Making a YT compatible audio file with image ffmpeg

[shantiq]

if you do not want to plough through entire thread the answer [thanx to FakeOutdoorman and Temüjin] is as follows

time ffmpeg -y -loop 1 -r 2 -i IMAGE.png -i SOUNDFILE.mp3 -c:a libfdk_aac -b:a 192k -c:v libx264 -g 7 -crf 0 -vf scale=-1:720 -preset veryfast -shortest VIDEO.mkv

Where you have installed ffmpeg this way and input image and sound can be any format


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ok so i have tried this

ffmpeg -i file.mp3 -i file.png -s hd720 -c:a copy file.mkv

with first a 24/96 flac and a png and YT rejected it then tried 16/48 flac and it also rejected it
then went 320k mp3 and png and still rejected

youtube says not an accepted video format


these are the files in question

GeneralComplete name : Kingston.mp3
Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 42.5 MiB
Duration : 18mn 34s
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Overall bit rate : 320 Kbps
Writing library : Lavf54.63.104
COMMENTS : Processed by SoX


Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Duration : 18mn 35s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 42.5 MiB (100%)



mkv +++>


General
Unique ID : 219810790257369297053670777926744307634 (0xA55E04AFAD27D2A93786F398D71877B2)
Complete name : Kingston.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 42.9 MiB
Duration : 18mn 34s
Overall bit rate : 322 Kbps
Writing application : Lavf54.63.104
Writing library : Lavf54.63.104
COMMENTS : Processed by SoX


Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Simple@L1
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/ASP
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Simple Profile
Duration : 18mn 34s
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.201
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Writing library : Lavc54.92.100
Default : Yes
Forced : No


Audio
ID : 2
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Codec ID : A_MPEG/L3
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 18mn 34s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 42.5 MiB (99%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Also tried on 2 different accounts
What can the problem be here ?
Any of you learned chaps see a possible reason?

[Yellow Pasque]

Looks like Matroska/.mkv is not supported: https://support.google.com/youtube/t.../2888402?hl=en

[shantiq]

well Temüjin i have seen this too and i must say i have uploaded countless mkv files

avin read that i had also tried MOV and avi and no good either ; i think it is the resulting file with

the

ffmpeg -i file.mp3 -i file.png -s hd720 -c:a copy file.mkv

which is the problem


it does it quickly like 2 minutes [quick encode why i would favour it over kdenlive which takes 1.5 hour]on an 18 mn sound file so it seems YT does not like that file but it plays fine in vlc mplayer etc...


i wonder if there is something to add to the code line to make it YT-happy



If you do not want to read the entire thread the answer is {thanx to FakeOutdoorman}

time ffmpeg -y -loop 1 -r 2 -i amarilla.png -i bulgaria.mp3 -c:a libfdk_aac -b:a 192k -c:v libx264 -g 7 -crf 0 -s hd720 -preset veryfast -shortest output24.mkv

of course size is your choice i picked hd720 also hd1080 available or any size of your choice say 780x480 etc

[Yellow Pasque]

Some ideas -
Have you done this?: https://support.google.com/youtube/a..._topic=2888648
Perhaps you should just let youtube mux the video by uploading the photo and creating a slideshow, then adding audio track.

[shantiq]

great tip Temüjin but not what i need

this works for images but does not let you bring in your own audio you have to use their audio it seems

[FakeOutdoorsman]

Any of you learned chaps see a possible reason?

The Youtube seems to accept just about anything I feed it theses days, and I can not duplicate your issue. Please include the complete console output for one of your commands that is failing in YouTube.

[Yellow Pasque]

I tried to duplicate your command with a .png and a 320k mp3. My ffmpeg (I'm on Debian sid) used h264 by default. I'm not sure if that means anything, though..

