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<H1> 1. General Problems </H1>
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<H2> 1.1 ffserver does not work. </H2>
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ffmpeg development is now concentrated on the codec and format
handling. New developments broke ffserver, so don't expect it to work
correctly. If you have time and experience, please help us fix it.
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<H2> 1.2 I cannot read this file although this format seems to be supported by ffmpeg. </H2>
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Even if ffmpeg can read the file format, it may not support all its
codecs. Please consult the supported codec list in the ffmpeg
documentation.
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<H2> 1.3 I get audio/video synchronization problems when grabbing. </H2>
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Currently, the grabbing stuff does not handle synchronisation
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<H2> 1.4 How do I encode jpegs to another format ? </H2>
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If the jpegs are named img1.jpg, img2.jpg, img3.jpg,..., use:
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<TABLE><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td class=example><pre>  ffmpeg -i img%d.jpg /tmp/a.mpg
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`<SAMP>%d</SAMP>' is replaced by the image number.
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`<TT>img%03d.jpg</TT>' generates `<TT>img001.jpg</TT>', `<TT>img002.jpg</TT>', etc...
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The same system is used for the other image formats.
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<H2> 1.5 FFmpeg does not support codec XXX. Can you include a Windows DLL loader to support it ? </H2>
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No. FFmpeg only supports open source codecs. Windows DLLs are not
portable, bloated and often slow.
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<H2> 1.6 Why do I see a slight quality degradation with multithreaded MPEG* encoding ? </H2>
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For multithreaded MPEG* encoding, the encoded slices must be independent,
otherwise thread n would practically have to wait for n-1 to finish, so it's
quite logical that there is a small reduction of quality. This is not a bug.
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<H2> 1.7 How can I read from the standard input or write to the standard output ? </H2>
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Use `<TT>-</TT>' as filename.
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<H2> 1.8 Why does ffmpeg not decode audio in VOB files ? </H2>
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The audio is AC3 (a.k.a. A/52). AC3 decoding is an optional component in ffmpeg
as the component that handles AC3 decoding (liba52) is currently released under 
the GPL. If you have liba52 installed on your system, enable AC3 decoding
with <CODE>./configure --enable-a52</CODE>. Take care: by
enabling AC3, you automatically change the license of libavcodec from
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<H2> 1.9 Which codecs are supported by windows ? </H2>
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Windows does not support standard formats like mpeg very well, unless you 
install some additional codecs
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The following list of video codecs should work on most windows systems
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<DT>`<SAMP>msmpeg4v2</SAMP>'
<DD>.avi/.asf
<DT>`<SAMP>msmpeg4</SAMP>'
<DD>.asf only
<DT>`<SAMP>wmv1</SAMP>'
<DD>.asf only
<DT>`<SAMP>wmv2</SAMP>'
<DD>.asf only
<DT>`<SAMP>mpeg4</SAMP>'
<DD>only if you have some mpeg4 codec installed like ffdshow or xvid
<DT>`<SAMP>mpeg1</SAMP>'
<DD>.mpg only
</DL>
Note, asf files often have .wmv or .wma extensions in windows. It should also 
be mentioned that Microsoft claims a patent on the ASF format, and may sue 
or threaten users who create ASF files with non-Microsoft software. It is
strongly advised to avoid ASF where possible.
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The following list of audio codecs should work on most windows systems
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<DT>`<SAMP>adpcm_ima_wav</SAMP>'
<DD><DT>`<SAMP>adpcm_ms</SAMP>'
<DD><DT>`<SAMP>pcm</SAMP>'
<DD><DT>`<SAMP>mp3</SAMP>'
<DD>if some mp3 codec like lame is installed
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<H2> 1.10 Why does the chrominance data seem to be sampled at a different time than the luminance data on bt8x8 captures on Linux? </H2>
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This is a well-known bug in the bt8x8 driver. For 2.4.26 there is a patch at 
(<A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~michael/bttv-420-2.4.26.patch">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~michael/bttv-420-2.4.26.patch</A>). This may also
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<H2> 1.11 How do I avoid the ugly aliassing artifacts in bt8x8 captures on linux? </H2>
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Pass 'combfilter=1 lumafilter=1' to the bttv driver. Note though that 'combfilter=1'
will cause somewhat too strong filtering. A fix is to apply (<A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~michael/bttv-comb-2.4.26.patch">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~michael/bttv-comb-2.4.26.patch</A>)
or (<A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~michael/bttv-comb-2.6.6.patch">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~michael/bttv-comb-2.6.6.patch</A>)
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<H2> 1.12 I have a problem with an old version of ffmpeg; where should i report it? </H2>
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Nowhere. Upgrade to the latest release or if there is no recent release upgrade
to cvs. You could also try to report it. Maybe you will get lucky and
become the first person in history to get a different answer from &quot;upgrade
to cvs&quot;.
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<H2> 1.13 -f jpeg doesnt work. </H2>
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try '-f image -img jpeg test%d.jpg'
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<H2> 1.14 Why can I not change the framerate? </H2>
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Some codecs, like MPEG 1/2 only allow a small number of fixed framerates.
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<H2> 1.15 ffmpeg does not work; What is wrong? </H2>
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Try a 'make distclean' in the ffmpeg source directory. If this does not help see
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<H2> 1.16 How do I encode XviD or DIVX video with ffmpeg? </H2>
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Both XviD and DIVX (version 4+) are implementations of the ISO MPEG-4
standard (note that there are many other coding formats that use this
same standard). Thus, use '-vcodec mpeg4' to encode these formats. The
default fourcc stored in a MPEG-4-coded file will be 'DIVX'. If you want
a different fourcc, use the '-vtag' option. E.g., '-vtag xvid' will 
force the fourcc 'xvid' to be stored as the video fourcc rather than the 
default.
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<H1> 2. Development </H1>
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<H2> 2.1 Are there examples illustrating how to use the FFmpeg libraries, particularly libavcodec and libavformat ? </H2>
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Yes. Read the Developers Guide of the FFmpeg documentation. Alternatively,
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<H2> 2.2 Can you support my C compiler XXX ? </H2>
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No. Only GCC is supported. GCC is ported to most systems available and there
is no need to pollute the source code with <CODE>#ifdef</CODE>s
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<H2> 2.3 Can I use FFmpeg or libavcodec under Windows ? </H2>
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Yes, but the MinGW tools <EM>must</EM> be used to compile FFmpeg. You
can link the resulting DLLs with any other Windows program. Read the
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<H2> 2.4 Can you add automake, libtool or autoconf support ? </H2>
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<H2> 2.5 Why not rewrite ffmpeg in object-oriented C++ ? </H2>
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ffmpeg is already organized in a highly modular manner does not need to
be rewritten in a formal object language. Further, many of the developers 
favor straight C; it works for them. For more arguments on this matter,
read &quot;Programming Religion&quot; at (<A HREF="http://lkml.org/faq/lkmlfaq-15.html">http://lkml.org/faq/lkmlfaq-15.html</A>).
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<H2> 2.6 Why are the ffmpeg programs devoid of debugging symbols ? </H2>
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The build process creates ffmpeg_g, ffplay_g, etc. which contain full debug
information. Those binaries are strip'd to create ffmpeg, ffplay, etc. If
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<A NAME="TOC11" HREF="faq.html#SEC11">1.10 Why does the chrominance data seem to be sampled at a different time than the luminance data on bt8x8 captures on Linux?</A>
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<A NAME="TOC16" HREF="faq.html#SEC16">1.15 ffmpeg does not work; What is wrong?</A>
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