dvpackager mov won't open

[billbrand]

iMac M1
OS 15.0.1 (24A348)

I am trying to capture minidv tapes with vrecord/dvrescue using a Panasonic AG-HVX200 camcorder as a deck with dvpackeger set to QuickTime.

Problem:
resulting .mov files won't open in QuickTime:

Error message:
The document “test13repack_part1.mov” could not be opened.
THe file isn't compatible with QuickTime Player.

Possible related problem?:
in vrecord capture doesn't stop after specified time (2) so I stopped it manually with escape.

Terminal window:
Starting the vrecord GUI. To bypass the GUI, run like 'vrecord FILENAME'.
Summary: Copying video from 0x80458228c7d009: AG-HVX200 (Panasonic AG-HVX200) [DV]. Technician=BB. Inputs recorded to /Volumes/ThunderBay4_BBO/BB DV Capture/test13repack.dv and Auxiliary Files created in /Volumes/ThunderBay4_BBO/BB DV Auxilliary. Tape duration set to: 2 minutes.
Hit enter to start recording

Close the playback window to stop recording.
2024-11-03 13:16:05.572 dvrescue[10609:134231] Frame dropped.=0/0
DVRescue v.24.07 (MediaInfoLib v.24.06) by MIPoPS sq= 0B f=0/0
Input #0, dv, from 'pipe:':11 19:02:03 (1.0x, DV 32)= 0B f=0/0
Duration: N/A, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 28771 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: dvvideo, yuv411p, 720x480 [SAR 8:9 DAR 4:3], 25000 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 29.97 tbn
Stream #0:1: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1024 kb/s
Stream #0:2: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1024 kb/s
No such filter: ''
2024-11-03 13:16:08.641 ffplay-dl[10612:134227] +[IMKClient subclass]: chose IMKClient_Legacy
2024-11-03 13:16:08.641 ffplay-dl[10612:134227] +[IMKInputSession subclass]: chose IMKInputSession_Legacy
5535 00:53:36;23 1999-06-11 19:05:06 (1.0x, DV 32)= 0B f=0/0

5536 frames in total.

How frames are merged:
5536 = 100.0000% of frames are recovered from full frames.

Usage of input files:
8304000 = 100.0000% of blocks from file 0 used.

Input files summary:
File 0: No error detected

Result:
0 = 0.0000% of blocks have errors, in 0 = 0.0000% of frames
mv: /Volumes/ThunderBay4_BBO/BB DV Auxilliary/test13repack_vrecord_input.log: set owner/group (was: 501/0): Operation not permitted
Please wait: running dvpackager on file.
Packaging test13repack.dv

Segmentation options. Split on: Recording_Start_Marker = 0, Recording_Timestamp_Jump = 0, Timecode_Jump = 0, Audio_characteristics_change = 0, Aspect_Ratio_change = 1

St='Flagged Start of a recording', ncTC='non-continuous timecode value', ncR='non-continuous recording timestamp value'

| PTS Range | Duration | Frame Range | Byte Range | Timecode | Recording Timestamp | Size | Frame Rate | DAR | ChSub | Audio | St | ncTC | ncR |

1 | 00:00:00.000000 - 00:03:04.717866 | 184.718 | 0 - 5535 | 0 - 664320000 | 00:50:32;03 | 1999-06-11 19:02:02 | 720x480 | 30000/1001 | 4/3 | 4:1:1 | 4ch 32000 | | | |

The results will be written to /Volumes/ThunderBay4_BBO/BB DV Capture

Packaging started: /Volumes/ThunderBay4_BBO/BB DV Capture/test13repack_part1.mov

frame= 1188 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 size= 148992KiB time=00:00:39.63 bitrate=30791.0kbitframe= 2132 fps=2111 q=-1.0 size= 267264KiB time=00:01:11.13 bitrate=30777.3kbiframe= 3049 fps=2012 q=-1.0 size= 382464KiB time=00:01:41.73 bitrate=30797.1kbiframe= 3993 fps=1977 q=-1.0 size= 500992KiB time=00:02:13.23 bitrate=30804.1kbiframe= 4937 fps=1955 q=-1.0 size= 619520KiB time=00:02:44.73 bitrate=30808.4kbiframe= 5536 fps=1942 q=-1.0 Lsize= 695065KiB time=00:03:04.71 bitrate=30825.2kbits/s speed=64.8x

