[FFmpeg-user] Not able to convert from AVID MXF XDCAM HD

[Rienk Leendertse]

Hi all,

I am a little confused,
I seem not to be able to convert from AVID (MC6.0.4 produced) MXF files (XDCAMHD, 1080i50).
ffmpeg seems not to recognise the streams. In the videofile it says that there is only a Data stream with Mpeg2Video, and for the Audio file it says it has only an empty data stream.
But for both files it does report a bitrate.


Can anyone explain what's happening here?
Do I need to install additional codecs (and where to get them) ?
I've installed recent version of AVID LE codecs.
And I have recent versions of XDCAM transfer as well.
By the way: Assimilate Scratch can open both files....

command line: ffmpeg -i TEST_mxf_test_Video.mxf -i TEST_mxf_test_Audio.mxf -map 0:v -map 1:a -ar 44100 OUTPUT.flv

result:
ffmpeg version 2.0 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Jul 22 2013 09:14:18 with llvm-gcc 4.2.1 (LLVM build 2336.11.00)
  configuration: --prefix=/Volumes/Ramdisk/sw --enable-gpl --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --enable-libspeex --enable-libvpx --disable-decoder=libvpx --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libx264 --enable-avfilter --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-filters --enable-libgsm --arch=x86_64 --enable-runtime-cpudetect
  libavutil      52. 38.100 / 52. 38.100
  libavcodec     55. 18.102 / 55. 18.102
  libavformat    55. 12.100 / 55. 12.100
  libavdevice    55.  3.100 / 55.  3.100
  libavfilter     3. 79.101 /  3. 79.101
  libswscale      2.  3.100 /  2.  3.100
  libswresample   0. 17.102 /  0. 17.102
  libpostproc    52.  3.100 / 52.  3.100
[mpeg2video @ 0x7ffd49839c00] Codec type or id mismatches
Input #0, mxf, from 'TEST_mxf_test_Video.mxf':
  Metadata:
    uid             : 00b6d350-a771-4895-aeda-a4f4e4d635bc
    generation_uid  : a7264bcd-087a-a010-0bc7-f0e8766f48ff
    application_platform: Win32
    modification_date: 2013-10-29 12:38:22
    product_uid     : acfbf03a-4f42-a231-d0b7-c06ecd3d4ad7
    product_version : Unknown version
    product_name    : Avid Media Composer 6.0.4
    company_name    : Avid Technology, Inc.
    timecode        : 00:02:00:00
  Duration: 00:00:35.88, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 50153 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Data: mpeg2video
Input #1, mxf, from 'TEST_mxf_test_Audio.mxf':
  Metadata:
    uid             : a9d9e6a5-1d1b-4eb0-a547-f0acd95a8848
    generation_uid  : b05534d4-27f3-8f3c-d799-6d4ff6f0430d
    application_platform: Win32
    modification_date: 2013-10-29 12:40:50
    product_uid     : acfbf03a-4f42-a231-d0b7-c06ecd3d4ad7
    product_version : Unknown version
    product_name    : Avid Media Composer 6.0.4
    company_name    : Avid Technology, Inc.
    timecode        : 00:02:00:00
  Duration: 00:00:35.88, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1052 kb/s
    Stream #1:0: Data: none
Stream map '0:v' matches no streams.


thanks for any input
Rienq