Hi, A bit of background. I am attempting to use an mp4 (or at this point, even an mpegts) to contain ONLY data (no video, no audio – audio may be added at a later time).
1. I was able to create a temporary TS using a command similar to: ffmpeg '-hide_banner' -loglevel debug -s 550x550 -f rawvideo -i - -c copy output.ts 1. It appears the mp4 encoder does not allow to directly embed data streams via pipe, so I also had to post-convert to an mp4 using a -map 0:d copy to build the mp4. I was able to extract the resulting data from both via a stdout pipe to a program. 2. My main goal is to actually stream this (preferable a fmpeg with DASH, but could use HLS if necessary). However, it seems whenever I convert to either HLS or DASH, the data stream is not in any of the output files. Bonus Points: If anyone could point me on how to do this dynamically, I would ideally like to constantly stream incoming data to the HLS/DASH stream (either via piping the output from the intermediate TS or MP4 to the DASH/HLS). Thank you in advance. Please let me know if you need any more information. Regards, --Mike Craddick. FFPROBE seems to recognize the datastream, and as mentioned, I am able to parse out the stream. ffprobe output2.mp4 ffprobe version 4.3.2 Copyright (c) 2007-2021 the FFmpeg developers built with Apple clang version 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.29) configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/4.3.2 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --enable-avresample --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags= --enable-ffplay --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-libaom --enable-libbluray --enable-libdav1d --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-librav1e --enable-librubberband --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsrt --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --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-librtmp --enable-libspeex --enable-libsoxr --enable-libzmq --enable-libzimg --disable-libjack --disable-indev=jack --enable-videotoolbox libavutil 56. 51.100 / 56. 51.100 libavcodec 58. 91.100 / 58. 91.100 libavformat 58. 45.100 / 58. 45.100 libavdevice 58. 10.100 / 58. 10.100 libavfilter 7. 85.100 / 7. 85.100 libavresample 4. 0. 0 / 4. 0. 0 libswscale 5. 7.100 / 5. 7.100 libswresample 3. 7.100 / 3. 7.100 libpostproc 55. 7.100 / 55. 7.100 Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'output2.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 512 compatible_brands: isomiso2mp41 encoder : Lavf58.45.100 Duration: 00:01:18.60, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 90769 kb/s Stream #0:0(und): Data: bin_data (gpmd / 0x646D7067), 90763 kb/s Metadata: handler_name : GoPro MET Unsupported codec with id 100359 for input stream 0 Example of the issues when attempting to convert to HLS and DASH: ffmpeg -y -loglevel debug -i output2.mp4 -g 1 -c copy -hls_time 2 -hls_playlist_type event -hls_segment_type fmp4 -hls_segment_filename 'file-sequence%d.m4s' -hls_flags independent_segments -map 0:d -c:d copy -movflags 'frag_keyframe+empty_moov' mp4_example.mp4 prog_index.m3u8 ✘ 1 ffmpeg version 4.3.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2021 the FFmpeg developers built with Apple clang version 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.29) configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/4.3.2 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --enable-avresample --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags= --enable-ffplay --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-libaom --enable-libbluray --enable-libdav1d --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-librav1e --enable-librubberband --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsrt --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --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-librtmp --enable-libspeex --enable-libsoxr --enable-libzmq --enable-libzimg --disable-libjack --disable-indev=jack --enable-videotoolbox libavutil 56. 51.100 / 56. 51.100 libavcodec 58. 91.100 / 58. 91.100 libavformat 58. 45.100 / 58. 45.100 libavdevice 58. 10.100 / 58. 10.100 libavfilter 7. 85.100 / 7. 85.100 libavresample 4. 0. 0 / 4. 0. 0 libswscale 5. 7.100 / 5. 7.100 libswresample 3. 7.100 / 3. 7.100 libpostproc 55. 7.100 / 55. 