The problem is no longer seen with up to date 14.04 or 15.04 ** Changed in: libav (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to libav in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/945482 Title: Loud hiss on audio converting mp4 to mpg with avconv or ffmpeg Status in the libav multimedia framework: New Status in libav package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Using avconv on up to date Precise. Converting mp4 (downloaded using get-iplayer but I don't know whether this is significant) using the command avconv -i test.mp4 -target pal-dvd test.mpg yields a file with audio that is mostly hiss, with an undercurrent of the audio underneath. The terminal o/p is: $ avconv -i test.mp4 -target pal-dvd test.mpg avconv version 0.8-4:0.8-1ubuntu2, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the Libav developers built on Feb 9 2012 08:21:31 with gcc 4.6.2 [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x9a54260] multiple edit list entries, a/v desync might occur, patch welcome Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'test.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 512 compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41 encoder : Lavf53.20.0 media_type : 10 copyright : � 2012 British Broadcasting Corporation, all rights reserved title : Rugged Wales artist : BBC One album_artist : BBC TV album : Rugged Wales composer : BBC iPlayer genre : Factual comment : Iolo Williams explores some of the best wild and industrial landscapes in Wales. date : 2012-03-01T20:00:00Z description : Iolo Williams explores some of the best wild and industrial landscapes in Wales. show : Rugged Wales episode_id : b01cywyz network : BBC One Duration: 00:58:58.16, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1502 kb/s Stream #0.0(und): Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p, 832x468 [PAR 117:117 DAR 16:9], 1401 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 50 tbc Stream #0.1(und): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 94 kb/s [buffer @ 0x9a59f00] w:832 h:468 pixfmt:yuv420p [scale @ 0x9a59d60] w:832 h:468 fmt:yuv420p -> w:720 h:576 fmt:yuv420p flags:0x4 Incompatible sample format 's16' for codec 'ac3', auto-selecting format 'flt' <----- possibly significant ---------| Output #0, dvd, to 'test.mpg': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 512 compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41 network : BBC One media_type : 10 copyright : � 2012 British Broadcasting Corporation, all rights reserved title : Rugged Wales artist : BBC One album_artist : BBC TV album : Rugged Wales composer : BBC iPlayer genre : Factual comment : Iolo Williams explores some of the best wild and industrial landscapes in Wales. date : 2012-03-01T20:00:00Z description : Iolo Williams explores some of the best wild and industrial landscapes in Wales. show : Rugged Wales episode_id : b01cywyz encoder : Lavf53.20.0 Stream #0.0(und): Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x576 [PAR 64:45 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 6000 kb/s, 90k tbn, 25 tbc Stream #0.1(und): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, flt, 448 kb/s Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 -> mpeg2video) Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac -> ac3) Press ctrl-c to stop encoding Input stream #0:1 frame changed from rate:48000 fmt:s16 ch:2 to rate:48000 fmt:flt ch:2 [mpeg2video @ 0x9a57420] rc buffer underflow ^Cframe= 123 fps= 32 q=2.0 Lsize= 2360kB time=4.74 bitrate=4082.2kbits/s dup=4 drop=0 video:2042kB audio:259kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 2.574681% Received signal 2: terminating. If I add the option -acodec ac3_fixed then the sound is ok, so possibly it is a problem with ac3 codec. The problem is not seen on an earlier version of ffmpeg. I can provide a sample mp4 file showing the problem if necessary. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: libav-tools 4:0.8-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Mar 3 09:43:31 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20111129.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libav UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libav/+bug/945482/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp