I use this command to crop a few seconds of mkv/mp4 videos. Sometimes it works perfectly fine.
But other times the output file which is in mp4 format only contains the audio. How can I fix it?
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -ss 01:10:15 -to 01:10:20 -c:v copy -c:a copy output.mp4
Don't use -c:v copy -c:a copy Re-encode it.
Direct stream copy copies the GOP (Group of pictures) chunks of the structure of file (from the first I-frame to the last P or B-frame).
Presumably your time is too short, less than one chunk of GOP.
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I am looking to add a text watermark to the first 25 frames of a video using ffmpeg. I have already tried the following command but it takes a long time as it processes the entire video:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "drawtext=fontfile=arial.ttf: text='Watermark': fontsize=24: fontcolor=white: x=(w-text_w)/2: y=(h-text_h)/2: enable='between(n,0,24)'" -c:a copy output.mp4
I need the encoding to be fast as I plan to make this change on the fly when streaming the video to the user. Is there a way to do this efficiently, such that the rest of the video remains unedited?
Before posting I have searched and found similar questions on stackoverflow (I list some below) - none have helped me towards a solution, hence this post. The duration that each image is shown within the movie file differs from many posts that I have seen thus far.
A camera captures 1 image every 30 seconds. I need stream them, preferably via HLS, thus I wrap 2 images in an MP4. I then convert MP4 to mpegts. Each MP4 and TS file play fine individually (each contain two images, each image transitions after 30seconds, each movie file is 1minute long).
When I reference the two TS files in an M3U8 playlist, only the first TS file gets played. Can anyone advise why it stops and how I can get it to play all the TS files that I expect to create, not just the first TS file? Besides my ffmpeg commands, I also include my VLC log file (though I expect to stream to Firefox/Chrome clients). I am using ffmpeg 4.2.2-static installed on an AWS EC2 with AMI2 Linux.
I have four jpgs named image11.jpg, image12.jpg, image21.jpg, image22.jpg - The images look near identical as only the timestamp in top left changes.
The following command creates 1.mp4, using image11.jpg and image12.jpg, each image displayed for 30 seconds, total duration of the mp4 is 1 minute. It plays like expected.
ffmpeg -y -framerate 1/30 -f image2 -i image1%1d.jpg -c:v libx264 -vf "fps=1,format=yuvj420p" 1.mp4
I then convert 1.mp4 to an mpegts file, creating 1.ts. It plays like expected.
ffmpeg -y -i 1.mp4 -c:v libx264 -vbsf h264_mp4toannexb -flags -global_header -f mpegts 1.ts
I repeat the above steps except specific to image21.jpg and image22.jpg, creating 2.mp4 and 2.ts
ffmpeg -y -framerate 1/30 -f image2 -i image1%1d.jpg -c:v libx264 -vf "fps=1,format=yuvj420p" 2.mp4
ffmpeg -y -i 1.mp4 -c:v libx264 -vbsf h264_mp4toannexb -flags -global_header -f mpegts 2.ts
Thus now I have 1.mp4, 1.ts, 2.mp4, 2.ts and all four play individually just fine.
Using ffprobe I can confirm their duration is 60seconds, for example:
ffprobe -i 1.ts -v quiet -show_entries format=duration -hide_banner -print_format json
My m3u8 playlist follows:
#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:4
#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:VOD
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:1
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:60.000
#EXTINF:60.0000,
1.ts
#EXTINF:60.000,
2.ts
#EXT-X-ENDLIST
Can anyone advise where I am going wrong?
VLC Error Log (though I expect to play via web browser)
I have researched the process using these (and other pages) as a guide:
How to create a video from images with ffmpeg
convert from jpg to mp4 by ffmpeg
ffmpeg examples page
FFMPEG An Intermediate Guide/image sequence
How to use FFmpeg to convert images to video
Take a look at the start_pts/start_time in the ffprobe -show_streams output, my guess is that they all start at zero/near-zero which will cause playback to fail after your first segment.
You can still produce them independently but you will want to use something like -output_ts_offset to correctly set the timestamps for subsequent segments.
The following solution works well for me. I have tested it uninterrupted for more than two hours and believe it ticks all my boxes. (Edited because I forgot the all important -re tag)
ffmpeg will loop continuously, reading test.jpg and stream it to my RTMP server. When my camera posts an image every 30seconds, I copy the new image on top of the existing test.jpg which in effect changes what is streamed out.
Note the command below is all one line, I have put new lines in to assist reading and The order of the parameters are important - the loop and fflags genpts for example must appear before the -i parameter
ffmpeg
-re
-loop 1
-fflags +genpts
-framerate 1/30
-i test.jpg
-c:v libx264
-vf fps=25
-pix_fmt yuvj420p
-crf 30
-f fifo -attempt_recovery 1 -recovery_wait_time 1
-f flv rtmp://localhost:5555/video/test
Some arguments explained:
-re implies play in real time
loop 1 (1 turns the loop on, 0 off)
-fflags +genpts is something I only half understand. PTS I believe is the start/end time of the segment and without this flag, the PTS is reset to zero with every new image. Using this arguement means I avoid EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY when a new image is served.
-framerate 1/30 means one frame for 30seconds
-i test.jpg is my image 'placeholder'. As new images are received via a separate script, it overwrites this image. When combined with loop it means the ffmpeg output will reference the new image.
-c:v libx264 is for H264 video output formating
-vf fps=25 Removing this, or using a different value resulted in my output stream not being 30seconds.
-pix_fmt yuvj420p (sometimes I have seen yuv420p referenced but this did not work on my environment). I believe there are different jpg colour palettes and this switch ensures I can process a wider choice.