Done:seg_input=1|seg_output=1|output_frames=5536|input_frames=5536|audio_fill=0|output_file=/Volumes/ThunderBay4_BBO/BB DV Capture/test13repack_part1.mov

Packaging finished: /Volumes/ThunderBay4_BBO/BB DV Capture/test13repack_part1.mov

test13repack.dv.dvrescue.xml:

dvrescue 24.07 MediaInfoLib

MediaInfo for test13repack_part1.mov:
MPEG-4 (QuickTime) (DVCPRO): 679 MiB, 3 min 4 s
1 Video stream: DV
4 Audio streams: PCM / PCM / PCM / PCM

Duration: 3 min 4 s
Overall bit rate: 30.8 Mb/s
Frame rate: 29.970 FPS
Recorded date: 1999-06-11 19:02:02.000

Video: 24.24 Mb/s. 720*480 (4:3) at 29/970 (30000/1001) PFS, DV (NTSC) (DVCPRO)
Audio #1: 1.024 kb/s 32/0 kHz, 16 bits, 2 channels, PCM (Little / Signed)
Audio #2: 1.024 kb/s 32/0 kHz, 16 bits, 2 channels, PCM (Little / Signed)
Audio #3: 768 kb/s 32/0 kHz, 12 bits, 2 channels, PCM (DV) (Little / Signed)
Audio #4: 768 kb/s 32/0 kHz, 12 bits, 2 channels, PCM (DV) (Little / Signed)

[billbrand]

If I set dvpackager to matroska it does make an mkv file that opens in VLC. If I then use ffmpeg to rewrap the mkv to mov I get these errors. Maybe this provides a clue to what's going on:

ffmpeg -i /Volumes/ThunderBay4_BBO/BB\ DV\ Capture/ID1187_The_Basics_of_PKD_#10_Lisa_M.Guay-Woodford_part2.mkv -c:v copy -c:a copy /Volumes/ThunderBay4_BBO/BB\ DV\ Capture/ID1187_The_Basics_of_PKD#10_Lisa_M.Guay-Woodford_part2.mov
ffmpeg version 7.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2024 the FFmpeg developers
built with Apple clang version 16.0.0 (clang-1600.0.26.4)
configuration: --prefix=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ffmpeg/7.1_2 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags='-Wl,-ld_classic' --enable-ffplay --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-libaom --enable-libaribb24 --enable-libbluray --enable-libdav1d --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-libjxl --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-librav1e --enable-librist --enable-librubberband --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-lzma --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-frei0r --enable-libass --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libspeex --enable-libsoxr --enable-libzmq --enable-libzimg --disable-libjack --disable-indev=jack --enable-videotoolbox --enable-audiotoolbox --enable-neon
libavutil 59. 39.100 / 59. 39.100
libavcodec 61. 19.100 / 61. 19.100
libavformat 61. 7.100 / 61. 7.100
libavdevice 61. 3.100 / 61. 3.100
libavfilter 10. 4.100 / 10. 4.100
libswscale 8. 3.100 / 8. 3.100
libswresample 5. 3.100 / 5. 3.100
libpostproc 58. 3.100 / 58. 3.100
[aist#0:1/pcm_s16le @ 0x14c8067c0] Guessed Channel Layout: stereo
[aist#0:2/pcm_s16le @ 0x14c806dd0] Guessed Channel Layout: stereo
Input #0, matroska,webm, from '/Volumes/ThunderBay4_BBO/BB DV Capture/ID1187_The_Basics_of_PKD#10_Lisa_M.Guay-Woodford_part2.mkv':
Metadata:
DATE_RECORDED : 1999-06-11 18:16:15
TIMECODE : 00:04:45;10
ENCODER : Lavf61.7.100
Duration: 00:44:29.43, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 30835 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: dvvideo (dvsd / 0x64737664), yuv411p, 720x480 [SAR 8:9 DAR 4:3], 28771 kb/s, 30k fps, 29.97 tbr, 1k tbn
Metadata:
DURATION : 00:44:29.433000000
Stream #0:1: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1024 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
ENCODER : Lavc61.19.100 pcm_s16le
DURATION : 00:44:29.434000000
Stream #0:2: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1024 kb/s
Metadata:
ENCODER : Lavc61.19.100 pcm_s16le
DURATION : 00:44:29.434000000
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy)
[mov @ 0x14c806f40] Using non-standard frame rate 30000/1
Last message repeated 1 times
Output #0, mov, to '/Volumes/ThunderBay4_BBO/BB DV Capture/ID1187_The_Basics_of_PKD#10_Lisa_M._Guay-Woodford_part2x.mov':
Metadata:
DATE_RECORDED : 1999-06-11 18:16:15
TIMECODE : 00:04:45;10
encoder : Lavf61.7.100
Stream #0:0: Video: dvvideo (dvcp / 0x70637664), yuv411p, 720x480 [SAR 8:9 DAR 4:3], q=2-31, 28771 kb/s, 30k fps, 29.97 tbr, 16k tbn
Metadata:
DURATION : 00:44:29.433000000
Stream #0:1: Audio: pcm_s16le (sowt / 0x74776F73), 32000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1024 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
ENCODER : Lavc61.19.100 pcm_s16le
DURATION : 00:44:29.434000000
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
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[out#0/mov @ 0x600003da80c0] Error writing trailer: Invalid argument
[out#0/mov @ 0x600003da80c0] video:9375352KiB audio:333679KiB subtitle:0KiB other streams:0KiB global headers:0KiB muxing overhead: 0.022776%
frame=80003 fps=1747 q=-1.0 Lsize= 9711242KiB time=00:44:29.43 bitrate=29802.0kbits/s speed=58.3x
Conversion failed!

