#9522: Certain H.264 videos cannot decode with videotoolbox -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: forthrin | Type: defect Status: new | Priority: normal Component: | Version: git- undetermined | master Keywords: | Blocked By: videotoolbox gpu | Blocking: | Reproduced by developer: 0 Analyzed by developer: 0 | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- For reasons unknown, a percentage of H.264 videos fail to hardware decode with videotoolbox. Enclosed is a dozen different single frame specimens that all cause the same problem and should thus help quickly identify and resolve the issue. {{{ $ ffmpeg -hwaccel videotoolbox -i 01.mp4 -xerror -f mp4 -y /dev/null ffmpeg version git-2021-11-21-18f22bf Copyright (c) 2000-2021 the FFmpeg developers built with Apple clang version 12.0.5 (clang-1205.0.22.9) configuration: --enable-nonfree --enable-gpl --enable-libass --enable- libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libssh --enable-libzimg --enable-opencl --enable-libmp3lame libavutil 57. 9.100 / 57. 9.100 libavcodec 59. 13.100 / 59. 13.100 libavformat 59. 9.101 / 59. 9.101 libavdevice 59. 0.101 / 59. 0.101 libavfilter 8. 17.100 / 8. 17.100 libswscale 6. 1.100 / 6. 1.100 libswresample 4. 0.100 / 4. 0.100 libpostproc 56. 0.100 / 56. 0.100 Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '01.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 512 compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41 Duration: 00:00:00.04, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 402 kb/s Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(progressive), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 244 kb/s, 23.99 fps, 23.99 tbr, 16k tbn (default) Metadata: handler_name : VideoHandler vendor_id : [0][0][0][0] Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264)) Press [q] to stop, [?] for help Error creating Videotoolbox decoder. videotoolbox hwaccel requested for input stream #0:0, but cannot be initialized. [h264 @ 0x7fce00d13580] decode_slice_header error [h264 @ 0x7fce00d13580] no frame! Conversion failed! $ }}} -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/9522> FFmpeg <https://ffmpeg.org> FFmpeg issue tracker