7.100 Splitting the commandline. Reading option '-y' ... matched as option 'y' (overwrite output files) with argument '1'. Reading option '-loglevel' ... matched as option 'loglevel' (set logging level) with argument 'debug'. Reading option '-i' ... matched as input url with argument 'output2.mp4'. Reading option '-g' ... matched as AVOption 'g' with argument '1'. Reading option '-c' ... matched as option 'c' (codec name) with argument 'copy'. Reading option '-hls_time' ... matched as AVOption 'hls_time' with argument '2'. Reading option '-hls_playlist_type' ... matched as AVOption 'hls_playlist_type' with argument 'event'. Reading option '-hls_segment_type' ... matched as AVOption 'hls_segment_type' with argument 'fmp4'. Reading option '-hls_segment_filename' ... matched as AVOption 'hls_segment_filename' with argument 'file-sequence%d.m4s'. Reading option '-hls_flags' ... matched as AVOption 'hls_flags' with argument 'independent_segments'. Reading option '-map' ... matched as option 'map' (set input stream mapping) with argument '0:d'. Reading option '-c:d' ... matched as option 'c' (codec name) with argument 'copy'. Reading option '-movflags' ... matched as AVOption 'movflags' with argument 'frag_keyframe+empty_moov'. Reading option 'mp4_example.mp4' ... matched as output url. Reading option 'prog_index.m3u8' ... matched as output url. Finished splitting the commandline. Parsing a group of options: global . Applying option y (overwrite output files) with argument 1. Applying option loglevel (set logging level) with argument debug. Successfully parsed a group of options. Parsing a group of options: input url output2.mp4. Successfully parsed a group of options. Opening an input file: output2.mp4. [NULL @ 0x7fb9a0008a00] Opening 'output2.mp4' for reading [file @ 0x7fb99f904640] Setting default whitelist 'file,crypto,data' [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fb9a0008a00] Format mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 probed with size=2048 and score=100 [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fb9a0008a00] ISO: File Type Major Brand: isom [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fb9a0008a00] Unknown dref type 0x206c7275 size 12 [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fb9a0008a00] Processing st: 0, edit list 0 - media time: 0, duration: 7074000 [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fb9a0008a00] Before avformat_find_stream_info() pos: 891810192 bytes read:92432 seeks:1 nb_streams:1 [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fb9a0008a00] All info found [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fb9a0008a00] After avformat_find_stream_info() pos: 891810192 bytes read:92432 seeks:1 frames:0 Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'output2.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 512 compatible_brands: isomiso2mp41 encoder : Lavf58.45.100 Duration: 00:01:18.60, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 90769 kb/s Stream #0:0(und), 0, 1/90000: Data: bin_data (gpmd / 0x646D7067), 0/1, 90763 kb/s Metadata: handler_name : GoPro MET Successfully opened the file. Parsing a group of options: output url mp4_example.mp4. Applying option c (codec name) with argument copy. Applying option map (set input stream mapping) with argument 0:d. Applying option c:d (codec name) with argument copy. Successfully parsed a group of options. Opening an output file: mp4_example.mp4. [file @ 0x7fb99f906380] Setting default whitelist 'file,crypto,data' Successfully opened the file. Parsing a group of options: output url prog_index.m3u8. Successfully parsed a group of options. Opening an output file: prog_index.m3u8. Output #1, hls, to 'prog_index.m3u8': Output file #1 does not contain any stream [AVIOContext @ 0x7fb99f906540] Statistics: 0 seeks, 0 writeouts [AVIOContext @ 0x7fb99f904740] Statistics: 92432 bytes read, 1 seeks If I try to output the original TS file to a HLS, I received.a similar issue: ffmpeg -y -i output2.ts -f hls hls_time 2 -hls_playlist_type event -hls_flags independent_segments -hls_segment_type mpegts hls_segment_filename 'data%02d.ts' -var_stream_map "d:0" stream_%v.m3u8 ✘ 1 ffmpeg version 4.3.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2021 the FFmpeg developers built with Apple clang version 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.29) configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/4.3.2 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --enable-avresample --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags= --enable-ffplay --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-libaom --enable-libbluray --enable-libdav1d --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-librav1e --enable-librubberband --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsrt --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --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-librtmp --enable-libspeex --enable-libsoxr --enable-libzmq --enable-libzimg --disable-libjack --disable-indev=jack --enable-videotoolbox libavutil 56. 51.100 / 56. 51.100 libavcodec 58. 91.100 / 58. 91.100 libavformat 58. 45.100 / 58. 45.100 libavdevice 58. 10.100 / 58. 10.100 libavfilter 7. 85.100 / 7. 85.100 libavresample 4. 0. 0 / 4. 0. 0 libswscale 5. 7.100 / 5. 7.100 libswresample 3. 7.100 / 3. 7.100 libpostproc 55. 7.100 / 55. 7.100 Input #0, mpegts, from 'output2.ts': Duration: 00:01:18.60, start: 1.400000, bitrate: 92800 kb/s Program 1 Metadata: service_name : Service01 service_provider: FFmpeg Stream #0:0[0x100]: Data: bin_data ([6][0][0][0] / 0x0006) Output #0, hls, to 'hls_time': Output file #0 does not contain any stream _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".