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Can't play .x264 files

Postby woooei » 13 Aug 2018 18:03

Hello,

I have a bunch of .x264 video's from my IP-cam. Unfortunately I can't play them with VLC; the image freezes and there's no audio.

How can I fix that? I already set the Demux Module to 'H264 Video demuxer' in VLC. But the setting switches back to 'HEVC/H.265 videodemuxer' automatically.

Thanks in advance!

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Re: Can't play .x264 files

Postby Lotesdelere » 14 Aug 2018 10:11

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.

Also please upload a short sample of a problematic file to either Zippyshare.com (200 MB max) or to EmbedUpload.com, the latter will upload the file for you to several other hosts (use the default ones) and then post the link to the file here.

If needed 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.

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Re: Can't play .x264 files

Postby woooei » 14 Aug 2018 10:34

Thanks for your reply!

main debug: Creating an input for preparsing 'test movie.v264'
main debug: processing request item: test movie.v264, node: Afspeellijst, skip: 0
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Afspeellijst
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index 0
main debug: starting playback of new item
main debug: resyncing on test movie.v264
main debug: test movie.v264 is at 0
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'test movie.v264'
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
main debug: requesting art for new input thread
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Iris\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB
main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
main debug: using timeshift path: C:\Users\Iris\AppData\Local\Temp
main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
main debug: `file:///C:/Nieuwe%20map/test%20movie.v264' gives access `file' demux `h26x' path `/C:/Nieuwe%20map/test%20movie.v264'
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='h26x' location='/C:/Nieuwe%20map/test%20movie.v264' file='C:\Nieuwe map\test movie.v264'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "file": 15 candidates
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access: file:///C:/Nieuwe%20map/test%20movie.v264
main debug: (path: C:\Nieuwe map\test movie.v264)
main debug: looking for access module matching "file": 26 candidates
main debug: using access module "filesystem"
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "prefetch,cache_read": 24 candidates
cache_read debug: Using stream method for AStream*
cache_read debug: starting pre-buffering
cache_read debug: received first data after 0 ms
cache_read debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 1000000 KiB/s
main debug: using stream_filter module "cache_read"
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "any": 24 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Iris\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\playlist
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\anevia_streams.luac
qt debug: IM: Setting an input
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Iris\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\anevia_xml.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\appletrailers.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\bbc_co_uk.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\cue.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\dailymotion.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\jamendo.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\koreus.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\liveleak.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\newgrounds.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no art finder modules matched
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\rockbox_fm_presets.luac
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Iris\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\soundcloud.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Iris\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\twitch.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Iris\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Iris\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\vimeo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\vocaroo.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\youtube.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
main debug: no stream_filter modules matched
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
main debug: looking for stream_directory module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no stream_directory modules matched
main debug: attachment of directory-extractor failed for file:///C:/Nieuwe%20map/test%20movie.v264
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "record": 24 candidates
main debug: using stream_filter module "record"
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='h26x' location='/C:/Nieuwe%20map/test%20movie.v264' file='C:\Nieuwe map\test movie.v264'
main debug: looking for demux module matching "h26x": 55 candidates
h26x error: this doesn't look like a h264 ES stream, continuing anyway
main debug: looking for packetizer module matching "any": 24 candidates
main debug: using packetizer module "h264"
