Hi Claude, On 28.04.2015 14:37, Claude Heiland-Allen wrote: > piping PPM streams to avconv can cause image corruption in the > (unlikely but possible) case that a frame header overlaps the fifo > block size in such a way that the partial header is almost valid
You might want to try ffmpeg instead, where this problem seems to be fixed. > here is a test case that reliably reproduces the bug on my > system: If I change avconv to ffmpeg in your test, I get the following: ====8<==== ffmpeg version 2.6.2-1 Copyright (c) 2000-2015 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 4.9.2 (Debian 4.9.2-10) configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=1 --build-suffix=-ffmpeg --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-gpl --enable-shared --disable-stripping --enable-avresample --enable-avisynth --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libshine --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libxvid --enable-opengl --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libiec61883 --enable-libzvbi --enable-libzmq --enable-frei0r --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libsoxr --enable-gnutls --enable-openal --enable-libopencv --enable-librtmp --e n able-libx265 libavutil 54. 20.100 / 54. 20.100 libavcodec 56. 26.100 / 56. 26.100 libavformat 56. 25.101 / 56. 25.101 libavdevice 56. 4.100 / 56. 4.100 libavfilter 5. 11.102 / 5. 11.102 libavresample 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0 libswscale 3. 1.101 / 3. 1.101 libswresample 1. 1.100 / 1. 1.100 libpostproc 53. 3.100 / 53. 3.100 Input #0, image2pipe, from 'pipe:': Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A Stream #0:0: Video: ppm, rgb24, 16x104, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc Output #0, image2, to 'bug.2EUPKt.out/%d.ppm': Metadata: encoder : Lavf56.25.101 Stream #0:0: Video: ppm, rgb24, 16x104, q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbn, 25 tbc Metadata: encoder : Lavc56.26.100 ppm Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (ppm (native) -> ppm (native)) frame= 50 fps=0.0 q=0.0 Lsize=N/A time=00:00:02.00 bitrate=N/A video:244kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: unknown ====8<==== I hope this helps you. Best regards, Andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org