-crf 30 implies highest quality image, lowest compression (important for my client)
-f fifo -attempt_recovery 1 -recovery_wait_time 1 -f flv rtmp://localhost:5555/video/test is part of the magic to go with loop. I believe it keeps the connection open with my stream server, reduces the risk of DISCONTINUITY in the play list.
I hope this helps someone going forward.
The following links helped nudge me forward and I share as it might help others to improve upon my solution
Creating a video from a single image for a specific duration in ffmpeg
How can I loop one frame with ffmpeg? All the other frames should point to the first with no changes, maybe like a recusion
Display images on video at specific framerate with loop using FFmpeg
Loop image ffmpeg HLS
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Slideshow
https://superuser.com/questions/1699893/generate-ts-stream-from-image-file
https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-formats.html#Examples-3
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/StreamingGuide
Anyone knows the fastest way to add image into video at first 20 seconds?
I have tried it, but it seemed like FFMPEG re-encoded the whole video even after 20 seconds which took a long time..
here my code:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -i logo.png -filter_complex "overlay=5:5:enable='between(t,0,20)'" output.mp4
Fast
Use a faster -preset and stream copy (re-mux) the audio instead of re-encoding it:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -i logo.png -filter_complex "overlay=5:5:enable='between(t,0,20)'" -preset fast -c:a copy output.mp4
Faster
You could encode the ~20 segment conforming to the same parameters as the main input, then concatenate with the concat demuxer in stream copy mode. However, this will be troublesome because conforming parameters is not trivial for most users, the concat inpoint directive is not guaranteed to seek accurately with non-intra inputs, and you could end up with timestamp issues anyway.
Fastest
The most fastest way is to use a player to overlay the logo:
mpv --lavfi-complex="[vid1][vid2]overlay=5:5:enable='between(t,0,20)[vo]" video.mp4 --external-file=image.png
Here's what I have to do,
I want to convert two different images in different video file (ex: convert a.jpg into a.avi and b.jpg into b.avi).
I am trying to generate video (.avi) from image file. Video file is generated successfully but I can't see the audio properties when I right click on video and see details tab in property.
Then I have one video file (.avi), using ffmpeg concat function, I am concating these three video files (a.avi, middle.avi which I already have, b.avi).
After this, I am getting file output.avi but audio is not there in outout.avi file. I have middle.avi which already contains audio.
Here's my concat command,
ffmpeg -i "concat:a.avi|middle.avi|b.avi" -vcodec copy 103_n4_2.avi
I am trying to generate video (.avi) from only one image file. Video file is generated successfully but I can't see the audio properties when I right click on video and see details tab in property.
Here's my command to convert image to video:
ffmpeg -loop 1 -i bCopy.jpg -t 30 -q:v 0 -r 24 output_a.avi
PS: a.avi and b.avi (which I have generated from images does not contain audio) but only middle.avi contains the audio.
I think the audio track is completly ommitted. I was not able to test it but it seams you need to map the audio stream manually to the output and delay it by the the length of your first image.
ffmpeg -i middle.avi -itsoffset 1 -map 1:1 -i "concat:a.avi|middle.avi|b.avi" -map 0:0 -vcodec copy -acodec copy 103_n4_2.avi
Thanks for the help but I have found the solution of this perticular issue,
Here are the steps:
1. Generate blank mp3 of the first slide duration.
- ffmpeg -f lavfi -i aevalsrc=0 -t 31 -q:a 9 -acodec libmp3lame out.mp3
2. Trim audio from middle slide
- ffmpeg -i middle.avi -acodec copy middle.mp3
3. Concat this two audio
- ffmpeg -i "concat:out.mp3|middle.mp3" -acodec copy 103_n4_2.mp3
4. Now concat audio and video(that we've cgenerated by concatenation)
- ffmpeg -i 103_n4_3.avi -i 103_n4_2.mp3 -c:v copy -c:a aac -strict experimental 103_n4_5.avi
trying to get my head around ffmpeg to create a slideshow where each image is displayed for ~5 seconds with some audio. created a bat file to run the following so far:
ffmpeg -f image2 -i image-%%03d.jpg -i music.mp3 output.mpg
It gets the images and displayes them all very fast in the first second of the video, it then plays out the rest of the audio while showing the last image.
I want to make the images stay up longer (about 5 seconds), and stop the video after the last frame (not playing the rest of the song), are either of these things possible? i could hack the frame rate thing i guess by having hundreds of the same image in order to keep it up longer, but this is far from ideal!
Thanks
The default encoder for mpg output, mpeg1video, is strict about the allowed frame rates, so an input and an output -r are required:
ffmpeg -r 1/5 -i image-%03d.jpg -i music.mp3 -r 25 -qscale:v 2 -shortest -codec:a copy output.mpg
The input images will have a frame rate of 1 frame every 5 seconds and the output will duplicate frames to reach 25 frames per second.
-f image2 is generally not required.
-qscale:v can control output quality. A sane range is 2-5.
-shortest will make the output duration the same as the shortest input duration.
-codec:a copy copy your MP3 audio instead of re-encoding.
MPEG-1 video has more modern alternatives. See the FFmpeg and x264 Encoding Guide for more info.
Also see:
* FFmpeg FAQ: How do I encode single pictures into movies?
* FFmpeg Wiki: Create a video slideshow from images
You could use the filter fps instead of output framerate
ffmpeg -r 1/5 -i img%03d.png -i musicfile -c:v libx264 -vf fps=25 -pix_fmt yuv420p out.mp4
This however skips the last image for me strangely.