main debug: using demux module "h26x"
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no art finder modules matched
main debug: looking for a subtitle file in C:\Nieuwe map\
main debug: no art finder modules matched
main debug: looking for meta reader module matching "any": 2 candidates
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Iris\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
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Iris\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
main debug: no meta reader modules matched
main debug: `file:///C:/Nieuwe%20map/test%20movie.v264' successfully opened
h264 debug: found NAL_SPS (sps_id=0)
h264 debug: found NAL_PPS (pps_id=0 sps_id=0)
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Iris\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
main debug: selecting program id=0
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
main debug: looking for video decoder module matching "any": 17 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no art finder modules matched
avcodec debug: using ffmpeg Lavc58.6.103
avcodec debug: CPU flags: 0x000853db
avcodec debug: allowing 6 thread(s) for decoding
avcodec debug: codec (h264) started
avcodec debug: using frame thread mode with 6 threads
main debug: using video decoder module "avcodec"
h26x debug: using 25.00 fps
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 26%
main debug: Buffering 53%
main debug: Buffering 80%
main debug: Stream buffering done (320 ms in 1 ms)
avcodec debug: available hardware decoder output format 119 (cuda)
avcodec debug: available hardware decoder output format 53 (dxva2_vld)
avcodec debug: available hardware decoder output format 118 (d3d11va_vld)
avcodec debug: available hardware decoder output format 174 (d3d11)
avcodec debug: available software decoder output format 0 (yuv420p)
avcodec debug: trying format d3d11va_vld
main debug: looking for text renderer module matching "any": 3 candidates
freetype debug: Using DWrite backend
freetype debug: DWrite_GetFamily(): family name: Arial
freetype debug: DWrite_ParseFamily(): using font at index 0 with weight 400 for bold: 0, italic: 0
freetype debug: DWrite_ParseFamily(): using font at index 1 with weight 700 for bold: 1, italic: 0
freetype debug: DWrite_ParseFamily(): using font at index 2 with weight 400 for bold: 0, italic: 1
freetype debug: DWrite_ParseFamily(): using font at index 3 with weight 700 for bold: 1, italic: 1
main debug: using text renderer module "freetype"
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
swscale debug: 32x32 (32x32) chroma: YUVA -> 16x16 (16x16) chroma: RGBA with scaling using Bicubic (good quality)
main debug: using video converter module "swscale"
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
yuvp debug: YUVP to YUVA converter
main debug: using video converter module "yuvp"
main debug: Deinterlacing available
main debug: deinterlace -1, mode auto, is_needed 0
main debug: looking for vout window module matching "qt,any": 3 candidates
qt debug: requesting video window...
main debug: resized to 1366x632
main debug: resized to 1920x1080
main debug: using vout window module "qt"
main debug: looking for inhibit module matching "any": 1 candidates
main debug: using inhibit module "inhibit"
main debug: Opening vout display wrapper
main debug: looking for vout display module matching "any": 12 candidates
direct3d11 debug: creating Vout EventThread
direct3d11 debug: Win32VoutCreateWindow
main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 1920x1080
direct3d11 debug: inclinometer not found. (hr=0x80070490)
direct3d11 debug: created video sub-window
direct3d11 debug: Vout EventThread running
main debug: resized to 1366x632
main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 1366x632
direct3d11 debug: supports colorspace RGB Rec.709 gamma:22 range:FULL
direct3d11 debug: supports colorspace RGB Rec.709 gamma:22 range:STUDIO
direct3d11 debug: supports colorspace RGB Rec.2020 gamma:22 range:STUDIO
direct3d11 debug: supports colorspace RGB Rec.2020 gamma:22 range:FULL
direct3d11 debug: supports colorspace RGB Rec.2020 gamma:2084 range:FULL
direct3d11 debug: supports colorspace RGB Rec.2020 gamma:2084 range:STUDIO
direct3d11 debug: Output max luminance: 270.0, colorspace RGB Rec.709 gamma:22 range:FULL, bits per pixel 8
direct3d11 debug: using colorspace RGB Rec.709 gamma:22 range:FULL
direct3d11 debug: Using pixel format VA_NV12 for chroma DX11
main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 1936x1119
direct3d11 debug: Direct3D11 resources created
direct3d11 debug: Direct3D11 device adapter successfully initialized
direct3d11 debug: Direct3D11 Open Succeeded
main debug: using vout display module "direct3d11"
direct3d11 debug: D3D11 pool succeed with 40 surfaces (1920x1152) context 0x0000000007bb96b8
main debug: original format sz 1920x1088, of (0,0), vsz 1920x1080, 4cc DX11, sar 1:1, msk r0x0 g0x0 b0x0
main debug: removing module "freetype"
main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 1366x632
main debug: looking for text renderer module matching "any": 3 candidates
direct3d11 debug: Detected size change 1123x632
freetype debug: Using DWrite backend
freetype debug: DWrite_GetFamily(): family name: Arial
freetype debug: DWrite_ParseFamily(): using font at index 0 with weight 400 for bold: 0, italic: 0
freetype debug: DWrite_ParseFamily(): using font at index 1 with weight 700 for bold: 1, italic: 0
