Problem with LPCM audio from Sony FDR-AX53 video camera

[Kiel]

Avidemux 2.6.13 plays the audio track to fast and with interruptions (Windows 7 and Windows 10).

Here is a short sample file (filmed from the PC screen):
https://1drv.ms/v/s!AnlM-zzX3IMVgQKqNy12DnBCgkrZ

Windows Media player and Handbrake don't have problems to play the audio track correct.

Does anyone have an idea how Avidemux could handle the file correct?

[eumagga0x2a]

Here is a short sample file (filmed from the PC screen):
https://1drv.ms/v/s!AnlM-zzX3IMVgQKqNy12DnBCgkrZ

Actually, PCM in MP4 is illegal, but the main problem seems to be the big endian format (pcm_s16be) of the audio. Once converted to pcm_s16le (and preferably remuxed as MKV), Avidemux plays gladly the resulting LPCM_audio_test-le.mkv:

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ffmpeg -i LPCM_audio_test.mp4 -c:v copy -c:a pcm_s16le LPCM_audio_test-le.mkv

[Kiel]

Thank you very much for your info.
With the above ffmeg command I can convert the files so that Avidemux can handle it.
It would be nice if Avidemux could process the files sometime directly.

[dosdan]

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ffmpeg -i LPCM_audio_test.mp4 -c:v copy -c:a pcm_s16le LPCM_audio_test-le.mkv

Kiel, I'm a bit rusty with batch files, but if you need to fix a lot of MP4s and do it from within Windows Explorer, I suggest you create a batch file, place it on your desktop and drag-and-drop 1 or more MP4s on to this icon.

CONVERT.BAT

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@echo off
cls
set filename=""

:FILES_LOOP
for %%F in (%1) do (
set filename=%%F
echo ffmpeg -i %%F -c:v copy -c:a pcm_s16le %%~nF.mkv 
        if errorlevel 1 goto ERROR_OCCURRED
)
shift
if not "%1"=="" goto FILES_LOOP
goto FINISHED

:ERROR_OCCURRED
echo.
echo An error occured when trying to process %filename%
echo Aborting...

:FINISHED
echo.
pause

At the moment the "echo" in "echo ffmpeg -i %%F -c:v copy -c:a pcm_s16le %%~nF.mkv" will just show you the command line that would be executed, but not actually run FFMPEG. So if you drop 3 MP4s on to the CONVERT.BAT icon you should see 3 command lines.  To activate it, remove this particular ECHO and re-save the batch file.

BTW, if FFMPEG is not in your path list, you can hardwire its full path into the batch file. To get the full path of a file in Windows Explorer, rather than just r.clicking on FFMPEG, instead shift-r.click on it. This will show an extra option: "Copy as path".

Dan.

[Kiel]

Thank you dosdan - the batch file is also a good idea that can help me.

[eumagga0x2a]

It would be interesting to know if Avidemux not handling big-endian PCM audio is a conscious design decision or sort of a bug?

Pretty amazing batch scripting and great sense of understatement 

[mean]

In mov/mp4, "twos" is normally LPCM

[eumagga0x2a]

In mov/mp4, "twos" is normally LPCM

Sure, but are Sony breaking the specs using MP4 instead of MOV container here, aren't they? Still, when remuxed as a true QuickTime video (or Matroska), Avidemux struggles with the big-endian LPCM audio like "twos".

(I don't want to imply that this should have any priority for 2.6.15 or later, just being curious)

[mean]

I did a quick check, there is no obvious way to know if it is big or little endian
In mov/mp4 it should be big