[FFmpeg-trac] #10018(undetermined:new): Duration estimation regression for h264 in mov

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Thu Nov 10 12:13:13 EET 2022


#10018: Duration estimation regression for h264 in mov
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             Reporter:  Peter Z      |                    Owner:  (none)
                 Type:  defect       |                   Status:  new
             Priority:  normal       |                Component:
                                     |  undetermined
              Version:  unspecified  |               Resolution:
             Keywords:               |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:               |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0            |
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Description changed by Peter Z:

Old description:

> Summary of the bug:
> There appears to be a regression with guesstimation of packet durations
> in ffmpeg v5 compared to v4.4.1. Tested on latest master. The problem can
> be seen both with ffprobe and by doing a remux of the content, with the
> remux the total file duration will be affected.
>
> How to reproduce:
> Create a test file with a frame rate of 30fps with a timescale double
> that.
> {{{
> % ./ffmpeg -f lavfi -i testsrc=duration=10:size=1728x720:rate=30 -c:v
> libx264 -b:v 1000000 -video_track_timescale 60 -movie_timescale 60
> repro.mp4
> ffmpeg version N-109048-g65f3bc9e7e Copyright (c) 2000-2022 the FFmpeg
> developers
>   built with Apple clang version 14.0.0 (clang-1400.0.29.202)
>   configuration: --enable-static --enable-ffmpeg --enable-ffprobe
> --disable-shared --enable-gpl --enable-gray --enable-nonfree --enable-
> iconv --enable-libxml2 --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-
> libvorbis --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvpx --enable-
> libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --disable-stripping --enable-
> libfreetype --enable-libsoxr --extra-cflags=-I/opt/homebrew/include
> --extra-ldflags=-L/opt/homebrew/lib
>   libavutil      57. 42.100 / 57. 42.100
>   libavcodec     59. 52.100 / 59. 52.100
>   libavformat    59. 34.101 / 59. 34.101
>   libavdevice    59.  8.101 / 59.  8.101
>   libavfilter     8. 50.100 /  8. 50.100
>   libswscale      6.  8.112 /  6.  8.112
>   libswresample   4.  9.100 /  4.  9.100
>   libpostproc    56.  7.100 / 56.  7.100
> Input #0, lavfi, from 'testsrc=duration=10:size=1728x720:rate=30':
>   Duration: N/A, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
>   Stream #0:0: Video: wrapped_avframe, rgb24, 1728x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR
> 12:5], 30 fps, 30 tbr, 30 tbn
> Stream mapping:
>   Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (wrapped_avframe (native) -> h264 (libx264))
> Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] using SAR=1/1
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] using cpu capabilities: ARMv8 NEON
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] profile High 4:4:4 Predictive, level 3.2, 4:4:4,
> 8-bit
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] 264 - core 164 r3095 baee400 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
> codec - Copyleft 2003-2022 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options:
> cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=7 psy=1
> psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1
> cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=4 threads=15
> lookahead_threads=2 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0
> bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 b_adapt=1
> b_bias=0 direct=1 weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=2 keyint=250 keyint_min=25
> scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=abr mbtree=1 bitrate=1000
> ratetol=1.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
> Output #0, mp4, to 'repro.mp4':
>   Metadata:
>     encoder         : Lavf59.34.101
>   Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv444p(tv, progressive),
> 1728x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 12:5], q=2-31, 1000 kb/s, 30 fps, 60 tbn
>     Metadata:
>       encoder         : Lavc59.52.100 libx264
>     Side data:
>       cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/1000000 buffer size: 0 vbv_delay: N/A
> frame=  300 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 Lsize=     547kB time=00:00:09.90 bitrate=
> 452.9kbits/s speed=11.6x
> video:543kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB
> muxing overhead: 0.804443%
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] frame I:2     Avg QP:11.65  size: 12071
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] frame P:76    Avg QP: 4.77  size:  2199
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] frame B:222   Avg QP: 4.38  size:  1640
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] consecutive B-frames:  1.3%  0.0%  0.0% 98.7%
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] mb I  I16..4: 72.3% 23.5%  4.2%
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] mb P  I16..4:  2.1%  0.5%  0.6%  P16..4:  3.1%
> 0.5%  0.1%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:93.0%
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] mb B  I16..4:  0.0%  0.1%  0.0%  B16..8:  3.6%
> 0.2%  0.0%  direct: 1.6%  skip:94.4%  L0:52.6% L1:46.7% BI: 0.7%
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] final ratefactor: 0.18
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] 8x8 transform intra:21.2% inter:84.3%
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] coded y,u,v intra: 6.2% 7.1% 6.3% inter: 0.1%
> 1.3% 1.2%
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] i16 v,h,dc,p: 89%  9%  1%  2%
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 62%  4% 33%  0%
> 0%  0%  0%  0%  0%
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 18% 47% 34%  0%
> 0%  0%  0%  0%  0%
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] ref P L0: 84.6%  0.8% 10.9%  3.6%
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] ref B L0: 93.8%  6.2%  0.1%
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] ref B L1: 98.2%  1.8%
> [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] kb/s:444.27
>
> }}}
> Check the duration of the packets with ffprobe:
> {{{
> % ffprobe -show_packets repro.mp4
> }}}
> With ffmpeg 4.4.1 this would show packet duration as 2 (2/60) but with
> ffmpeg 5.x all the packets get duration 1 (1/60).
>
> The consequences of this can also be observed by remuxing the file:
> {{{
> % ffmpeg -i repro.mp4 -c copy remux.mp4
>  --- full ffprobe output in attached file ---
> }}}
>

