[FFmpeg-user] Compiled ffmpeg - x264 - instability when using -pix_fmt yuv420p

Jonathan Niquet jniquet at rodeofx.com
Thu Sep 12 22:15:32 EEST 2019


just realized i forgot some important information:
this is for ffmpeg 4.1.1 but I also tried 4.2.1 and the exact same behavior
was observed:

And here's the log:

jniquet at mtl-rmw001l bin $ ./ffmpeg -start_number 1160 -v 48 -y -r 23.98 -t
0.0417014178482 -i
/rdo/staging/rdo_graph_core/rdo_graph_core_3852239/tmpHVIGIE/102024_035_comp_v007.1160.exr
-timecode 00:00:00:00 -c:v libx264 -c:a copy -crf 20 -pix_fmt yuv420p -vf
colormatrix=bt601:bt709
/rdo/staging/rdo_graph_core/rdo_graph_core_3852239/tmpjxs_EA/split_8.mov
ffmpeg version 4.1.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 4.8.5 (GCC) 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-36)
  configuration: --extra-ldflags='-L$/home/jon/ffmpegDependancies/lib'
--extra-ldflags='-L$/usr/local/lib'
--extra-cflags=-I/home/jon/ffmpegDependancies/include
--prefix=/home/jon/ffmpegBuild --extra-libs='-lpthread -lm -fopenmp'
--enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-nonfree --pkg-config-flags=--static
--enable-static --disable-shared --disable-debug --disable-ffplay
--disable-indev=sndio --disable-outdev=sndio --enable-libfdk-aac
--enable-frei0r --enable-libaom --enable-libfribidi --enable-libass
--enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libwebp --enable-libxml2
--enable-fontconfig --enable-gray --enable-libfreetype --enable-libzvbi
--enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libvorbis --enable-libmp3lame
--enable-libopus --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libzimg --enable-libspeex
--enable-libx265 --enable-gmp --enable-libvo-amrwbenc
--enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libsoxr
--enable-libxvid
  libavutil      56. 22.100 / 56. 22.100
  libavcodec     58. 35.100 / 58. 35.100
  libavformat    58. 20.100 / 58. 20.100
  libavdevice    58.  5.100 / 58.  5.100
  libavfilter     7. 40.101 /  7. 40.101
  libswscale      5.  3.100 /  5.  3.100
  libswresample   3.  3.100 /  3.  3.100
  libpostproc    55.  3.100 / 55.  3.100
Splitting the commandline.
Reading option '-start_number' ... matched as AVOption 'start_number' with
argument '1160'.
Reading option '-v' ... matched as option 'v' (set logging level) with
argument '48'.
Reading option '-y' ... matched as option 'y' (overwrite output files) with
argument '1'.
Reading option '-r' ... matched as option 'r' (set frame rate (Hz value,
fraction or abbreviation)) with argument '23.98'.
Reading option '-t' ... matched as option 't' (record or transcode
"duration" seconds of audio/video) with argument '0.0417014178482'.
Reading option '-i' ... matched as input url with argument
'/rdo/staging/rdo_graph_core/rdo_graph_core_3852239/tmpHVIGIE/102024_035_comp_v007.1160.exr'.
Reading option '-timecode' ... matched as option 'timecode' (set initial
TimeCode value.) with argument '00:00:00:00'.
Reading option '-c:v' ... matched as option 'c' (codec name) with argument
'libx264'.
Reading option '-c:a' ... matched as option 'c' (codec name) with argument
'copy'.
Reading option '-crf' ... matched as AVOption 'crf' with argument '20'.
Reading option '-pix_fmt' ... matched as option 'pix_fmt' (set pixel
format) with argument 'yuv420p'.
Reading option '-vf' ... matched as option 'vf' (set video filters) with
argument 'colormatrix=bt601:bt709'.
Reading option
'/rdo/staging/rdo_graph_core/rdo_graph_core_3852239/tmpjxs_EA/split_8.mov'
... matched as output url.
Finished splitting the commandline.
Parsing a group of options: global .
Applying option v (set logging level) with argument 48.
Applying option y (overwrite output files) with argument 1.
Successfully parsed a group of options.
Parsing a group of options: input url
/rdo/staging/rdo_graph_core/rdo_graph_core_3852239/tmpHVIGIE/102024_035_comp_v007.1160.exr.
Applying option r (set frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation))
with argument 23.98.
Applying option t (record or transcode "duration" seconds of audio/video)
with argument 0.0417014178482.
Successfully parsed a group of options.
Opening an input file:
/rdo/staging/rdo_graph_core/rdo_graph_core_3852239/tmpHVIGIE/102024_035_comp_v007.1160.exr.
[NULL @ 0x428e580] Opening
'/rdo/staging/rdo_graph_core/rdo_graph_core_3852239/tmpHVIGIE/102024_035_comp_v007.1160.exr'
for reading
[file @ 0x428ef00] Setting default whitelist 'file,crypto'
[exr_pipe @ 0x428e580] Format exr_pipe probed with size=2048 and score=51
[exr_pipe @ 0x428e580] Before avformat_find_stream_info() pos: 0 bytes
