 / 52. 63.100
libavcodec 55. 48.101 / 55. 48.101
libavformat 55. 24.100 / 55. 24.100
libavdevice 55. 5.102 / 55. 5.102
libavfilter 4. 1.100 / 4. 1.100
libswscale 2. 5.101 / 2. 5.101
libswresample 0. 17.104 / 0. 17.104
libpostproc 52. 3.100 / 52. 3.100
Input #0, image2, from './bannered/frame_%09d.png':
Duration: 00:07:12.04, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
Stream #0:0: Video: png, rgba, 960x720 [SAR 3543:3543 DAR 4:3], 25
fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
No pixel format specified, yuv444p for H.264 encoding chosen.
Use -pix_fmt yuv420p for compatibility with outdated media players.
[libx264 @ 0x331c360] using SAR=1/1
[libx264 @ 0x331c360] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX
[libx264 @ 0x331c360] profile High 4:4:4 Predictive, level 3.1, 4:4:4 8-bit
[libx264 @ 0x331c360] 264 - core 140 r2 1ca7bb9 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec
- Copyleft 2003-2013 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options:
cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=7 psy=1
psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1
cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=4 threads=12
lookahead_threads=2 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0
bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 b_adapt=1
b_bias=0 direct=1 weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=2 keyint=250
keyint_min=25 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=crf
mbtree=1 crf=23.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=40 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40
aq=1:1.00
Output #0, mp4, to './finished/foo.mp4':
Metadata:
encoder : Lavf55.24.100
Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (libx264) ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021),
yuv444p, 960x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], q=0-40, 15360 tbn, 30 tbc
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (png -> libx264)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
frame= 104 fps=0.0 q=29.0 size= 28kB time=00:00:01.53 bitrate=
149.4kbits/s dup=17 drop=0 frame= 144 fps=142 q=29.0 size=
30kB time=00:00:02.86 bitrate= 85.3kbits/s dup=24 drop=0 frame=
177 fps=116 q=29.0 size= 258kB time=00:00:03.96 bitrate=
533.7kbits/s dup=29 drop=0

....many more such lines...

frame=12894 fps= 69 q=29.0 size= 115538kB time=00:07:07.86
bitrate=2212.1kbits/s dup=2149 drop=0 frame=12930 fps= 69 q=29.0
size= 115943kB time=00:07:09.06 bitrate=2213.6kbits/s dup=2155
drop=0 frame=12961 fps= 69 q=-1.0 Lsize= 116765kB time=00:07:11.96
bitrate=2214.4kbits/s dup=2160 drop=0
video:116611kB audio:0kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead
0.131863%
[libx264 @ 0x331c360] frame I:53 Avg QP:21.54 size:113312
[libx264 @ 0x331c360] frame P:4467 Avg QP:24.27 size: 21178
[libx264 @ 0x331c360] frame B:8441 Avg QP:28.12 size: 2227
[libx264 @ 0x331c360] consecutive B-frames: 1.9% 2.1% 95.1% 0.9%
[libx264 @ 0x331c360] mb I I16..4: 7.5% 73.2% 19.3%
[libx264 @ 0x331c360] mb P I16..4: 1.2% 5.9% 0.1% P16..4: 41.9%
13.9% 11.2% 0.0% 0.0% skip:25.9%
[libx264 @ 0x331c360] mb B I16..4: 0.1% 0.8% 0.0% B16..8: 19.9%
0.6% 0.1% direct: 0.6% skip:78.0% L0:42.9% L1:54.8% BI: 2.3%
[libx264 @ 0x331c360] 8x8 transform intra:82.3% inter:86.7%
[libx264 @ 0x331c360] coded y,u,v intra: 61.5% 42.1% 43.5% inter: 13.4%
11.1% 10.1%
[libx264 @ 0x331c360] i16 v,h,dc,p: 21% 36% 19% 24%
[libx264 @ 0x331c360] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 16% 12% 44% 4%
5% 5% 5% 5% 6%
[libx264 @ 0x331c360] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 30% 13% 21% 5%
7% 6% 6% 6% 5%

Post by Carl Eugen Hoyos

Post by Gan Uesli Starling
The way I'm doing MP4's now works fine on Linux (both
MoivePlayer and VLC) and also on Windows for VLC but
not at all for WMP.

Please provide your failing command line together with
the complete, uncut console output.
Carl Eugen
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[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Post by Gan Uesli Starling
No pixel format specified, yuv444p for H.264 encoding chosen.
Use -pix_fmt yuv420p for compatibility with outdated media players.

Please do not top-post here, Carl Eugen