> Now the probed duration is no longer 10s but 1/60 less 9.983333.
>
> I think this problem might have appeared after H264 parsing was
> introduced with this commit:
> 8a3f8afa4e46011e9c5849f8e0d57ec9b53deef7
>
> At least I have observed that during the execution of the
> compute_frame_duration function there is in ffmpeg5 a valid pointer to a
> AVCodecParserContext set but not in version 4.4.1 of ffmpeg.
> https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/master/libavformat/demux.c#L668
> Thus the heuristic for guessing the frame duration is now taking the
> second branch and going purely on timebase.
>
> Patches should be submitted to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list and not this
> bug tracker.

New description:

 Summary of the bug:
 There appears to be a regression with guesstimation of packet durations in
 ffmpeg v5 compared to v4.4.1. Tested on latest master. The problem can be
 seen both with ffprobe and by doing a remux of the content, with the remux
 the total file duration will be affected.

 How to reproduce:
 Create a test file with a frame rate of 30fps with a timescale double
 that.
 {{{
 % ./ffmpeg -f lavfi -i testsrc=duration=10:size=1728x720:rate=30 -c:v
 libx264 -b:v 1000000 -video_track_timescale 60 -movie_timescale 60
 repro.mp4
 ffmpeg version N-109048-g65f3bc9e7e Copyright (c) 2000-2022 the FFmpeg
 developers
   built with Apple clang version 14.0.0 (clang-1400.0.29.202)
   configuration: --enable-static --enable-ffmpeg --enable-ffprobe
 --disable-shared --enable-gpl --enable-gray --enable-nonfree --enable-
 iconv --enable-libxml2 --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-
 libvorbis --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvpx --enable-
 libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --disable-stripping --enable-
 libfreetype --enable-libsoxr --extra-cflags=-I/opt/homebrew/include
 --extra-ldflags=-L/opt/homebrew/lib
   libavutil      57. 42.100 / 57. 42.100
   libavcodec     59. 52.100 / 59. 52.100
   libavformat    59. 34.101 / 59. 34.101
   libavdevice    59.  8.101 / 59.  8.101
   libavfilter     8. 50.100 /  8. 50.100
   libswscale      6.  8.112 /  6.  8.112
   libswresample   4.  9.100 /  4.  9.100
   libpostproc    56.  7.100 / 56.  7.100
 Input #0, lavfi, from 'testsrc=duration=10:size=1728x720:rate=30':
   Duration: N/A, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
   Stream #0:0: Video: wrapped_avframe, rgb24, 1728x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 12:5],
 30 fps, 30 tbr, 30 tbn
 Stream mapping:
   Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (wrapped_avframe (native) -> h264 (libx264))
 Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] using SAR=1/1
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] using cpu capabilities: ARMv8 NEON
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] profile High 4:4:4 Predictive, level 3.2, 4:4:4,
 8-bit
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] 264 - core 164 r3095 baee400 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
 codec - Copyleft 2003-2022 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options:
 cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=7 psy=1
 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1
 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=4 threads=15
 lookahead_threads=2 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0
 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 b_adapt=1
 b_bias=0 direct=1 weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=2 keyint=250 keyint_min=25
