VLC recording video as MP3?? (not MP4)

[VLCnewbee]

Hello, I have tried to follow the pretty basic instructions for saving a video file to the libraries/videos folder.

Original file format is AVI.

I made a start and stop point and hit record, at the start and end.

The file is saved okay but a *.mp3, NOT mp4 as it said it would save it. Which means it isnt actually a video file...

What have I missed?

Thanks.

[Lotesdelere]

Please open Tools -> Messages (set Verbosity to 2) before you start the playback and then paste the full resulting log here or on Pastebin.com if it's too long.

[VLCnewbee]

Okay, here goes


main debug: auto hiding mouse cursor
main warning: PTS is out of range (-9936), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (-35907), dropping buffer
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 38 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 5 ms)
avi warning: cannot get packet header, track disabled
main debug: EOF reached
main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty
main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty
main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty
main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty
main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty
main debug: finished input
main debug: removing module "avcodec"
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10)) stopped
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `h264', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: saving a free vout
main debug: reusing provided vout
main debug: removing module "mpeg_audio"
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `mpga', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: removing module "mpgatofixed32"
main debug: removing module "scaletempo"
main debug: removing module "samplerate"
main debug: removing module "aout_directx"
aout_directx debug: closing audio device
aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread exiting
main debug: removing module "audio_format"
main debug: removing module "float32_mixer"
main debug: releasing audio output
main debug: removing module "avi"
main debug: removing module "stream_filter_record"
main debug: removing module "filesystem"
main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES
main debug: dead input
main debug: repeating item
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'EK000009.AVI'
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `file:///D:/Pictures/Trailcam/BushlittleHD/EK000009.AVI' gives access `file' demux `' path `/D:/Pictures/Trailcam/BushlittleHD/EK000009.AVI'
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/D:/Pictures/Trailcam/BushlittleHD/EK000009.AVI' file='D:\Pictures\Trailcam\BushlittleHD\EK000009.AVI'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 3 candidates
main debug: no access_demux module matching "file" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.475 ms - Total 0.475 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.475 ms)
main debug: creating access 'file' location='/D:/Pictures/Trailcam/BushlittleHD/EK000009.AVI', path='D:\Pictures\Trailcam\BushlittleHD\EK000009.AVI'
main debug: looking for access module: 3 candidates
filesystem debug: opening file `D:\Pictures\Trailcam\BushlittleHD\EK000009.AVI'
main debug: using access module "filesystem"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.236 ms - Total 0.236 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.236 ms)
main debug: Using stream method for AStream*
main debug: starting pre-buffering
main debug: received first data after 0 ms
main debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 20833 KiB/s
main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 4 candidates
main debug: no stream_filter module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.119 ms - Total 0.119 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.119 ms)
main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate
main debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.105 ms - Total 0.105 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.105 ms)
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/D:/Pictures/Trailcam/BushlittleHD/EK000009.AVI' file='D:\Pictures\Trailcam\BushlittleHD\EK000009.AVI'
main debug: looking for demux module: 55 candidates
avi debug: <list 'AVI '>
avi debug: <list 'hdrl'>
avi debug: <list 'strl'>
avi debug: </list 'strl'>
avi debug: <list 'strl'>
avi debug: </list 'strl'>
avi debug: </list 'hdrl'>
avi debug: skipping movi chunk
avi debug: </list 'AVI '>
avi debug: * LIST-root size:14280486 pos:0
avi debug: + RIFF-AVI size:14280478 pos:0
avi debug: | + LIST-hdrl size:316 pos:12
avi debug: | | + avih size:56 pos:24
avi debug: | | + LIST-strl size:116 pos:88
avi debug: | | | + strh size:56 pos:100
avi debug: | | | + strf size:40 pos:164
avi debug: | | + LIST-strl size:116 pos:212
avi debug: | | | + strh size:56 pos:224
avi debug: | | | + strf size:40 pos:288
avi debug: | + LIST-movi size:14263014 pos:336
avi debug: | + idx1 size:17120 pos:14263358
avi debug: AVIH: 2 stream, flags HAS_INDEX IS_INTERLEAVED TRUST_CKTYPE
avi debug: stream[0] rate:30 scale:1 samplesize:0
avi debug: stream[0] video(H264) 1280x720 24bpp 30.000000fps
main debug: selecting program id=0
avi debug: stream[1] rate:8000 scale:1 samplesize:1
avi debug: stream[1] audio(0x50 - MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3) 2 channels 44100Hz 0bits
avi debug: selected standard index for stream[0]
avi debug: selected standard index for stream[1]
avi debug: stream[0] created 470 index entries
avi debug: stream[1] created 600 index entries
avi debug: stream[0] length:15 (based on index)
avi debug: stream[1] length:15 (based on index)
main debug: using demux module "avi"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.015 ms - Total 1.015 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.015 ms)
main debug: looking for a subtitle file in D:\Pictures\Trailcam\BushlittleHD
main debug: looking for decoder module: 31 candidates
avcodec debug: libavcodec already initialized
avcodec debug: trying to use direct rendering
avcodec debug: allowing 4 thread(s) for decoding
