I have a .mov file that I believe has corrupted metadata. Every player thinks its duration is 1 second, but it's really over a minute long.
I've tried converting it with
ffmpeg -i input.mov output.mp4
and Handbrake, but neither worked. I get a 1-second-long output file.
Googling for this topic lists a variety of apps which want you to buy a subscription to use them, I just need to fix this one instance.
Any suggestions welcome.
(Sonoma 14.4.1 on an M1 MacBook)
# Update 1 - ffprobe
output
Here's the output of ffprobe
:
ffprobe version 6.0 Copyright (c) 2007-2023 the FFmpeg developers
built with Apple clang version 14.0.3 (clang-1403.0.22.14.1)
configuration: --prefix=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ffmpeg/6.0 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags= --enable-ffplay --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-libaom --enable-libaribb24 --enable-libbluray --enable-libdav1d --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-librav1e --enable-librist --enable-librubberband --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsrt --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-lzma --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-frei0r --enable-libass --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libspeex --enable-libsoxr --enable-libzmq --enable-libzimg --disable-libjack --disable-indev=jack --enable-videotoolbox --enable-neon
libavutil 58. 2.100 / 58. 2.100
libavcodec 60. 3.100 / 60. 3.100
libavformat 60. 3.100 / 60. 3.100
libavdevice 60. 1.100 / 60. 1.100
libavfilter 9. 3.100 / 9. 3.100
libswscale 7. 1.100 / 7. 1.100
libswresample 4. 10.100 / 4. 10.100
libpostproc 57. 1.100 / 57. 1.100
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x157e05a40] Found duplicated MOOV Atom. Skipped it
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'P3160054.mov':
Metadata:
creation_time : 2002-03-16T18:29:10.000000Z
com.apple.quicktime.player.movie.audio.gain: 0.980469
com.apple.quicktime.player.movie.audio.treble: 0.000000
com.apple.quicktime.player.movie.audio.bass: 0.000000
com.apple.quicktime.player.movie.audio.balance: 0.000000
com.apple.quicktime.player.movie.audio.pitchshift: 0.000000
com.apple.quicktime.player.movie.audio.mute:
com.apple.quicktime.player.movie.visual.brightness: 0.000000
com.apple.quicktime.player.movie.visual.color: 1.000000
com.apple.quicktime.player.movie.visual.tint: 0.000000
com.apple.quicktime.player.movie.visual.contrast: 1.000000
com.apple.quicktime.player.version: 7.6.6 (7.6.6)
com.apple.quicktime.version: 7.7.3 (2943.14) 0x7738000 (Mac OS X, 10.11.6, 15G22010)
original_format : Digital Camera
original_format-eng: Digital Camera
comment : OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
comment-eng : OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Duration: 00:00:00.07, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3016430 kb/s
Stream #0:0[0x3](eng): Video: mjpeg (Baseline) (jpeg / 0x6765706A), yuvj422p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 320x240, 2334 kb/s, 15 fps, 15 tbr, 600 tbn (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2024-04-23T15:42:32.000000Z
handler_name : Apple Video Media Handler
vendor_id : olym
encoder : Photo - JPEG
Stream #0:1[0x4](eng): Audio: pcm_u8 (raw / 0x20776172), 8000 Hz, 1 channels, u8, 64 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2024-04-23T15:42:32.000000Z
handler_name : Apple Sound Media Handler
vendor_id :
Asked by TJ Luoma
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Apr 23, 2024, 06:19 PM
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