[shantiq]

ok FakeO and Temüjin let us test it again from scratch


i take a png

GeneralComplete name : amarilla.png
Format : PNG
Format/Info : Portable Network Graphic
File size : 8.37 MiB


Image
Format : PNG
Format/Info : Portable Network Graphic
Width : 2 816 pixels
Height : 2 244 pixels
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossless
Stream size : 8.37 MiB (100%)

and an mp3

GeneralComplete name : bulgaria.mp3
Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 11.0 MiB
Duration : 4mn 48s
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Overall bit rate : 320 Kbps
Writing library : LAME 64bits version 3.99.5 (http://lame.sf.net)
Comment : Processed by SoX


Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Duration : 4mn 49s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 11.0 MiB (100%)

then do the muxing! [an ancient dance ::]]]

ffmpeg -i *bulgaria*.mp3 -i 'amarilla.png' -s hd720 -c:a copy Bulgaria.mkv

ffmpeg version git-2013-03-11-1123080 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
built on Mar 11 2013 18:18:28 with gcc 4.7 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.2-22ubuntu3)
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-libass --enable-libfaac --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libspeex --enable-librtmp --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-x11grab --enable-nonfree --enable-version3
libavutil 52. 19.100 / 52. 19.100
libavcodec 54. 92.100 / 54. 92.100
libavformat 54. 63.104 / 54. 63.104
libavdevice 54. 3.103 / 54. 3.103
libavfilter 3. 44.101 / 3. 44.101
libswscale 2. 2.100 / 2. 2.100
libswresample 0. 17.102 / 0. 17.102
libpostproc 52. 2.100 / 52. 2.100
[mp3 @ 0x2c9e8e0] max_analyze_duration 5000000 reached at 5015510 microseconds
[mp3 @ 0x2c9e8e0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, mp3, from 'bulgaria.mp3':
Metadata:
encoder : LAME 64bits version 3.99.5 (http://lame.sf.net)
TLEN : 288810
Duration: 00:04:48.87, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 320 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16p, 320 kb/s
[image2 @ 0x2ca0d00] Stream #0: not enough frames to estimate rate; consider increasing probesize
Input #1, image2, from 'amarilla.png':
Duration: 00:00:00.04, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
Stream #1:0: Video: png, rgb24, 2816x2244 [SAR 18898:18898 DAR 64:51], 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
Output #0, matroska, to 'Bulgaria.mkv':
Metadata:
TLEN : 288810
encoder : Lavf54.63.104
Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg4 (FMP4 / 0x34504D46), yuv420p, 1280x720 [SAR 12:17 DAR 64:51], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 1k tbn, 25 tbc
Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (U[0][0][0] / 0x0055), 44100 Hz, stereo, 320 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #1:0 -> #0:0 (png -> mpeg4)
Stream #0:0 -> #0:1 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
frame= 1 fps=0.0 q=6.2 size= 1kB time=00:00:00.04 bitrate= 132.8kbits/sframe= 1 fps=0.8 q=6.2 size= 65kB time=00:04:11.82 bitrate= 2.1kbits/sframe= 1 fps=0.7 q=6.2 Lsize= 11427kB time=00:04:48.86 bitrate= 324.1kbits/s
video:67kB audio:11284kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.679931%

then play it in vlc and mplayer

mplayer Bulgaria.mkvMPlayer2 UNKNOWN (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.


Playing Bulgaria.mkv.
[mkv] Track ID 1: video (V_MPEG4/ISO/ASP), -vid 0
[mkv] Track ID 2: audio (A_MPEG/L3), -aid 0, -alang und
[mkv] Will play video track 1.
Detected file format: Matroska
VIDEO: [mp4v] 1280x720 24bpp 25.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
TLEN: 288810
ENCODER: Lavf54.63.104
Load subtitles in .
================================================== ========================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
================================================== ========================
================================================== ========================
Requested audio codec family [mpg123] (afm=mpg123) not available.
Enable it at compilation.
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, floatle, 128.0 kbit/4.54% (ratio: 16000->352800)
Selected audio codec: [ffmp3float] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG layer-3 audio)
================================================== ========================
AO: [pulse] 44100Hz 2ch floatle (4 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
Movie-Aspect is 1.26:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [vdpau] 1280x720 => 1280x1020 Planar YV12
[vdpau] Got display refresh rate 60.000 Hz.
[vdpau] If that value looks wrong give the -vo vdpau:fps=X suboption manually.