read:32768 seeks:0 nb_streams:1
[exr_pipe @ 0x428e580] parser not found for codec exr, packets or times may
be invalid.
    Last message repeated 1 times
[exr @ 0x4290480] line order: 0.
[exr_pipe @ 0x428e580] Probe buffer size limit of 5000000 bytes reached
[exr_pipe @ 0x428e580] Stream #0: not enough frames to estimate rate;
consider increasing probesize
[exr_pipe @ 0x428e580] After avformat_find_stream_info() pos: 7699076 bytes
read:7699076 seeks:0 frames:1
Input #0, exr_pipe, from
'/rdo/staging/rdo_graph_core/rdo_graph_core_3852239/tmpHVIGIE/102024_035_comp_v007.1160.exr':
  Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
    Stream #0:0, 1, 1/25: Video: exr, 1 reference frame, rgb48le, 1920x1080
[SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 0/1, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
Successfully opened the file.
Parsing a group of options: output url
/rdo/staging/rdo_graph_core/rdo_graph_core_3852239/tmpjxs_EA/split_8.mov.
Applying option timecode (set initial TimeCode value.) with argument
00:00:00:00.
Applying option c:v (codec name) with argument libx264.
Applying option c:a (codec name) with argument copy.
Applying option pix_fmt (set pixel format) with argument yuv420p.
Applying option vf (set video filters) with argument
colormatrix=bt601:bt709.
Successfully parsed a group of options.
Opening an output file:
/rdo/staging/rdo_graph_core/rdo_graph_core_3852239/tmpjxs_EA/split_8.mov.
[file @ 0x4297080] Setting default whitelist 'file,crypto'
Successfully opened the file.
detected 56 logical cores
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (exr (native) -> h264 (libx264))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
cur_dts is invalid (this is harmless if it occurs once at the start per
stream)
    Last message repeated 1 times
[exr @ 0x4294000] line order: 0.
[Parsed_colormatrix_0 @ 0x44f9a00] Setting 'src' to value 'bt601'
[Parsed_colormatrix_0 @ 0x44f9a00] Setting 'dst' to value 'bt709'
[graph 0 input from stream 0:0 @ 0x44f9f00] Setting 'video_size' to value
'1920x1080'
[graph 0 input from stream 0:0 @ 0x44f9f00] Setting 'pix_fmt' to value '35'
[graph 0 input from stream 0:0 @ 0x44f9f00] Setting 'time_base' to value
'50/1199'
[graph 0 input from stream 0:0 @ 0x44f9f00] Setting 'pixel_aspect' to value
'1/1'
[graph 0 input from stream 0:0 @ 0x44f9f00] Setting 'sws_param' to value
'flags=2'
[graph 0 input from stream 0:0 @ 0x44f9f00] Setting 'frame_rate' to value
'1199/50'
[graph 0 input from stream 0:0 @ 0x44f9f00] w:1920 h:1080 pixfmt:rgb48le
tb:50/1199 fr:1199/50 sar:1/1 sws_param:flags=2
[format @ 0x44fb380] Setting 'pix_fmts' to value 'yuv420p'
[auto_scaler_0 @ 0x44fb7c0] Setting 'flags' to value 'bicubic'
[auto_scaler_0 @ 0x44fb7c0] w:iw h:ih flags:'bicubic' interl:0
[trim_in_0_0 @ 0x44fa640] auto-inserting filter 'auto_scaler_0' between the
filter 'graph 0 input from stream 0:0' and the filter 'trim_in_0_0'
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x4293a00] query_formats: 5 queried, 3 merged, 1 already
done, 0 delayed
[auto_scaler_0 @ 0x44fb7c0] w:1920 h:1080 fmt:rgb48le sar:1/1 -> w:1920
h:1080 fmt:yuv420p sar:1/1 flags:0x4
[Parsed_colormatrix_0 @ 0x44f9a00] bt601 -> bt709
[libx264 @ 0x42927c0] using mv_range_thread = 24
[libx264 @ 0x42927c0] using SAR=1/1
[libx264 @ 0x42927c0] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2
AVX FMA3 BMI2 AVX2
[libx264 @ 0x42927c0] profile High, level 4.0, 4:2:0, 8-bit
[libx264 @ 0x42927c0] 264 - core 158 r2984 3759fcb - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec
- Copyleft 2003-2019 - 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=-2 threads=34 lookahead_threads=5
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=23 scenecut=40
intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=crf mbtree=1 crf=20.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0
qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
Output #0, mov, to
'/rdo/staging/rdo_graph_core/rdo_graph_core_3852239/tmpjxs_EA/split_8.mov':
  Metadata:
    timecode        : 00:00:00:00
    encoder         : Lavf58.20.100
    Stream #0:0, 0, 1/19184: Video: h264 (libx264), 1 reference frame (avc1
/ 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 0/1, q=-1--1, 0.04
fps, 19184 tbn, 23.98 tbc
    Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavc58.35.100 libx264
    Side data:
      cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/0 buffer size: 0 vbv_delay: -1
Clipping frame in rate conversion by 0.000008
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