 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=abr mbtree=1 bitrate=1000
 ratetol=1.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
 Output #0, mp4, to 'repro.mp4':
   Metadata:
     encoder         : Lavf59.34.101
   Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv444p(tv, progressive),
 1728x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 12:5], q=2-31, 1000 kb/s, 30 fps, 60 tbn
     Metadata:
       encoder         : Lavc59.52.100 libx264
     Side data:
       cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/1000000 buffer size: 0 vbv_delay: N/A
 frame=  300 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 Lsize=     547kB time=00:00:09.90 bitrate=
 452.9kbits/s speed=11.6x
 video:543kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB
 muxing overhead: 0.804443%
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] frame I:2     Avg QP:11.65  size: 12071
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] frame P:76    Avg QP: 4.77  size:  2199
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] frame B:222   Avg QP: 4.38  size:  1640
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] consecutive B-frames:  1.3%  0.0%  0.0% 98.7%
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] mb I  I16..4: 72.3% 23.5%  4.2%
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] mb P  I16..4:  2.1%  0.5%  0.6%  P16..4:  3.1%
 0.5%  0.1%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:93.0%
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] mb B  I16..4:  0.0%  0.1%  0.0%  B16..8:  3.6%
 0.2%  0.0%  direct: 1.6%  skip:94.4%  L0:52.6% L1:46.7% BI: 0.7%
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] final ratefactor: 0.18
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] 8x8 transform intra:21.2% inter:84.3%
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] coded y,u,v intra: 6.2% 7.1% 6.3% inter: 0.1% 1.3%
 1.2%
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] i16 v,h,dc,p: 89%  9%  1%  2%
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 62%  4% 33%  0%  0%
 0%  0%  0%  0%
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 18% 47% 34%  0%  0%
 0%  0%  0%  0%
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] ref P L0: 84.6%  0.8% 10.9%  3.6%
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] ref B L0: 93.8%  6.2%  0.1%
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] ref B L1: 98.2%  1.8%
 [libx264 @ 0x1452061e0] kb/s:444.27

 }}}
 Check the duration of the packets with ffprobe:
 {{{
 % ffprobe -show_packets repro.mp4
  --- full ffprobe output in attached file ---
 }}}
 With ffmpeg 4.4.1 this would show packet duration as 2 (2/60) but with
 ffmpeg 5.x all the packets get duration 1 (1/60).

 The consequences of this can also be observed by remuxing the file:
 {{{
 % ffmpeg -i repro.mp4 -c copy remux.mp4
 }}}


 Now the probed duration is no longer 10s but 1/60 less 9.983333.

 I think this problem might have appeared after H264 parsing was introduced
 with this commit:
 8a3f8afa4e46011e9c5849f8e0d57ec9b53deef7

 At least I have observed that during the execution of the
 compute_frame_duration function there is in ffmpeg5 a valid pointer to a
 AVCodecParserContext set but not in version 4.4.1 of ffmpeg.
 https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/master/libavformat/demux.c#L668
 Thus the heuristic for guessing the frame duration is now taking the
 second branch and going purely on timebase.

 Patches should be submitted to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list and not this
 bug tracker.

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