[FFmpeg-devel] Mov/mp4 demuxer failing on mp4 file (Sample size is too large)

Robert Krüger krueger at lesspain.software
Fri Aug 11 13:57:10 EEST 2017


On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8/10/17, Robert Krüger <krueger at lesspain.software> wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 10:21 AM, Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 8/9/17, Robert Krüger <krueger at lesspain.software> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > can someone tell me what this hints at? Is this more likely a broken
> >> > file
> >> > or a missing feature of the demuxer? Unfortunately I cannot make the
> >> > file
> >> > available due to legal issues but if I know where to look, I could try
> >> > to
> >> > find a sample with similar characteristics.
> >> >
> >> > [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fb4b7002200] Sample size 2147484020 is
> too
> >> > large
> >> >
> >> > [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fb4b7002200] Invalid
> >> sample_count=-2147483519
> >> >
> >> > [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fb4b7002200] error reading header
> >>
> >> Does it play in QuickTime?
> >
> >
> > Yes it plays in Quicktime X on OSX but not in the old Quicktime 7.
>
> Than it should be reported as ffmpeg bug.
>


I would love to do that but at the moment I can only share the sample
privately due to rights issues.


More information about the ffmpeg-devel mailing list