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I have tested several files with the added option

-fflags +genpts -stream_loop -1

to make them loop, but all have a slight pause just before they loop (250 ms or so). The loop filter does not have this issue, but it has other issues.

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  • Did you manage to solve this? I am facing this for audio loops
    – workwise
    May 2 at 13:36
  • See comments below, it's been fixed. May 3 at 14:17

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This is a known bug with stream_loop. See https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/5719

Wrapping to MKV or TS and then looping may work. Re-encoding your video as intraframe is the safest option.

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  • Wow, reported 11 months ago already and it's still there.. Re-encoding is not an option for me unfortunately, clients have pre-made loops. Jun 23, 2017 at 8:15
  • Do you intend to 'live-stream' the looped output?
    – Gyan
    Jun 23, 2017 at 8:30
  • It is processed live, so I guess that is a 'yes'. So it's not possible to cut out pauses, if that's where you're heading.. Jun 23, 2017 at 8:59
  • BTW: wrapping in ts (no difference) or mkv (shorter pause) is no fix either. Neither is re-encoding to intraframe. The very visible pause remains present. Jun 23, 2017 at 9:09
  • Strange. Can you upload your sample?
    – Gyan
    Jun 23, 2017 at 9:13
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I am streaming a looping video and was struggling with pauses in-between loops too. What I discovered was that I was streaming at 24 FPS, but my input video was 23.97. Re-encoding the video at 24 FPS with the FPS filter fps=fps=24 resolved the issue.

See https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/ChangingFrameRate for more information on changing the frame rate with FFmpeg.

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