Hi, I am running into some issues when splitting and then concatenating files using ffmpeg.
I am using the following command line to split the files: ffmpeg -i D:\Videos\SwP\sp.webm -codec copy -f segment -segment_time 22 -reset_timestamps 1 D:\Videos\SplitTest\swp_%04d.webm and the output is: ffmpeg version N-69156-gff5b9a1c Copyright (c) 2000-2015 the FFmpeg developers built on Jan 20 2015 00:38:00 with gcc 4.9.2 (GCC) configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-lzma --enable-decklink --enable-zlib libavutil 54. 17.100 / 54. 17.100 libavcodec 56. 20.100 / 56. 20.100 libavformat 56. 19.100 / 56. 19.100 libavdevice 56. 4.100 / 56. 4.100 libavfilter 5. 8.100 / 5. 8.100 libswscale 3. 1.101 / 3. 1.101 libswresample 1. 1.100 / 1. 1.100 libpostproc 53. 3.100 / 53. 3.100 Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'D:\Videos\SwP\sp.webm': Metadata: encoder : libwebm-0.2.1.0 Duration: 00:02:47.21, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 5728 kb/s Stream #0:0(eng): Video: vp9, yuv420p, 1920x1080, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 24 fps, 24 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc (default) Output #0, segment, to 'D:\Videos\SplitTest\swp3_%04d.webm': Metadata: encoder : Lavf56.19.100 Stream #0:0(eng): Video: vp9, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 24 fps, 24 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc (default) Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy) Press [q] to stop, [?] for help frame= 1648 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 size=N/A time=00:01:08.62 bitrate=N/A frame= 3602 fps=3602 q=-1.0 size=N/A time=00:02:30.04 bitrate=N/A frame= 4014 fps=3748 q=-1.0 Lsize=N/A time=00:02:47.20 bitrate=N/A video:116892kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: unknown This works fine and the time stamps are correct on the separated files. I then take the separated files and try to merge them using the "-concat" command. This should merge the files together into a single continuous video without dropping any frames. I use the following command line to do this: ffmpeg -f concat -i D:\Videos\SplitTest\spList.txt -c copy D:\Videos\SplitTest\swp_merged.webm and the output is: ffmpeg version N-69156-gff5b9a1c Copyright (c) 2000-2015 the FFmpeg developers built on Jan 20 2015 00:38:00 with gcc 4.9.2 (GCC) configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-lzma --enable-decklink --enable-zlib libavutil 54. 17.100 / 54. 17.100 libavcodec 56. 20.100 / 56. 20.100 libavformat 56. 19.100 / 56. 19.100 libavdevice 56. 4.100 / 56. 4.100 libavfilter 5. 8.100 / 5. 8.100 libswscale 3. 1.101 / 3. 1.101 libswresample 1. 1.100 / 1. 1.100 libpostproc 53. 3.100 / 53. 3.100 Input #0, concat, from 'D:\Videos\SplitTest\spList.txt': Duration: N/A, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A Stream #0:0: Video: vp9, yuv420p, 1920x1080, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 1k fps, 24 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc Output #0, webm, to 'D:\Videos\SplitTest\swp_merged.webm': Metadata: encoder : Lavf56.19.100 Stream #0:0: Video: vp9, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 1k fps, 24 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy) Press [q] to stop, [?] for help frame= 2864 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 size= 86738kB time=00:01:59.08 bitrate=5966.9kbits/s frame= 4014 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 Lsize= 116925kB time=00:02:46.91 bitrate=5738.5kbits/s video:116892kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.027859% Where "D:\Videos\SplitTest\spList.txt" is the name of file that contains the list of the files to merge. The command in this file is: "file 'the 1st file location and name'" "file 'the 2nd file location and name'" etc. My issue is that after the merge, the duration of the video is shorter than the original file by 7 frames, which is the number of merges that happened between the 8 files that came out after the split. I used mkvinfo to look at the details of the .webm file and found that the problem is that ffmpeg is giving the first frame of the second part of a merged video the same time stamp as the last frame of the first part. Therefore I have duplicate time stamps at the point of every merge and I end up loosing a frame because of it. Here is the FFPROBE out put for 2 frames after the merge: ... [FRAME] media_type=video key_frame=0 pkt_pts=24958 pkt_pts_time=24.958000 pkt_dts=24958 pkt_dts_time=24.958000 best_effort_timestamp=24958 best_effort_timestamp_time=24.958000 pkt_duration=N/A pkt_duration_time=N/A pkt_pos=18554505 pkt_size=25065 width=1920 height=1080 pix_fmt=yuv420p sample_aspect_ratio=1:1 pict_type=P coded_picture_number=0 display_picture_number=0 interlaced_frame=0 top_field_first=0 repeat_pict=0 [/FRAME] [FRAME] media_type=video key_frame=1 pkt_pts=24958 pkt_pts_time=24.958000 pkt_dts=24958 pkt_dts_time=24.958000 best_effort_timestamp=24958 best_effort_timestamp_time=24.958000 pkt_duration=N/A pkt_duration_time=N/A pkt_pos=18579594 pkt_size=98654 width=1920 height=1080 pix_fmt=yuv420p sample_aspect_ratio=1:1 pict_type=I coded_picture_number=0 display_picture_number=0 interlaced_frame=0 top_field_first=0 repeat_pict=0 [/FRAME] ... I have tried this with a few different mkv/webm files and it happens with all of them. I also tried it with an Apple ProRes file and it does not occur. It looks like it is specific to ".mkv" files. Has anyone run into this issue before? Am I missing something? I tried looking on the forums and in the ffmpeg trac for a bug but was unable to find anything. Any help here would be appreciated. Thanks. _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user