ffmpeg trying to convert AVI to MP4 but not playing

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I'm trying to convert a video file from AVI to MP4 but it doesn't seem to play, my code:

exec("ffmpeg -i ".$video." -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -movflags faststart ".$withoutExt.".mp4")

Even plain code:

exec("ffmpeg -i ".$video." ".$withoutExt.".mp4")

Any ideas please and thanks in advance.

@Mulvya actually with the plain version, I get Output file #0 does not contain any stream — Shina, Dec 23, 2015 at 8:55
Can't diagnose issue without console output. Add -report option to generate a log file. — Gyan, Dec 23, 2015 at 9:25
As an alternative, what's in the AVI file? Please edit and paste MediaInfo of the file. — LiveWireBT, Dec 23, 2015 at 17:07
The full, complete ffmpeg console output would be more informative than mediainfo output. — llogan, Dec 23, 2015 at 18:21

avnr · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-23 20:59:18Z

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You should specify the audio codec, e.g. -c:a libvo_aacenc.

answered Dec 23, 2015 at 20:59

avnr

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1) Not necessary. If not specified, AAC is implicitly effected for MP4 container. 2)The internal AAC encoder is now stable (since Dec 5 build) and preferable to the VO encoder
– Gyan
Dec 24, 2015 at 4:14
@Mulvya, that depends on the AVI's audio codec and the ffmpeg version. AAC is not an mp4 requirement, you can mux into an mp4 container practically any streaming format. It is true that ffmpeg will default to AAC when your source is a raw stream, but not when the source is already encoded (notwithstanding some subtle differences between ffmpeg versions). The result is a valid mp4 file which can not be played on a player that expects only h.264+aac. I usually prefer to first get the command line fixed, only if it still doesn't work then the OP should go into diagnosing by sending the dumps.
– avnr
Dec 24, 2015 at 10:53
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Let me repeat for clarity: if no audio parameters are specified and the output container is MP4, then ffmpeg will encode the audio using the highest priority AAC encoder it has. This is not dependent on whether the source audio is PCM/MP3/other. I did not say AAC is a MP4 requirement, am only referring to ffmpeg's behaviour.
– Gyan
Dec 24, 2015 at 11:56

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