[Ffmpeg-devel] Cannot convert from Quicktime DV to raw DV or AVI - dv output seems broken

[Aaron Williams]

I have some quicktime DV files I created using Kino and am unable to get
ffmpeg to convert container formats since Kino keeps crashing in
sws_scaler (part of ffmpeg).  I'm trying to convert it so I can
hopefully use Main Actor instead since as it is, Kino 0.9.5 is unusable
(jog/shuttle results in very frequent crashes).

I can't upload the file or cut it up at this point since the files are
many gigabytes in size.

ffmpeg -i FNL002.mov -acodec copy -vcodec copy -F dv fnl002.dv
FFmpeg version SVN-r7714, Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration:  --enable-shared --enable-a52 --enable-swscaler
--enable-pp --enable-dts --enable-faac --enable-faad --enable-mp3lame
--enable-libogg --enable-mp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-vorbis
--enable-x264 --enable-xvid --enable-xvid --enable-amr_nb
--enable-amr_nb --enable-amr_wb --enable-amr_if2 --enable-gpl --cpu=athlon64
  libavutil version: 49.2.0
  libavcodec version: 51.29.0
  libavformat version: 51.8.0
  built on Jan 25 2007 17:46:29, gcc: 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (SUSE
Linux)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'FNL002.mov':
  Duration: 01:01:35.7, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 30314 kb/s
  Stream #0.0(eng): Video: dvvideo, yuv411p, 720x480, 29.97 fps(r)
  Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: pcm_s16be, 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s
ffmpeg: unrecognized option '-F'
aaronw at flash:/video/capture> ffmpeg -i FNL002.mov -acodec copy -vcodec
copy -f dv fnl002.dv
FFmpeg version SVN-r7714, Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration:  --enable-shared --enable-a52 --enable-swscaler
--enable-pp --enable-dts --enable-faac --enable-faad --enable-mp3lame
--enable-libogg --enable-mp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-vorbis
--enable-x264 --enable-xvid --enable-xvid --enable-amr_nb
--enable-amr_nb --enable-amr_wb --enable-amr_if2 --enable-gpl --cpu=athlon64
  libavutil version: 49.2.0
  libavcodec version: 51.29.0
  libavformat version: 51.8.0
  built on Jan 25 2007 17:46:29, gcc: 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (SUSE
Linux)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'FNL002.mov':
  Duration: 01:01:35.7, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 30314 kb/s
  Stream #0.0(eng): Video: dvvideo, yuv411p, 720x480, 29.97 fps(r)
  Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: pcm_s16be, 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s
Output #0, dv, to 'fnl002.dv':
  Stream #0.0: Video: dvvideo, yuv411p, 720x480, q=2-31, 29.97 fps(c)
  Stream #0.1: Audio: pcm_s16be, 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
  Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
[dv @ 0x2ae33a43d160]Can't initialize DV format!
Make sure that you supply exactly two streams:
     video: 25fps or 29.97fps, audio: 2ch/48Khz/PCM
     (50Mbps allows an optional second audio stream)
Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?)
aaronw at flash:/video/capture> ffmpeg -i FNL002.mov -acodec copy -vcodec
copy fnl002.dv
FFmpeg version SVN-r7714, Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration:  --enable-shared --enable-a52 --enable-swscaler
--enable-pp --enable-dts --enable-faac --enable-faad --enable-mp3lame
--enable-libogg --enable-mp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-vorbis
--enable-x264 --enable-xvid --enable-xvid --enable-amr_nb
--enable-amr_nb --enable-amr_wb --enable-amr_if2 --enable-gpl --cpu=athlon64
  libavutil version: 49.2.0
  libavcodec version: 51.29.0
  libavformat version: 51.8.0
  built on Jan 25 2007 17:46:29, gcc: 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (SUSE
Linux)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'FNL002.mov':
  Duration: 01:01:35.7, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 30314 kb/s
  Stream #0.0(eng): Video: dvvideo, yuv411p, 720x480, 29.97 fps(r)
  Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: pcm_s16be, 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s
File 'fnl002.dv' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
Output #0, dv, to 'fnl002.dv':
  Stream #0.0: Video: dvvideo, yuv411p, 720x480, q=2-31, 29.97 fps(c)
  Stream #0.1: Audio: pcm_s16be, 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
  Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
[dv @ 0x2b2a2c266160]Can't initialize DV format!
Make sure that you supply exactly two streams:
     video: 25fps or 29.97fps, audio: 2ch/48Khz/PCM
     (50Mbps allows an optional second audio stream)
Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?)

ffmpeg -i FNL002.mov -acodec copy -vcodec copy fnl002.avi
FFmpeg version SVN-r7714, Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration:  --enable-shared --enable-a52 --enable-swscaler
--enable-pp --enable-dts --enable-faac --enable-faad --enable-mp3lame
--enable-libogg --enable-mp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-vorbis
--enable-x264 --enable-xvid --enable-xvid --enable-amr_nb
--enable-amr_nb --enable-amr_wb --enable-amr_if2 --enable-gpl --cpu=athlon64
  libavutil version: 49.2.0
  libavcodec version: 51.29.0
  libavformat version: 51.8.0
  built on Jan 25 2007 17:46:29, gcc: 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (SUSE
Linux)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'FNL002.mov':
  Duration: 01:01:35.7, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 30314 kb/s
  Stream #0.0(eng): Video: dvvideo, yuv411p, 720x480, 29.97 fps(r)
  Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: pcm_s16be, 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s
Output #0, avi, to 'fnl002.avi':
  Stream #0.0: Video: dvvideo, yuv411p, 720x480, q=2-31, 29.97 fps(c)
  Stream #0.1: Audio: pcm_s16be, 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
  Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?)