No audio with X.264

[Jan Gruuthuse]

OK, got it now.

your Avidemux v2.6.0 (r7827).

is not my Avidemux v2.6, I'm user like you are, several developers worked/work on this project:

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  Avidemux v2.6.0 (r7829)
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http://www.avidemux.org
Code      : Mean, JSC, Grant Pedersen
GFX       : Nestor Di
Design    : Jakub Misak
FreeBSD   : Anish Mistry
Audio     : Mihail Zenkov
Mac OS X  : Kuisathaverat, Harry van der Wolf
Win32     : Grant Pedersen
I'm just compiling their hard work on ubuntu 11.10 32/64 bit and make it available for those who want to use the latest version. Ubuntu is lacking behind: avidemux 1:2.5.4-0ubuntu7.1

[uqbar]

OK, got it now.

your Avidemux v2.6.0 (r7827).

is not my Avidemux v2.6, I'm user like you are

With "your" I meant both "the one you pointed me to" and "the one you are using". :-)

I'm just compiling their hard work on ubuntu 11.10 32/64 bit and make it available for those who want to use the latest version. Ubuntu is lacking behind: avidemux 1:2.5.4-0ubuntu7.1

I have no time now to re-test everything with the stock package (I will in the future). You should consider putting your packages in a PPA on Launchpad, for ease to all other users.
And, by the way, Ubuntu is leaving behind a lot of non-cosmetic stuff. It looks like they focus too much on things that can be easily seen on the screen. But this is just my opinion.

[uqbar]

I've done a test with stock avidemux (v2.5.4) over the same sample file. Then I've tried to play it with mplayer.
There's no audio stream:

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Badly interleaved AVI file detected - switching to -ni mode...
AVI: No audio stream found -> no sound.
VIDEO:  [H264]  720x384  12bpp  25.000 fps  366.2 kbps (44.7 kbyte/s)
...
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
Unknown/missing audio format -> no soundMy final player complains about "Video Interleave too high", but I have little idead about the actual meaning.
I've then downloaded "your" v2.6.0 (r7829) and then I've got the right stuff:

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[aviheader] Video stream found, -vid 0
[aviheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
** empty list?!
Could not determine number of frames (for absolute seek).
VIDEO:  [H264]  720x384  24bpp  25.000 fps  -17179870.0 kbps (-2097152.0 kbyte/s)
...
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/8.33% (ratio: 16000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [ffac3] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg AC-3)
==========================================================================
There seems to be just an overrun bug on the bandwidth calculation (-17179870.0 kbps (-2097152.0 kbyte/s)) and a delay in the video stream, maybe between 250 and 300 500 msec.
This delay cannot be manually fixed in the "Audio Output Shift" option, as avidemux complains that option is not available any more!
Indeed, this is better than the stock package!
Thanks a lot, Jan!