[gst-devel] Convert .mkv containers into .mp4 containers playable on a PS3 using gst-launch

[Andreas Tunek]

Is there really no way to transcode a .mkv to a .mp4 using gst-launch?

2007/12/3, Andreas Tunek <andreas.tunek at gmail.com>:
> Using
>
> gst-launch -v filesrc location=heroes.s02e07.720p.hdtv.x264-nbs.mkv !
> matroskademux name=d  ffmux_mp4 name=m ! filesink
> location=heroes.s2.7.mp4 d.video_00 ! queue ! m.video_00 d.audio_00 !
> queue ! m.audio_00
>
> it stops here:
> Ställer in rörledningen till PAUSED...
> Rörledningen utför PREROLL...
> /pipeline0/queue0.sink: caps = video/x-h264,
> codec_data=(buffer)01640033ffe1001867640033ac721c05005ba100000303e90000bb808f18319e01000468eebcb0,
> width=(int)1280, height=(int)720, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1,
> framerate=(fraction)1710843747/71356439
> /pipeline0/queue0.src: caps = video/x-h264,
> codec_data=(buffer)01640033ffe1001867640033ac721c05005ba100000303e90000bb808f18319e01000468eebcb0,
> width=(int)1280, height=(int)720, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1,
> framerate=(fraction)1710843747/71356439
> /pipeline0/m.video_0: caps = video/x-h264,
> codec_data=(buffer)01640033ffe1001867640033ac721c05005ba100000303e90000bb808f18319e01000468eebcb0,
> width=(int)1280, height=(int)720, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1,
> framerate=(fraction)1710843747/71356439
>
> Any help?
>
> 2007/12/1, Andreas Tunek <andreas.tunek at gmail.com>:
> > Thanks for your help. Unfortunately I still have problems.....
> >
> > 2007/11/28, Edward Hervey <bilboed at gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 19:17 +0100, Andreas Tunek wrote:
> > > > Hi Gstreamers
> > >
> > >   We Stream the G !
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I am sorry if this is the wrong list for this question, if so, please
> > > > direct me to the correct list.
> > > >
> > > > I have a PS3 sitting next to my beautiful plasma TV. I use the PS3
> > > > browser to download mpeg2 movies from my own server at home and view
> > > > them using the PS3, but unfortunately most media I want to watch is
> > > > not in mpeg2 format.
> > > >
> > > > The PS3 is supposed to be able to play h264 video and aac audio and is
> > > > also supposed to be able to use the .mp4 container.
> > > >
> > > > Most of the media I would want to watch are .mkv files with h264
> > > > encoded video and aac audio and I was wondering if anyone has any luck
> > > > to remux the .mkv to a .mp4 using gst-launch? When I asked this on
> > > > #gstreamer on freenode some helpful person (sorry, I forgot your
> > > > name...) gave me this pipeline:
> > > >
> > > >  gst-launch filesrc location=heroes.s02e07.720p.hdtv.x264-nbs.mkv !
> > > > matroskademux name=d  ffmux_mp4 name=m ! filesink
> > > > location=heroes.s2.7.mp4 m.video00 ! queue ! video00 audio00 ! queue !
> > > > d.audio00
> > >
> > > Put your various parts one after the other and you'll see your (syntax)
> > > error :
> > >
> > > filesrc ! matroskademux name=d
> > > ffmux_mp4 name=m ! filesink
> > >
> > > Now you want to connect the two together.
> > >  matroskademux has pads with names 'video_%02d' or 'audio_%02d', that
> > > means that the first audio and video pad will be video_00 and audio_00.
> > >  Using the same logic for ffmux_mp4, we have video_00 and audio_00
> > >
> > >  Which gives us :
> > >
> > > d.video_00 ! queue ! m.video_00
> > > d.audio_00 ! queue ! m.audio_00
> > >
> > >
> > >   I'll let you figure out where your errors were and reconstruct the
> > > whole pipeline.
> > >
> >
> > I made the following pipeline:
> > gst-launch filesrc location=heroes.s02e07.720p.hdtv.x264-nbs.mkv !
> > matroskademux name=d  ffmux_mp4 name=m ! filesink
> > location=heroes.s2.7.mp4 d.video_00 ! queue ! m.video_00 d.audio_00 !
> > queue ! m.audio_00
> >
> > I get a lot of warnings like
> >
> > ** (gst-launch-0.10:2695): WARNING **: Add decoder imc (86046) please
> >
> > ** (gst-launch-0.10:2695): WARNING **: Add decoder libgsm (86037) please
> >
> > ** (gst-launch-0.10:2695): WARNING **: Add decoder libgsm_ms (86049) please
> >
> > but then I get
> >
> > Ställer in rörledningen till PAUSED...
> > Rörledningen utför PREROLL... (pipeline is doing Preroll)
> >
> > And this is all that is happening. The output file is 0 byte.
> >
> > Is there an error in my pipeline or is there another problem?
> >
> > I tried this on F8 wit Livna packages.
> >
> > Regards
> > tuna
> >
> > > >
> > > > However, when I run the above pipeline it complains that there is no
> > > > video00-element.
> > > >
> > > > I am running Fedora 7 with freshrpms, but I can try it on F8 with Livna as well.
> > > >
> > > > Have anyone successfully remuxed files and played them on a PS3 using
> > > > gst-launch? If so, could you please post the gst-launch pipeline you
> > > > are using?
> > > >
> > > > Are there any other tools I should use, maybe there is something
> > > > convenient I have missed?
> > > >
> > > > Best regards
> > > >
> > > > tuna
> > >
> > >    Edward
> > >
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