On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 11:30 AM Guangyu Sun via ffmpeg-devel
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 10:34 AM James Zern via ffmpeg-devel
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 4:26 PM Guangyu Sun via ffmpeg-devel
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > When encoding VP9 with a YUV pixel format (e.g. yuv420p) and
> > > AVCOL_SPC_RGB colorspace metadata, libvpxenc unconditionally set
> > > VPX_CS_SRGB. This produced a spec-violating bitstream: Profile 0
> > > (4:2:0) with sRGB colorspace, which is only valid for Profile 1/3
> > > (4:4:4). The resulting file is undecodable.
> > >
> > > Fix this by setting ctx->vpx_cs to VPX_CS_SRGB in set_pix_fmt()
> > > for 4:4:4 YUV formats when AVCOL_SPC_RGB is set, matching the
> > > existing GBRP path. This covers the legitimate case of RGB data in
> > > YUV444 containers (e.g. H.264 High 4:4:4 with identity matrix).
> > >
> > > With this change, any AVCOL_SPC_RGB that reaches the switch in
> > > set_colorspace() is guaranteed to be a subsampled format where
> > > sRGB is invalid. Log a warning and fall back to VPX_CS_BT_709.
> > >
> > > To reproduce:
> > >
> > >   # generate a bad source
> > >   ffmpeg -f lavfi -i testsrc=s=64x64:d=1:r=1 \
> > >     -pix_fmt yuv420p -colorspace rgb bad.mp4
> > >   # transcode with default parameters
> > >   ffmpeg -i bad.mp4 bad.webm
> > >   # check decoding
> > >   ffmpeg -i bad.webm -f null -
> > >   # -> 0 frames decoded, error
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Guangyu Sun <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > > v2:
> > >   - Only fall back to BT.709 if the pixel format is not 4:4:4,
> > >     addressing feedback regarding Profile 1/3 support.
> > >
> > >  libavcodec/libvpxenc.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
> > >  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >          switch (avctx->colorspace) {
> > > -        case AVCOL_SPC_RGB:         vpx_cs = VPX_CS_SRGB;      break;
> > > +        case AVCOL_SPC_RGB:
> > > +            // All sRGB-compatible formats (GBRP*, and YUV444* with
> > > +            // AVCOL_SPC_RGB) set ctx->vpx_cs in set_pix_fmt() and
> > > +            // take the branch above, so reaching here means a
> > > +            // subsampled format incompatible with RGB colorspace.
> > > +            av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_WARNING,
> > > +                   "RGB colorspace is not compatible with pixel format 
> > > %s, "
> > > +                   "using BT.709 instead.\n",
> > > +                   av_get_pix_fmt_name(avctx->pix_fmt));
> > > +            vpx_cs = VPX_CS_BT_709;
> >
> > I don't think an arbitrary fallback is the best option here. The
> > library should have rejected the configuration (which will be fixed),
> > but in practice if the colorspace is RGB and there's no conversion
> > being done, then this may not be what the user intended. I think it
> > would be better to surface this as an error.
>
> Thanks for the feedback. Will try to submit a patch to libvpx.

I filed https://issues.webmproject.org/487307225 to track the issue in libvpx.

> Meanwhile, do you think it is still worth returning an error here in
> ffmpeg? I can send out a v3 if preferred.
> >

This may be a good fallback for older (currently all) versions of
libvpx to provide feedback to the user.
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