TNT Luoma: AtomicParsley Bug Removes Video After Second Process
Dan
· 9 months ago
Confirmed in MetaX for Mac OSX, which uses Atomic Parsley on the back end.
mike
· 9 months ago
Hmm. Did NOT occur in my test, both files have playable video.
If it makes any difference, my Atomic Parsley is in a subfolder of my Applications folder, not in the usual path -- I amended the PATH command in the script to make sure it would be found.
Tom Bridge
· 9 months ago
I can confirm this happened with your script.
mike
· 9 months ago
Just for good measure, I used Lostify on both the result videos... and they both still play fine.
David
· 9 months ago
Well, didn't happen with me, using AtomicParsley CLI, on a first-gen G4 Mac Mini (up-to-date Leopard). Both output files played just fine. The source is H.264, AAC Stereo 48 KHz, if that helps. Also, the -t option shows only six atoms in use: @nam, @ART, @gen, tvsh, tven, and @too. @too was HandBrake 0.9.2 2008021900.
I also tried a different file (mp4 extension, but it's generated by home-rolled ffmpeg scripts so I've no idea whether it's actually an m4v container), and that worked too, with similar atoms (no @too, but had @cmt).
I don't have much else media-wise on this box (I may have VLC, but that's about as exotic as I get). The HandBrake actually happens on a faster box (Intel MacBook). Maybe I'll try on that box later, if I get a chance.
Ping me if you'd like me to check any specific atoms, or set any that you have but I don't, and I'll try again.
David
· 9 months ago
Dang. I finally got around to trying this on an intel box (now that I'm converting TMBG's kid's videos and have lots of short files to tag), and guess what? Didn't work. First video was fine, 2nd had sound but no visual. Grr.
This time was a straight handbrake rip/encode, with no tags added at all. I also tried adding a couple basic tags in iTunes and then ran the test script again, and again, no video in the second file.
Maybe it's an intel vs G4 thing? Might even be in a library somewhere. I guess I'll have to do my Parsley tagging on the G4 box for now, or just stick with iTunes. :(
David
· 9 months ago
Well, shoot. Just tried this again, back on the G4, and the bug's there again. So I'll have to compare the files I just encoded with those that didn't fail and see if I can figure out the difference.
Have you done any further research on this?
@luomat
· 9 months ago
I have not. I have heard here and on Twitter that some have made it happen, and some have not.
Every file that I have, files which are ripped from DVDs, exhibit this behavior.
I wonder if there is something different about files that come from other sources (AVIs? MOVs?)
All of my tests are done on an Intel iMac
David
· 9 months ago
I just found three files that won't even survive the first Atomic Parsley hit. They Might Be Giants "Here Come the ABCs" has three tracks (out of like 40) which go blank after a single pass with AP: Both "A to Z" versions and the "Stalk of Wheat" bonus track. Every other chapter (individually) ripped from that DVD worked fine, though I suspect that they'd fail after a second AP pass.
My hadbrake settings are very similar to the iPod High Res and Normal presets. Reading down the interface, we have set: MP4 file, Large file size, H.264, frame rate same as source, avg bitrate 1000, (single pass), Track 1 LPCM AAC (faac) stereo 48 khz 160 kbps (and same for track 2 -- other discs have one track as AC3 pass thru and the other as (I believe) an LPCM stereo mix-down.) Chapter marks are created, and I doubt I changed anything in advanced. I'm also generally ripping straight through Handbrake (VLC installed in Applications), rather than using a first MacTheRipper step.
I tried doing a dump of all the tags before and after an Atomic Parsley step, but didn't see much useful in the diff (granted, I haven't really tried to figure it out yet). But now I've got at least three different cases I can investigate -- no problems, problems after two passes, and now problems after one pass. So hopefully I can find something in there.
'Cause I gotta agree with you -- a simple script to tag everything at once is SO much easier than doing it in any of the GUIs. :)
Kapil Sakhare
· 7 months ago
Hi, I am using AtomicParlsey command with -P.
