[FFmpeg-devel] FFMPEG fails to convert .mov - "Cannot allocate temp picture"

fcassia fcassia
Wed Dec 24 12:19:17 CET 2008


On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 8:15 AM, Baptiste Coudurier
<baptiste.coudurier at gmail.com> wrote:
> fcassia wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Baptiste Coudurier
>> <baptiste.coudurier at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> fcassia wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 4:53 PM, fcassia <fcassia at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Here is the problem file (it was a .mp4 recorded with the Neuros OSD
>>>>> Linux based PVR, and then opened and edited with Quicktime Pro for
>>>>> Windows version 7.5.5, then saves as .mov).
>>>>>
>>>>> http://the13thfloor.org/4friends/tigani-mide2.mov
>>>>>
>>>>> No matter what I try or the target format I choose, it always fails
>>>>> with the same error:
>>>>>
>>>  >> [...]
>>>  >>
>>>>> [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x177a110]stream 0, error opening file //tigani-mide.
>>>>> mov: Invalid argument
>>> Your file is a reference file pointing to external file, however an
>>> error occurs when opening external file. You should check the path and
>>> access to '//tigani-mide.mov'.
>>
>> Thanks for the pointer!. I knew something was odd, just wasn't sure
>> what. This is due to Qucktime PRO offering two choices when saving
>> files... either a "flattened" (wtf?) file (an individual video) or a
>> "pointer" (a file references a fragment of another).
>>
>> The question is... perhaps this is an opportunity to add a warning or
>> error message to FFMPEG when it encounters such .MOV files?
>
> Well, an error message is already printed if the file reference cannot
> be opened, the one I quoted.

Yes, but it is mixed in the middle of a stream of errors. I think it
should just stop there and inform the user in more human-friendly
terms that the file the user is attempting to convert has
missing/unreadable parts.

FC




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