[FFmpeg-trac] #3182(avformat:new): A/V desync when transcoding MPEG-TS streams if an audio track disappears

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Fri Nov 29 20:20:24 CET 2013


#3182: A/V desync when transcoding MPEG-TS streams if an audio track disappears
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             Reporter:  aurelien  |                     Type:  defect
               Status:  new       |                 Priority:  normal
            Component:  avformat  |                  Version:  git-master
             Keywords:  mpeg-ts   |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:            |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0         |
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 Hi,

 I have some streams that for some unknown reasons (I don't have control on
 them since it's mainly DVB-S streams) lose audio from time to time.

 In some cases a new PMT with only a video track can be found or the audio
 packets could just disappear.
 This can last a few seconds or multiple hours (delay for the broadcaster
 to fix the problem I guess).

 In both cases get_input_packet() from process_input() won't see packets
 with stream_index=audio anymore.
 ffmpeg will keep encoding the video frames.

 The problem is with av_interleaved_write_frame() in write_frame(). This
 functions waits for all streams to have at least one packet before writing
 to the output.
 In this case it will buffer video packets (thus leaking) until another
 audio packet comes ; and then it will start to write the video packets
 again but they won't match the audio packets.

 I crafted (once again) a sample 'bbb_gap_sound.ts' by deleting some audio
 packets from an MPEG-TS stream (I don't have a sample where the PMT
 changes).
 It's from Big Buck Bunny so there are only music and noises but it's quite
 easy to spot the A/V desync (the audio disappears at ~37s).

 How to reproduce:
 {{{
 ffmpeg -i bbb_gap_sound.ts  -acodec libfdk_aac -b:a 64k -ac 2 -ar 44100
 -vcodec libx264 -b:v 800k -s 320x240 /tmp/bbb_encoded.ts
 ffmpeg version N-58591-ga677fb6 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg
 developers
   built on Nov 29 2013 17:58:08 with gcc 4.7 (Debian 4.7.2-5)
   configuration: --prefix=/home/aurelien/local --enable-postproc --enable-
 nonfree --enable-gpl --enable-libfaac --enable-shared --enable-libx264
 --extra-cflags=-I/home/aurelien/local/include --extra-
 ldflags=-L/home/aurelien/local/lib --enable-version3 --disable-
 optimizations --enable-libfreetype --disable-stripping --enable-libaacplus
 --enable-libfdk-aac
   libavutil      52. 55.100 / 52. 55.100
   libavcodec     55. 44.100 / 55. 44.100
   libavformat    55. 21.102 / 55. 21.102
   libavdevice    55.  5.102 / 55.  5.102
   libavfilter     3. 91.100 /  3. 91.100
   libswscale      2.  5.101 /  2.  5.101
   libswresample   0. 17.104 /  0. 17.104
   libpostproc    52.  3.100 / 52.  3.100
 [h264 @ 0x16a9aa0] non-existing PPS referenced
 [h264 @ 0x16a9aa0] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
 [h264 @ 0x16a9aa0] decode_slice_header error
 [h264 @ 0x16a9aa0] no frame!
 [... non-existing PPS messages skipped ...]
 [mpegts @ 0x16a5a00] PES packet size mismatch
 Input #0, mpegts, from 'bbb_gap_sound.ts':
   Duration: 00:01:58.26, start: 211.763244, bitrate: 988 kb/s
   Program 1
     Metadata:
       service_name    : Service01
       service_provider: FFmpeg
     Stream #0:0[0x100]: Video: h264 (High) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B),
 yuv420p, 320x240, 24 fps, 24 tbr, 90k tbn, 48 tbc
     Stream #0:1[0x101](eng): Audio: aac ([15][0][0][0] / 0x000F), 44100
 Hz, stereo, fltp, 64 kb/s
 [libx264 @ 0x16abb40] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2
 AVX AVX2 FMA3 LZCNT BMI2
 [libx264 @ 0x16abb40] profile High, level 2.0
 Output #0, mpegts, to '/tmp/bbb_encoded.ts':
   Metadata:
     encoder         : Lavf55.21.102
     Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (libx264), yuv420p, 320x240, q=-1--1, 800
 kb/s, 90k tbn, 24 tbc
     Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (libfdk_aac), 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 64
 kb/s
 Stream mapping:
   Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 -> libx264)
   Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac -> libfdk_aac)
 Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
 [mpegts @ 0x16a5a00] PES packet size mismatchme=00:01:53.16 bitrate=
 616.6kbits/s dup=32 drop=0
 [h264 @ 0x228af80] error while decoding MB 4 13, bytestream (-40)
 [h264 @ 0x228af80] concealing 85 DC, 85 AC, 85 MV errors in P frame
 frame= 2839 fps=601 q=-1.0 Lsize=   14116kB time=00:01:58.20 bitrate=
 978.2kbits/s dup=33 drop=0
 video:12165kB audio:565kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead
 10.884066%
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/3182>
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