[FFmpeg-user] wmv3+wma2.mov: Failed to open codec / Unable to parse option value "(null)" as sample format

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Fri May 5 02:29:37 EEST 2017


Moritz Barsnick wrote:

> On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 10:58:47 +1000, ffmpeg at zoot.org wrote:
> >   [wmav2 @ 0x7fdbeb01cc00] block_align is not set
> >   [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fdbeb001200] Failed to open codec in av_find_stream_info
> >   [wmav2 @ 0x7fdbeb01cc00] block_align is not set
> 
> Either the codec is misidentified (or mistagged in the MOV file), or
> ffmpeg doesn't like the combination wma+mov.
> 
> >   [abuffer @ 0x7fdbea5006c0] Unable to parse option value "(null)" as sample format
> 
> Perhaps it would help to indicate to ffmpeg the input sample format
> (but I'm only guessing).
> 
> Do you have a file sample you can share?
> 
> > Any idea what this is trying to tell me?
> > Is there something wrong with the file?
> 
> Perhaps.
> 
> > Or with the ffmpeg installation?
> 
> Unlikely.
> 
> > Or the command? Or something else?
> 
> No, under normal circumstances, your command is fine.
> 
> Have you tried:
> $ ffmpeg -i in.mov -c copy out.wmv
> ?
> 
> Moritz.

Thanks Moritz.
I thought it was a wierd file.
Never mind. It's not important.

Regards.



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