VLC can't play my video (other players can)
Posted: 07 Feb 2020 14:59
Hi!
It's the first time in my practice VLC doesn't play video clearly played by other players.
My client asked me for a non-standard video with dimensions of 8640x1920. He planned to play it with VLC on his PC under Windows. But prepared by me MP4 file (H264), which played well with all my previews, didn't show video in VLC on his PC. I've tested it in VLC on my MAC — the same result. Message window shows me an error: "avcodec error: Invalid frame size 8640x1922 vsz 8640x1920". But info in all other apps shows correctly: 8640x1920. I've tried the same video but packed to MOV (ProRes). The message slightly changes: "avcodec error: Invalid frame size 8640x1920 vsz 8640x1920". All other players play this video without any problem. Can anybody explain this?
Here's extract from the one VLC Debug Log:
And from the second one:
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iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), 3,2 GHz Intel Core i5, 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1 GB, Mac OS X Mojave Version 10.14.6 Build 18G3020.
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It's the first time in my practice VLC doesn't play video clearly played by other players.
My client asked me for a non-standard video with dimensions of 8640x1920. He planned to play it with VLC on his PC under Windows. But prepared by me MP4 file (H264), which played well with all my previews, didn't show video in VLC on his PC. I've tested it in VLC on my MAC — the same result. Message window shows me an error: "avcodec error: Invalid frame size 8640x1922 vsz 8640x1920". But info in all other apps shows correctly: 8640x1920. I've tried the same video but packed to MOV (ProRes). The message slightly changes: "avcodec error: Invalid frame size 8640x1920 vsz 8640x1920". All other players play this video without any problem. Can anybody explain this?
Here's extract from the one VLC Debug Log:
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main debug: VLC media player - 3.0.8 Vetinari
main debug: Copyright © 1996-2019 the VideoLAN team
main debug: revision 3.0.8-0-gf350b6b5a7
main debug: configured with /Users/d-fu/vlc-3.0/extras/package/macosx/../../../configure '--prefix=/Users/d-fu/vlc-3.0/build/vlc_install_dir' '--enable-macosx' '--enable-merge-ffmpeg' '--enable-osx-notifications' '--enable-faad' '--enable-flac' '--enable-theora' '--enable-shout' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-libass' '--enable-macosx-qtkit' '--enable-macosx-avfoundation' '--disable-skins2' '--disable-xcb' '--disable-caca' '--disable-pulse' '--disable-sdl-image' '--disable-vnc' '--build=x86_64-apple-darwin17' '--host=x86_64-apple-darwin17' '--with-macosx-version-min=10.7' '--with-macosx-sdk=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk' '--with-breakpad=https://mac.crashes.videolan.org' 'build_alias=x86_64-apple-darwin17' 'host_alias=x86_64-apple-darwin17' 'CC=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang' 'CFLAGS=-g' 'LDFLAGS=' 'CXX=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang++' 'CXXFLAGS=-g' 'OBJC=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang' 'OBJCFLAGS=-g'
avcodec error: Invalid frame size 8640x1922 vsz 8640x1920
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avcodec error: Invalid frame size 8640x1922 vsz 8640x1920
main debug: incoming request - stopping current input
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `h264'
main debug: removing module "avcodec"
main debug: removing module "mp4"
mp4 debug: freeing all memory
main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES
main debug: removing module "record"
main debug: removing module "cache_read"
main debug: removing module "filesystem"
main debug: dead input
main debug: nothing to play
macosx debug: Playback has been ended
macosx debug: Releasing IOKit system sleep blocker (35142)
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main debug: VLC media player - 3.0.8 Vetinari
main debug: Copyright © 1996-2019 the VideoLAN team
main debug: revision 3.0.8-0-gf350b6b5a7
main debug: configured with /Users/d-fu/vlc-3.0/extras/package/macosx/../../../configure '--prefix=/Users/d-fu/vlc-3.0/build/vlc_install_dir' '--enable-macosx' '--enable-merge-ffmpeg' '--enable-osx-notifications' '--enable-faad' '--enable-flac' '--enable-theora' '--enable-shout' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-libass' '--enable-macosx-qtkit' '--enable-macosx-avfoundation' '--disable-skins2' '--disable-xcb' '--disable-caca' '--disable-pulse' '--disable-sdl-image' '--disable-vnc' '--build=x86_64-apple-darwin17' '--host=x86_64-apple-darwin17' '--with-macosx-version-min=10.7' '--with-macosx-sdk=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk' '--with-breakpad=https://mac.crashes.videolan.org' 'build_alias=x86_64-apple-darwin17' 'host_alias=x86_64-apple-darwin17' 'CC=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang' 'CFLAGS=-g' 'LDFLAGS=' 'CXX=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang++' 'CXXFLAGS=-g' 'OBJC=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang' 'OBJCFLAGS=-g'
main debug: toggling pause
macosx debug: Activated assertion NoIdleSleepAssertion through IOKit (35150)
avcodec error: Invalid frame size 8640x1920 vsz 8640x1920
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avcodec error: Invalid frame size 8640x1920 vsz 8640x1920
main debug: toggling resume
macosx debug: Releasing IOKit system sleep blocker (35150)
iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), 3,2 GHz Intel Core i5, 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1 GB, Mac OS X Mojave Version 10.14.6 Build 18G3020.
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My client used another player eventually. But the riddle remains.