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Trying to convert MKV to MP4 with avconv, failing

Ask Ubuntu Asked by ColLeslieHapHapablap on November 19, 2021

I am trying to convert an MKV file to MP4 to be compatible with my PS3. I am using:

avconv -i file.mkv -c copy file.mp4

It fails and I get the following error:

[mp4 @ 0x8a17c00] pts < dts in stream 0
av_interleaved_write_frame(): Invalid argument

The file is h264 video and ac3 audio.

4 Answers

You can use winff-gtk2 it solved my the problem! To install:

sudo apt install winff-gtk2
.

Answered by Joao Bortoletto on November 19, 2021

I was looking for muxing mp4 along with m4a. The usual ffmpeg commands for encoding didn't worked.Tried MP4Box & it worked like a charm. :-)

Answered by kkdeep on November 19, 2021

Get needed software

sudo apt-get install gpac mkvtoolnix

Extract video and audio from matroska file

First you need to check what tracks the matroska file contains with

mkvmerge --identify video.mkv

File 'video.mkv': container: Matroska
Track ID 1: video (V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC)
Track ID 2: audio (A_AC3)

Then extract video and audio according to their tracks with:

mkvextract tracks video.mkv 1:video.h264 2:audio.ac3

Extracting track 1 with the CodecID 'V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC' to the file 'video.h264'. Container format: AVC/h.264 elementary stream
Extracting track 2 with the CodecID 'A_AC3' to the file 'audio.ac3'. Container format: Dolby Digital (AC3)
Progress: 100%

Mux audio and video into mp4 containter

MP4Box -fps 24 -add video.h264 -add audio.ac3 video.mp4

AVC-H264 import - frame size 1280 x 720 at 24.000 FPS
Import results: 31671 samples - Slices: 5672 I 125048 P 122648 B - 32288 SEI - 4936 IDR
AC3 import - sample rate 48000 - 6 channels
Saving to video.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving

I had to add -fps 24 option because MP4Box didn't detect video fps correctly. Depending on usage AC3 audio track should be re-encoded into something else before muxing.

Now you have remuxed streams from matroska container into mp4 container without losing any quality.

EDIT: MP4 doesn't officially support AC3 audio so the audio track should be converted into a supported format (eg. AAC, MP3) if you want the file to be playable with something else than VLC.

Answered by stampede on November 19, 2021

I believe that

avconv -i file.mkv -c:v copy -c:a copy file.mp4

is the correct command. You need to specify the codec copy property for the streams you want to copy separately.

Answered by ixtmixilix on November 19, 2021

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