freetype debug: DWrite_ParseFamily(): using font at index 2 with weight 400 for bold: 0, italic: 1
freetype debug: DWrite_ParseFamily(): using font at index 3 with weight 700 for bold: 1, italic: 1
main debug: using text renderer module "freetype"
main debug: looking for hw decoder module matching "any": 2 candidates
d3d11va debug: Intel WDDM driver 10.18.10.4358
d3d11va debug: Reusing Direct3D11 device
d3d11va debug: CreateDevice succeed
d3d11va debug: - 'MPEG-2 variable-length decoder' is supported
d3d11va debug: - 'MPEG-2 inverse discrete cosine transform' is supported
d3d11va debug: - 'VC-1 variable-length decoder' is supported
d3d11va debug: - 'VC-1 variable-length decoder 2 (Intel)' is supported
d3d11va debug: - 'VC-1 variable-length decoder (Intel)' is supported
d3d11va debug: - 'Windows Media Video 9 IDCT' is supported
d3d11va debug: - 'VC-1 inverse discrete cosine transform' is supported
d3d11va debug: - 'H.264 variable-length decoder, no film grain technology' is supported
d3d11va debug: - 'Unknown decoder 0x97688186-0x56a8-0x4094-0xb543fc9daaa49f4b' is supported
d3d11va debug: - 'Unknown decoder 0xc346e8a3-0xcbed-0x4d27-0x87cca70eb4dc8c27' is supported
d3d11va debug: - 'Unknown decoder 0xffc79924-0x5eaf-0x4666-0xa73606190f281443' is supported
d3d11va debug: - 'Unknown decoder 0xf416f7bd-0x098a-0x4cf1-0xa11bce54959ca03d' is supported
d3d11va debug: - 'Unknown decoder 0x49761bec-0x4b63-0x4349-0xa5ff87ffdf088466' is supported
d3d11va debug: Trying to use 'H.264 variable-length decoder, no film grain technology' as input
d3d11va debug: NV12 output is supported for decoder H.264 variable-length decoder, no film grain technology.
d3d11va debug: Using output format NV12 for decoder H.264 variable-length decoder, no film grain technology
d3d11va debug: va_pool_SetupDecoder id 27 1920x1088 count: 24
d3d11va debug: using external surface pool
d3d11va debug: ID3D11VideoDecoderOutputView succeed with 24 surfaces (1920x1088)
d3d11va debug: we got 6 decoder configurations
d3d11va debug: configuration[0] ConfigBitstreamRaw 2
d3d11va debug: configuration[1] ConfigBitstreamRaw 1
d3d11va debug: configuration[2] ConfigBitstreamRaw 1
d3d11va debug: configuration[3] ConfigBitstreamRaw 1
d3d11va debug: configuration[4] ConfigBitstreamRaw 2
d3d11va debug: configuration[5] ConfigBitstreamRaw 2
d3d11va debug: DxCreateDecoderSurfaces succeed
main debug: using hw decoder module "d3d11va"
avcodec info: Using D3D11VA (Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000, vendor 32902(Intel), device 358, revision 9) for hardware decoding
main error: buffer deadlock prevented
main debug: Decoder wait done in 282 ms
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 6 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 43 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 84 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 122 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 162 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 201 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 241 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 282 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 321 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 361 ms)
main debug: auto hiding mouse cursor
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 1440 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 81 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 41 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 1 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 201 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 241 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 201 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 321 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 281 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 401 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 361 ms)
main debug: auto hiding mouse cursor
main debug: EOF reached
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `h264'
main debug: removing module "avcodec"
main debug: saving a free vout
main debug: reusing provided vout
main debug: removing module "h26x"
main debug: removing module "h264"
main debug: removing module "record"
main debug: removing module "cache_read"
main debug: removing module "filesystem"
main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play
main debug: destroying useless vout
main debug: removing module "direct3d11"
direct3d11 debug: Direct3D11 resources destroyed
qt debug: IM: Deleting the input
direct3d11 debug: Direct3D11 device adapter closed
direct3d11 error: SetThumbNailClip failed: 0x800706f4
direct3d11 debug: Win32 Vout EventThread terminating
direct3d11 debug: Win32VoutCloseWindow
direct3d11 debug: WinProc WM_DESTROY
main debug: removing module "inhibit"
qt debug: releasing video...
qt debug: Video is not needed anymore
main debug: removing module "freetype"
main debug: removing module "yuvp"
main debug: removing module "swscale"

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Re: Can't play .x264 files

Postby Millstone50 » 21 Jul 2019 18:34

Just in case anyone comes across this in a Google search, the only way I found to fix this was to reduce the camera resolution to 1080p. It was previously at 2048x1536 and would cause this problem on some machines.


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