Video header has empty length and file will not play

[Edward Hervey]

Hi,

  In order for the muxer to properly 'close' the file (i.e. write the
headers), you need to send an EOS event via the source when you're done.

  gst_element_send_event(myappsrc, gst_event_new_eos());

    Edward

On Mon, 2011-07-11 at 17:40 -0500, William Metcalf wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am trying to take raw video and encode it into mp4 format.  I have a C 
> application that takes in raw video frame from a capture card and stores 
> them into buffer, and then I push those buffers into a gstreamer 
> application using appsrc.   My pipeline is translated to command line as 
> follows:
> 
> appsrc ! videoparse width=720 height=480 framerate=29/1 ! ffenc_mpeg4 ! 
> qtmux ! filesink location=test.mp4
> 
> This pipeline executes correctly and doesn't report any errors, and it 
> produces the desired file.
> 
> I used the following pipeline to try and play the file:
> 
> gst-launch filesrc location="c:\\Encoder_Output\\test.mp4" ! decodebin ! 
> glimagesink
> 
> This pipeline does not play the file, and produces the following output:
> 
> Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
> Pipeline is PREROLLING ...
> ERROR: from element 
> /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstDecodeBin:decodebin0/GstQTDemux:qtdemux0: This 
> file is invalid and cannot be played.
> Additional debug info:
> ..\..\..\..\..\Source\gst-plugins-good\gst\qtdemux\qtdemux.c(1804): 
> gst_qtdemux_loop_state_header (): 
> /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstDecodeBin:decodebin0/GstQTDemux:qtdemux0:
> Header atom 'mdat' has empty length
> ERROR: pipeline doesn't want to preroll.
> Setting pipeline to NULL ...
> Freeing pipeline ...
> 
> After some research it seems that this problem usually occurs because of 
> how you exit the pipeline and end the stream.  My application works by 
> receiving 400 buffers.  After 400 buffers I call g_main_loop_quit(loop) 
> and gst_element_set_state(GST_STATE_NULL).  Is this not the correct way 
> to end the stream?  Can someone please provide me with some advice for 
> the correct way to end the stream so the header will be written 
> correctly and I can play the file?
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> William Metcalf
> 
> 
> 
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