When it segfault, it always segfault there.

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On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 2:40 PM Jonathan Niquet <jniquet at rodeofx.com> wrote:

> Hey there,
>
> We've been using John Van Sickle's ffmpeg static build for quite a while
> and it's worked wonderfully for us.
>
> However, we recently had to incorporate aac into our build.
>
> I then started to statically compile every library we needed and proceed
> to successfully build FFmpeg.
>
> This is on Linux, centos 7.6.
> This was my config arguments:
>
> --extra-ldflags="-L$/home/jon/ffmpegDependancies/lib"
> --extra-ldflags="-L$/usr/local/lib"
> --extra-cflags="-I/home/jon/ffmpegDependancies/include"
> --prefix="/home/jon/ffmpegBuild" --extra-libs="-lpthread -lm -fopenmp"
> --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-nonfree
> --pkg-config-flags="--static" --enable-static --disable-shared
> --enable-debug --disable-ffplay --disable-indev=sndio
> --disable-outdev=sndio --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-frei0r --enable-libaom
> --enable-libfribidi  --enable-libass --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264
> --enable-libwebp --enable-libxml2 --enable-fontconfig --enable-gray
> --enable-libfreetype --enable-libzvbi --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf
> --enable-libvorbis --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus
> --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libzimg --enable-libspeex --enable-libx265
> --enable-gmp --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libopencore-amrwb
> --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libsoxr --enable-libxvid
>
> However, in a random fashion, whenever we use "*-pix_fmt yuv420p*" when
> encoding libx264
> (*-c:v libx264 -c:a copy -crf 20 -pix_fmt yuv420p -vf
> colormatrix=bt601:bt709*), FFmpeg will randomly segfault between 40% to
> 45% of the time. Using the same command 20 times in a row, on the same
> computer, will literally give 11 completion and 9 segfaults. I've tried
> recompiling the whole things on a virtual machine specially setup for this
> task (blank, minimal install) and the exact same behavior is observed.
>
> I've tried to strace the process, I didn't notice anything that sounds
> like a solution.
> From John's static build, I only removed 3 libraries: gnutls,
> librubberband and libtheora.
>
> I'm thinking it might be a problem with my x264 compilation, the
> randomness of the things might point to threading issues, but I'm not too
> sure what to look at at this point.
>
> Anyone experienced something similar before or would have clues to help me
> debug this hellish instability?
>
> Thanks!
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