[FFmpeg-devel] decode_slice_header error

[Stefano Carucci]

Hello,

I came across an issue while decoding the H264 elementary stream with the following error:

[h264 @ 0x1851540] Found reference and non-reference fields in the same frame, which is not implemented. Update your FFmpeg version to the newest one from Git. If the problem still occurs, it means that your file has a feature which has not been implemented.
[h264 @ 0x1851540] If you want to help, upload a sample of this file to ftp://upload.ffmpeg.org/MPlayer/incoming/ and contact the ffmpeg-devel mailing list.
[h264 @ 0x1851540] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x1851540] mmco: unref short failure
[h264 @ 0x1850980] decoding for stream 0 failed
Input #0, h264, from 'slice_header_error-2016-10-27.h264':
  Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
    Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High 4:2:2), yuv422p, 256x128, 31.25 fps, 25 tbr, 1200k tbn, 50 tbc
Output #0, rawvideo, to 'output.yuv':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf55.19.104
    Stream #0:0: Video: rawvideo (Y42B / 0x42323459), yuv422p, 256x128, q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 90k tbn, 25 tbc
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 -> rawvideo)

I am not sure if I am getting the error due to an unsupported feature or a slice header, but the JM19.0 seems to decode it correctly.

I am using the following version:

ffmpeg version 2.1.8 Copyright (c) 2000-2015 the FFmpeg developers
  built on May  1 2015 14:58:04 with gcc 4.8.3 (GCC) 20140911 (Red Hat 4.8.3-7)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --datadir=/usr/share/ffmpeg --incdir=/usr/include/ffmpeg --libdir=/usr/lib64 --mandir=/usr/share/man --arch=x86_64 --optflags='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic' --enable-bzlib --disable-crystalhd --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-libass --enable-libcdio --enable-libcelt --enable-libdc1394 --disable-indev=jack --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-openal --enable-libopencv --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-x11grab --enable-avfilter --enable-avresample --enable-postproc --enable-pthreads --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-gpl --disable-debug --disable-stripping --shlibdir=/usr/lib64 --enable-runtime-cpudetect
  libavutil      52. 48.101 / 52. 48.101
  libavcodec     55. 39.101 / 55. 39.101
  libavformat    55. 19.104 / 55. 19.104
  libavdevice    55.  5.100 / 55.  5.100
  libavfilter     3. 90.100 /  3. 90.100
  libavresample   1.  1.  0 /  1.  1.  0
  libswscale      2.  5.101 /  2.  5.101
  libswresample   0. 17.104 /  0. 17.104
  libpostproc    52.  3.100 / 52.  3.100

Best regards,
Stefano
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