[FFmpeg-user] Error reading 10bit H264 in Matroska

[Leo Izen]

Hi,

I have a peculiar case. I have a matroska file that's got an h264 stream 
inside. When I play this file with ffplay, it plays fine. However, 
ffmpeg cannot read it correctly.

The h264 stream inside of the mkv has a mistake and ffmpeg is having 
trouble detecting the parameters such as the pixel format. (The pixel 
format is yuv420p10le.) FFmpeg lists the pixel format as "none" and does 
not list a profile, despite the stream being yuv420p10le in the High 10 
profile. Attempting to isolate the stream by placing it inside an mp4 or 
a matroska container using -codec copy creates a file with very unsmooth 
playback, caused by misaligned DTS timestamps. FFmpeg does recognize the 
pixel format of the resulting file as yuv420p10le, but the playback 
still ends up very unsmooth. Attempting to transcode the stream stops at 
the filtergraph (even an empty filtergraph - it stops at buffer) due to 
an unrecognized pixel format "-1".

The weirdest thing is that none of this happens with ffplay - the file 
plays fine, even with extra stress (like video filters). I'm confused as 
to why ffplay can play the file correctly, given that ffmpeg can't make 
heads or tails of it, as though it's corrupted. Something seems odd there.

My FFmpeg is built from Git Master on Linux Mint 17.2 (A derivative of 
Ubuntu 14.04).
Uncut FFmpeg outputs and commands - http://pastebin.com/ZZeDPRLH
This is the FFplay output of it playing fine - http://pastebin.com/tjJUuge7

What is the issue here? How can I fix it?

-Leo Izen