How to get rid of stuck ffmpeg "pts has no value" error

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I am trying to convert an AVC file from Sony Vegas into an MP4 file for use in DaVinci Resolve (which does not support .avc). Because I don't want to spend hours re-encoding the video I wanted to use the -copy codecs option. However, it gives me the 'pts has no value' error. I have read other threads on the internet, including one on this site, and they all recommend using -fflags +genpts. However this does nothing to solve the problem. The current input I am trying to use is :

ffmpeg -fflags +genpts -i camcord.avc -codec copy camcord.mp4

Which results in the following output:

ffmpeg version N-81831-g97e7f03 Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 5.4.0 (GCC)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-dxva2 --enable-libmfx --enable-nvenc --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-libebur128 --enable-fontconfig --enable-fre
i0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enab
le-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenh264 --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsnappy --enable-lib
soxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --ena
ble-libx265 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-decklink --enable-zlib
  libavutil      55. 32.100 / 55. 32.100
  libavcodec     57. 60.101 / 57. 60.101
  libavformat    57. 51.102 / 57. 51.102
  libavdevice    57.  0.102 / 57.  0.102
  libavfilter     6. 63.100 /  6. 63.100
  libswscale      4.  1.100 /  4.  1.100
  libswresample   2.  2.100 /  2.  2.100
  libpostproc    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
Input #0, h264, from 'camcord.avc':
  Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
    Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1200k tbn, 47.95 tbc
Output #0, mp4, to 'camcord2.mp4':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf57.51.102
    Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High) ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1200k tbn, 1200k tbc
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[mp4 @ 000000000292f9a0] Timestamps are unset in a packet for stream 0. This is deprecated and will stop working in the future. Fix your code to set the timestamps properly
[mp4 @ 000000000292f9a0] pts has no value
    Last message repeated 167 times

I have checked the output file and it seems to play perfectly fine. Does this mean that the pts errors should still be there and can be safely ignored?

adamantium

Posted 2016-09-30T18:14:29.243

Reputation: 57

Ignore it. .avc appears to be a raw H.264 bitstream. – Gyan – 2016-10-08T06:24:39.480

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