[FFmpeg-user] Cannot Initialize DV Format

[Carl Zwanzig]

On 4/9/2023 11:28 AM, ace8cjc via ffmpeg-user wrote:
> Input #0, dv, from 'capture.dv':
>    Duration: 00:00:04.94, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 28771 kb/s
>    Stream #0:0: Video: dvvideo, yuv411p, 720x480 [SAR 8:9 DAR 4:3], 25000 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 29.97 tbn
>    Stream #0:1: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1024 kb/s
>    Stream #0:2: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1024 kb/s

I see three streams, one video and two audio.


> [dv @ 0x7f8ae3708d00] Can't initialize DV format!
> Make sure that you supply exactly two streams:
>       video: 25fps or 29.97fps, audio: 2ch/48|44|32kHz/PCM
>       (50Mbps allows an optional second audio stream)

which is more than the two allowed at that bit rate.

Use -map to select which of the audio streams you want or force the output 
to DVCPRO50 (I think all you need to add is "-pix_fmt yuv422p" before the 
output file).

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z!