[libbyhopfauf]

sounds like this is related to #950

[libbyhopfauf]

@billbrand it sounds like you are experiencing a similar problem as is described in issue #950 which was resolved by installing this version of the daily builds for the GUI and CLI for DVRescue. Would you mind installing these snapshots and see if they resolve the issue for you?

• CLI: https://mediaarea.net/download/snapshots/binary/dvrescue/20241026/dvrescue_CLI_24.07.20241026_Mac.dmg
• GUI: https://mediaarea.net/download/snapshots/binary/dvrescue-gui/20241026/dvrescue_GUI_24.07.20241026_Mac.dmg

If this version doesn't work, will you please take the following steps and share the results here?

• Make sure that the version of the DVRescue GUI you are using is installed in the Applications folder.
• Open the Terminal.app and launch DVRescue by running this command: /Applications/dvrescue.app/Contents/MacOS/dvrescue --log.
• Go to the packager tab and open the file you want to package.
• Select the segmenting rules that you want.
• Click "apply."
• Select MOV as the wrapper.
• Click "add to queue."
• Wait for DVRescue to finish packaging your files.
• Quit DVRescue (click the x at the top of the application window).
• Go back to Terminal and run this command cat ~/Library/Containers/net.MediaArea.dvrescue.mac-gui/Data/dvrescue-gui_logs/dvrescue-gui.log
• Copy the log that pops up and paste it into https://gist.github.com/ and save it.
• Add the link to this thread so it can be reviewed for possible troubleshooting.

[libbyhopfauf]

@billbrand for reference, the command used in the CLI to package by the user who had the same issue as you that was resolved by installing new versions of the daily build used the following command:

dvpackager -e mov -a n INPUT.dv

[JaredGibsonAVF]

@libbyhopfauf and @billbrand as I put in the latest reply to #950 the CLI was never fixed and the GUI is only working sporadically, and actually is exhibiting a new problem (that ill review other issues for) where the XML is truncated (stopping around 300 frames in). If you are using mac OS 12 or 13 I would not recommend using 24.07.20241026 because the XML truncation issue happens with it, whereas just v24.07 is not exhibiting that problem. The MOV header is still being broken in the dvpackager CLI. Still working with my team to try and get closer to identifiying the exact dependency or ffmpeg library that's stopping the header from writing properly. For now it looks like the Sample Description Atom (stsd) is at least throwing errors in ffmpeg/movmetaedit.

[libbyhopfauf]

@JaredGibsonAVF would you mind testing the same command for the CLI, but using MKV as the extension? It sounds like that worked for @billbrand. Would you both mind sending sample files of the DV and MOV files that you are experiencing issues with?

[libbyhopfauf]

@billbrand @JaredGibsonAVF as I mentioned in issue #954 related to this, there is an issue on FFmpeg's end related to MOV and DV.