Too many audio packets in the buffer: (4096 in 4279903 bytes).
Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed?
For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the -ni option.
A: 0.0 V: 0.0 A-V: 0.002 ct: 0.000 0/ 0 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0


Too many audio packets in the buffer: (4096 in 4279902 bytes).
Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed?
For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the -ni option.
A: 0.0 V: 0.0 A-V: 0.002 ct: 0.000 0/ 0 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0


Too many audio packets in the buffer: (4096 in 4279902 bytes).
Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed?
For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the -ni option.
A: 0.0 V: 0.0 A-V: 0.002 ct: 0.000 0/ 0 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0





A: 0.1 V: 0.0 A-V: 0.002 ct: 0.000 0/ 0 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0

and fine both times despite message in mplayer


now to YT

and i get:

yt.jpg


so Temüjin rightly points out that YT does not list mkv altho i suspect it is .MPEG4 in the list below

Supported YouTube file formats

Not sure which format to save your video? Receiving an "invalid file format error message when you're uploading"?


Make sure that you’re using one of the following formats:
.MOV
.MPEG4
.AVI
.WMV
.MPEGPS
.FLV
3GPP
WebM


If you're using a file format that's not listed above, use this troubleshooter to learn how to convert your file.


Select the file format you'd like to convert
.mp3, .wav, .jpg, .png
mswmm (Movie maker project file), .msdvd (DVD Maker project file), .wlmp (Movie maker project file)
.camproj (Camtasia project file)
imovieproject, .dvdproj (iDVD project file), .rcproject (iMovie project file)
.piv

Other

So i try with avi

ffmpeg -i *bulgaria*.mp3 -i 'amarilla.png' -s hd720 -c:a copy Bulgaria.avi

ffmpeg version git-2013-03-11-1123080 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
built on Mar 11 2013 18:18:28 with gcc 4.7 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.2-22ubuntu3)
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-libass --enable-libfaac --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libspeex --enable-librtmp --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-x11grab --enable-nonfree --enable-version3
libavutil 52. 19.100 / 52. 19.100
libavcodec 54. 92.100 / 54. 92.100
libavformat 54. 63.104 / 54. 63.104
libavdevice 54. 3.103 / 54. 3.103
libavfilter 3. 44.101 / 3. 44.101
libswscale 2. 2.100 / 2. 2.100
libswresample 0. 17.102 / 0. 17.102
libpostproc 52. 2.100 / 52. 2.100
[mp3 @ 0x1f458e0] max_analyze_duration 5000000 reached at 5015510 microseconds
[mp3 @ 0x1f458e0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, mp3, from 'bulgaria.mp3':
Metadata:
encoder : LAME 64bits version 3.99.5 (http://lame.sf.net)
TLEN : 288810
Duration: 00:04:48.87, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 320 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16p, 320 kb/s
[image2 @ 0x1f47d00] Stream #0: not enough frames to estimate rate; consider increasing probesize
Input #1, image2, from 'amarilla.png':
Duration: 00:00:00.04, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
Stream #1:0: Video: png, rgb24, 2816x2244 [SAR 18898:18898 DAR 64:51], 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
Output #0, avi, to 'Bulgaria.avi':
Metadata:
TLEN : 288810
ISFT : Lavf54.63.104
Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg4 (FMP4 / 0x34504D46), yuv420p, 1280x720 [SAR 12:17 DAR 64:51], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (U[0][0][0] / 0x0055), 44100 Hz, stereo, 320 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #1:0 -> #0:0 (png -> mpeg4)
Stream #0:0 -> #0:1 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
frame= 1 fps=1.0 q=6.2 Lsize= 11629kB time=00:04:48.86 bitrate= 329.8kbits/s
video:67kB audio:11284kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead 2.455051%

and read with mediainfo

mediainfo Bulgaria.aviGeneral
Complete name : Bulgaria.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 11.4 MiB
Duration : 4mn 48s
Overall bit rate : 330 Kbps
Writing application : Lavf54.63.104


Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Simple@L1
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : FMP4
Duration : 40ms
Bit rate : 13.6 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 5:4
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.592
Stream size : 66.6 KiB (1%)
Writing library : Lavc54.92.100


Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 4mn 48s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 11.0 MiB (97%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves

Interleave, duration : 0 ms (0.00 video frame)

and back to YT and sadly Same Result!


so now to kdenlive where it will take much longer.. and not the 20 seconds it takes on ffmpeg






and gives this

mediainfo Bulgaria.m2tGeneral
ID : 1 (0x1)
Complete name : Bulgaria.m2t
Format : MPEG-TS
Commercial name : HDV 720p
File size : 96.4 MiB
Duration : 4mn 48s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 2 801 Kbps


Video
ID : 256 (0x100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : MPEG Video
Commercial name : HDV 720p
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@High 1440
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=12
Codec ID : 2
Duration : 4mn 48s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 2 275 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.099
Stream size : 78.3 MiB (81%)


Audio
ID : 257 (0x101)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Codec ID : 3
Duration : 4mn 48s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 13.2 MiB (14%)


Menu
ID : 4096 (0x1000)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Duration : 4mn 48s
List : 256 (0x100) (MPEG Video) / 257 (0x101) (MPEG Audio)
Service name : Service01
Service provider : Libav
Service type : digital television

which is much bigger and therefore takes longer to upload but is accepted ::]]

so this is where i have got to. Any more thoughts? by all means duplicate see what you get... i really fancy the ffmpeg route as it is so much quicker and more elegant in my view

[Yellow Pasque]

For compatibility's sake, it's probably best to create a WebM file, using the original flac for best quality if possible

ffmpeg -i audiofile.flac -i picturefile.png -s hd720 -c:a libvorbis -aq 9 file.webm

[shantiq]

does not appear to fly here

ffmpeg -i *224*.flac -i amarilla.png -s hd720 -c:a libvorbis -aq 9 file.webm
ffmpeg version git-2013-03-11-1123080 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
built on Mar 11 2013 18:18:28 with gcc 4.7 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.2-22ubuntu3)
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-libass --enable-libfaac --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libspeex --enable-librtmp --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-x11grab --enable-nonfree --enable-version3
libavutil 52. 19.100 / 52. 19.100
libavcodec 54. 92.100 / 54. 92.100
libavformat 54. 63.104 / 54. 63.104
libavdevice 54. 3.103 / 54. 3.103
libavfilter 3. 44.101 / 3. 44.101
libswscale 2. 2.100 / 2. 2.100
libswresample 0. 17.102 / 0. 17.102
libpostproc 52. 2.100 / 52. 2.100
[flac @ 0x20a88e0] max_analyze_duration 5000000 reached at 5015510 microseconds
Input #0, flac, from '224.flac':
Metadata:
COMMENT : Processed by SoX
Duration: 00:04:48.81, bitrate: 671 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Audio: flac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16
[image2 @ 0x20d3060] Stream #0: not enough frames to estimate rate; consider increasing probesize
Input #1, image2, from 'amarilla.png':
Duration: 00:00:00.04, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
Stream #1:0: Video: png, rgb24, 2816x2244 [SAR 18898:18898 DAR 64:51], 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
File 'file.webm' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
Output #0, webm, to 'file.webm':
Metadata:
COMMENT : Processed by SoX
Stream #0:0: Video: none, 1280x720, q=2-31, 128 kb/s, 90k tbn
Stream #0:1: Audio: none, 0 channels
Stream mapping:
Stream #1:0 -> #0:0 (png -> ?)
Stream #0:0 -> #0:1 (flac -> libvorbis)
Encoder (codec none) not found for output stream #0:0