[Libav-user] avconv mjpeg vfr input

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

mm26859 at ... <mm26859 at ...> writes:

> i have a http mjpeg VFR stream from camera, i would like to 
> store it with proper PTS. using -vcodec copy , into mp4 or mkv.
> after many tries, i think that the mjpeg decoder does not set 
> PTS correctly. i have tried -vsync vfr , but everytime avconv 
> sets a CFR in output.

Please note that avconv is known to contain several hundred 
regressions over ffmpeg, some of them possibly security 
relevant, so it cannot be supported here.

> is there any way to preserve VFR ?

This does not work for mp4, but I believe it should work 
for other containers, please add (ffmpeg) command line 
together with complete, uncut console output.

Carl Eugen