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10)) started
avcodec debug: using frame thread mode with 4 threads
main debug: using decoder module "avcodec"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.910 ms - Total 1.910 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.910 ms)
main debug: looking for decoder module: 31 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "mpeg_audio"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.322 ms - Total 0.322 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.322 ms)
main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader\filename.luac
main debug: no meta reader module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.440 ms - Total 1.440 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.440 ms)
main debug: `file:///D:/Pictures/Trailcam/BushlittleHD/EK000009.AVI' successfully opened
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 8%
main debug: Buffering 16%
mpeg_audio debug: MPGA channels:2 samplerate:44100 bitrate:64
main debug: recycling audio output
main debug: looking for audio output module: 2 candidates
aout_directx debug: Opening DirectSound Audio Output
main debug: Buffering 25%
main debug: Buffering 33%
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
aout_directx debug: found device: Primary Sound Driver
aout_directx debug: found device: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
aout_directx debug: using device: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
main debug: Buffering 41%
main debug: Buffering 50%
main debug: Buffering 58%
main debug: Buffering 66%
main debug: Buffering 75%
main debug: Buffering 83%
main debug: Buffering 91%
main debug: Buffering 100%
main debug: Stream buffering done (325 ms in 2 ms)
main debug: trying to reuse free vout
main debug: removing module "freetype"
main debug: looking for text renderer module: 2 candidates
freetype debug: Using Arial as font from file C:\Windows\Fonts\arial.ttf
freetype debug: using fontsize: 2
main debug: using text renderer module "freetype"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.071 ms - Total 1.071 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.071 ms)
main debug: reusing provided vout
avcodec debug: using direct rendering
main debug: TIMER input launching for 'EK000009.AVI' : 8.261 ms - Total 8.261 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 8.261 ms)
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
direct3d debug: Created 349x47 texture for OSD
aout_directx debug: device supports 2 channels (DEFAULT!)
aout_directx debug: device supports 1 channel
aout_directx debug: Windows says your SpeakerConfig is stereo
aout_directx debug: creating DirectSoundThread
main debug: using audio output module "aout_directx"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 50.787 ms - Total 50.787 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 50.787 ms)
main debug: output 's16l' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes
aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread ready
main debug: mixer 'f32l' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes
main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'s16l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates
audio_format debug: f32l->s16l, bits per sample: 32->16
main debug: using audio filter module "audio_format"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.201 ms - Total 0.201 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.201 ms)
main debug: conversion pipeline completed
main debug: looking for audio mixer module: 2 candidates
main debug: using audio mixer module "float32_mixer"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.102 ms - Total 0.102 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.102 ms)
main debug: input 'mpga' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1152 samples/1262 bytes
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 1 candidate
scaletempo debug: format: 44100 rate, 2 nch, 4 bps, fl32
scaletempo debug: params: 30 stride, 0.200 overlap, 14 search
scaletempo debug: 1.000 scale, 1323.000 stride_in, 1323 stride_out, 1059 standing, 264 overlap, 617 search, 2204 queue, fl32 mode
main debug: using audio filter module "scaletempo"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.175 ms - Total 0.175 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.175 ms)
main debug: filter(s) 'mpga'->'f32l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates
mpgatofixed32 debug: mpga->f32l, bits per sample: 32
main debug: using audio filter module "mpgatofixed32"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.123 ms - Total 0.123 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.123 ms)
main debug: conversion pipeline completed
main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'f32l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: conversion pipeline completed
main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'f32l' 48510 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "samplerate"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.189 ms - Total 0.189 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.189 ms)
main debug: conversion pipeline completed
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 49 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-9989), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (-35976), dropping buffer
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 7 ms)
main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (87088 us)
main warning: not synchronized (87089 us), resampling
main warning: buffer too late (86571), up-sampling
main debug: auto hiding mouse cursor

[VLCnewbee]

Any clues from the above as to why I cant get an mp4 file?

[Lotesdelere]

H.264 into AVI is not a good idea but I'm not sure that's where the problem lies.

Anyway, please upload a short sample of a problematic file to either http://streams.videolan.org/upload/ or to Tinyupload.com, and then post the link to the file here.

Cut it with DGsplit and read here about how to do it:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=57724&p=193335#p193335
50 MB max should be enough.