After using it I tried to altered file using ffmepg. but it does not support it and gives the "moov atom not found" error.
All Comments
Confirmed in MetaX for Mac OSX, which uses Atomic Parsley on the back end.
Hmm. Did NOT occur in my test, both files have playable video.
If it makes any difference, my Atomic Parsley is in a subfolder of my Applications folder, not in the usual path -- I amended the PATH command in the script to make sure it would be found.
I can confirm this happened with your script.
Just for good measure, I used Lostify on both the result videos... and they both still play fine.
Well, didn't happen with me, using AtomicParsley CLI, on a first-gen G4 Mac Mini (up-to-date Leopard). Both output files played just fine. The source is H.264, AAC Stereo 48 KHz, if that helps. Also, the -t option shows only six atoms in use: @nam, @ART, @gen, tvsh, tven, and @too. @too was HandBrake 0.9.2 2008021900.
I also tried a different file (mp4 extension, but it's generated by home-rolled ffmpeg scripts so I've no idea whether it's actually an m4v container), and that worked too, with similar atoms (no @too, but had @cmt).
I don't have much else media-wise on this box (I may have VLC, but that's about as exotic as I get). The HandBrake actually happens on a faster box (Intel MacBook). Maybe I'll try on that box later, if I get a chance.
Ping me if you'd like me to check any specific atoms, or set any that you have but I don't, and I'll try again.
Dang. I finally got around to trying this on an intel box (now that I'm converting TMBG's kid's videos and have lots of short files to tag), and guess what? Didn't work. First video was fine, 2nd had sound but no visual. Grr.
This time was a straight handbrake rip/encode, with no tags added at all. I also tried adding a couple basic tags in iTunes and then ran the test script again, and again, no video in the second file.
Maybe it's an intel vs G4 thing? Might even be in a library somewhere. I guess I'll have to do my Parsley tagging on the G4 box for now, or just stick with iTunes. :(
Well, shoot. Just tried this again, back on the G4, and the bug's there again. So I'll have to compare the files I just encoded with those that didn't fail and see if I can figure out the difference.
Have you done any further research on this?
I have not. I have heard here and on Twitter that some have made it happen, and some have not.
Every file that I have, files which are ripped from DVDs, exhibit this behavior.
I wonder if there is something different about files that come from other sources (AVIs? MOVs?)
All of my tests are done on an Intel iMac
I just found three files that won't even survive the first Atomic Parsley hit. They Might Be Giants "Here Come the ABCs" has three tracks (out of like 40) which go blank after a single pass with AP: Both "A to Z" versions and the "Stalk of Wheat" bonus track. Every other chapter (individually) ripped from that DVD worked fine, though I suspect that they'd fail after a second AP pass.
My hadbrake settings are very similar to the iPod High Res and Normal presets. Reading down the interface, we have set: MP4 file, Large file size, H.264, frame rate same as source, avg bitrate 1000, (single pass), Track 1 LPCM AAC (faac) stereo 48 khz 160 kbps (and same for track 2 -- other discs have one track as AC3 pass thru and the other as (I believe) an LPCM stereo mix-down.) Chapter marks are created, and I doubt I changed anything in advanced. I'm also generally ripping straight through Handbrake (VLC installed in Applications), rather than using a first MacTheRipper step.
I tried doing a dump of all the tags before and after an Atomic Parsley step, but didn't see much useful in the diff (granted, I haven't really tried to figure it out yet). But now I've got at least three different cases I can investigate -- no problems, problems after two passes, and now problems after one pass. So hopefully I can find something in there.
'Cause I gotta agree with you -- a simple script to tag everything at once is SO much easier than doing it in any of the GUIs. :)
Hi,
I am using AtomicParlsey command with -P.
After using it I tried to altered file using ffmepg. but it does not support it and gives the "moov atom not found" error.
Anyone knows the solution for this?
Thanks in advance,
--Kapil