[SOLVED] omxplayer doesn't play H264 video

[lemarkk]

EDIT: I've got it to work. I convert/saved it under vlc as mpeg 4 with mp3 audio and changed the file extension from .ps to .mp4 and it plays under omxplayer.

When I run it with no options(or with -o hdmi), it displays: "have a nice day " The video works fine on vlc and mplayer. This is the output from vlc-Tools-Codec information:

H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10) (avc1)
Encoded by: x264

Is this format not supported by omxplayer? I've reinstalled omxplayer and its dependancy and it hasn't helped. Running on a pi 2. The file is a screencast from Kazam (25fps). Running under sudo doesn't help either.

EDIT: after reboot, when I try to play the video(with -o hdmi), I get a mostly yellow window and nothing happens. I have to use alt-f4 to quit omxplayer. Omxplayer's output is:

Video codec omx-h264 width 800 height 480 profile 244 fps 25.000000
Subtitle count: 0, state: off, index: 1, delay: 0
V:PortSettingsChanged: 800x480@25.00 interlace:0 deinterlace:0 anaglyph:0 par:1.00 display:0 alpha:255 aspectMode:0

If I try to play the same video again immediately after, I get this without any other video output (no yellow square):
Video codec omx-h264 width 800 height 480 profile 244 fps 25.000000
Subtitle count: 0, state: off, index: 1, delay: 0

If I play the video without -o hdmi, the same thing happens with the yellow square but omxplayer does quit with q.

[Nickcn]

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[lemarkk]

H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10) (avc1)
Encoded by: x264

Is this format not supported by omxplayer?

Are we talking .mp4 video here? omxplayer plays it

The point is omxplayer isn't playing the video. I was asking if omxplayer supported mp4.

[Nickcn]

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[Nickcn]

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[lemarkk]

The point is omxplayer isn't playing the video. I was asking if omxplayer supported mp4.

and your answer is "yes"

Okay. I was asking if anyone knew why omxplayer wasn't playing the video and (hopefully) how to fix it.

[Nickcn]

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[lemarkk]

The point is omxplayer isn't playing the video. I was asking if omxplayer supported mp4.

and your answer is "yes"

Okay. I was asking if anyone knew why omxplayer wasn't playing the video and (hopefully) how to fix it.

It plays the file type natively, you don't have to do anything to it. If yours does not, then you corrupted it, broke it, or something. You may want to remove it using "apt-get remove", and then reinstall with "apt-get install".

I did that, it didn't help.

[Nickcn]

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[lemarkk]

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y omxplayer

Otherwise, you may need to restore your backup image (OS may be corrupted)

then

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

I tried that and it didn't work.

[lemarkk]

The point is omxplayer isn't playing the video. I was asking if omxplayer supported mp4.

and your answer is "yes"

Okay. I was asking if anyone knew why omxplayer wasn't playing the video and (hopefully) how to fix it.

It plays the file type natively, you don't have to do anything to it. If yours does not, then you corrupted it, broke it, or something. You may want to remove it using "apt-get remove", and then reinstall with "apt-get install".

First, I would verify your .mp4 file isnt corrupted. Try a mp4 that you know is good, before you remove/reinstall omxplayer.

I've tested the mp4 on vlc and mplayer on the pi and on vlc on another windows computer.

[gkreidl]

Is this a raw H264 file not packaged into any kind of container?
If that's the case, you could use mkvmerge (and its GUI) to package it as MKV. No recoding required, so it's really fast.

[allfox]

What is the audio format in that file?

[topguy]

I suggest giving us the full output from the tool "mediainfo" and maybe test with more mp4 files from different sources. Right now there is a lot of guessing going on here.

[6by9]

Video codec omx-h264 width 800 height 480 profile 244 fps 25.000000

If I've interpreted that correctly, that is "High 4:4:4 Predictive Profile (Hi444PP, 244)" (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC) - use avprobe or similar to confirm.
Only Base, Main, and High profiles are supported.

There's an open issueat the moment where we were investigating throwing a big fat error earlier in decoding the stream, but that work hasn't been completed as yet.

[lemarkk]

I suggest giving us the full output from the tool "mediainfo" and maybe test with more mp4 files from different sources. Right now there is a lot of guessing going on here.

Here is mediainfo's output:
General
Complete name : Kazam_screencast_00000(memtester25-MPEG4).mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 2.71 MiB
Duration : 1mn 39s
Overall bit rate : 228 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2016-03-26 17:30:42
Tagged date : UTC 2016-03-26 17:30:42
Writing application : x264

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High 4:4:4 Predictive@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1mn 39s
Bit rate : 226 Kbps
Width : 800 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.667
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:4:4
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.024
Stream size : 2.69 MiB (99%)
Writing library : x264 core 142 r2431 a5831aa
Encoding settings : cabac=0 / ref=1 / deblock=0:0:0 / analyse=0:0 / me=dia / subme=0 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=6 / threads=3 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=0 / weightp=0 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=0 / intra_refresh=0 / rc=cqp / mbtree=0 / qp=15 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=0
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2016-03-26 17:30:42
Tagged date : UTC 2016-03-26 17:30:42

[lemarkk]

Is this a raw H264 file not packaged into any kind of container?
If that's the case, you could use mkvmerge (and its GUI) to package it as MKV. No recoding required, so it's really fast.

Same thing happens with the mkv file.

[lemarkk]

Video codec omx-h264 width 800 height 480 profile 244 fps 25.000000

If I've interpreted that correctly, that is "High 4:4:4 Predictive Profile (Hi444PP, 244)" (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC) - use avprobe or similar to confirm.
Only Base, Main, and High profiles are supported.

There's an open issueat the moment where we were investigating throwing a big fat error earlier in decoding the stream, but that work hasn't been completed as yet.

Yup, avprobe confirms: Stream #0.0(eng): Video: h264 (High 4:4:4 Predictive), yuv444p, 800x480 [PAR 1:1 DAR 5:3], 226 kb/s, 25 fps, 2500 tbn, 50 tbc (default). How could I reencode it to a codec omxplayer can play?

[6by9]

Video codec omx-h264 width 800 height 480 profile 244 fps 25.000000

If I've interpreted that correctly, that is "High 4:4:4 Predictive Profile (Hi444PP, 244)" (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC) - use avprobe or similar to confirm.
Only Base, Main, and High profiles are supported.

There's an open issueat the moment where we were investigating throwing a big fat error earlier in decoding the stream, but that work hasn't been completed as yet.

Yup, avprobe confirms: Stream #0.0(eng): Video: h264 (High 4:4:4 Predictive), yuv444p, 800x480 [PAR 1:1 DAR 5:3], 226 kb/s, 25 fps, 2500 tbn, 50 tbc (default). How could I reencode it to a codec omxplayer can play?

Handbrake is one tool for transcoding.