Bug 812628 - Function cvCreateVideoWriter failed due to unsupported format
Summary: Function cvCreateVideoWriter failed due to unsupported format
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: opencv
Version: 19
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nicolas Chauvet (kwizart)
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-04-15 14:50 UTC by Pavel Studeník
Modified: 2014-10-09 05:28 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: opencv-2.4.5-1.fc18
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2013-06-07 23:25:36 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Pavel Studeník 2012-04-15 14:50:37 UTC
Description of problem:
I can't use function cvCreateVideoWriter for write video to file. If I compiled and run same code in other distributions with (deb packages), everything worked fine (code is correctly). I tried to install many packages for gstream.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
opencv-devel-docs-2.3.1-3.fc16.noarch
opencv-2.3.1-3.fc16.x86_64
opencv-devel-2.3.1-3.fc16.x86_64

How reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:
1. I install opencv library for developing
2. Compile program
3. Run program and it failed during try to write video
  
Actual results:
OpenCV Error: Unsupported format or combination of formats (Gstreamer Opencv backend doesn't support this codec acutally.) in CvVideoWriter_GStreamer::open, file /builddir/build/BUILD/OpenCV-2.3.1/modules/highgui/src/cap_gstreamer.cpp, line 483
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'cv::Exception'
  what():  /builddir/build/BUILD/OpenCV-2.3.1/modules/highgui/src/cap_gstreamer.cpp:483: error: (-210) Gstreamer Opencv backend doesn't support this codec acutally. in function CvVideoWriter_GStreamer::open

Comment 1 Nicolas Chauvet (kwizart) 2012-04-15 16:19:41 UTC
Can you report the output of:
rpm -qa gstreamer\*
And which file format are you trying to write ?

Comment 2 Pavel Studeník 2012-04-15 21:27:37 UTC
>> rpm -qa gstreamer\*
gstreamer-plugins-espeak-0.3.5-1.fc16.x86_64
gstreamer-devel-0.10.35-1.fc16.i686
gstreamer-plugins-base-devel-0.10.35-3.fc16.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0.10.22-2.fc16.2.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-nonfree-0.10.22-2.fc16.x86_64
gstreamer-0.10.35-1.fc16.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.30-5.fc16.x86_64
gstreamer-rtsp-0.10.8-1.fc16.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel-docs-0.10.22-2.fc16.2.x86_64
gstreamer-ffmpeg-0.10.13-1.fc16.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-ugly-devel-docs-0.10.18-3.fc16.noarch
gstreamermm-devel-0.10.10-1.fc16.x86_64
gstreamer-devel-0.10.35-1.fc16.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras-0.10.22-2.fc16.2.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-fc-0.2-2.fc15.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel-0.10.22-2.fc16.2.x86_64
gstreamer-ffmpeg-0.10.13-1.fc16.i686
gstreamer-tools-0.10.35-1.fc16.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-base-tools-0.10.35-3.fc16.x86_64
gstreamermm-0.10.10-1.fc16.x86_64
gstreamer-0.10.35-1.fc16.i686
gstreamer-plugins-bad-0.10.22-2.fc16.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.35-3.fc16.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-ugly-0.10.18-3.fc16.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-entrans-docs-0.10.3-3.fc16.noarch
gstreamer-python-0.10.19-2.fc15.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-entrans-0.10.3-3.fc16.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-base-devel-docs-0.10.35-3.fc16.noarch
gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.35-3.fc16.i686
gstreamer-plugins-good-devel-docs-0.10.30-5.fc16.noarch

I tested these basic video formats:
CV_FOURCC('D','I','V','X')
CV_FOURCC('P','I','M','1')
CV_FOURCC('F','L','V','1') 
CV_FOURCC('M','J','P','G')

Comment 3 Nicolas Chauvet (kwizart) 2012-04-16 08:10:23 UTC
Can you test on theora (or anything that do not use gstreamer-ffmpeg,bad,ugly) ?

Comment 4 Pavel Studeník 2012-05-07 18:02:30 UTC
Do you mean CV_FOURCC('T','H','E','O') ?  I tried to test it, but it was same problem. 

I can use other library, but writing video is simple  in opencv.

Comment 5 Nicolas Chauvet (kwizart) 2012-08-01 18:50:58 UTC
Can you try to reproduce with opencv from rawhide ? (aka OpenCV-2.4.1)

Comment 6 Pavel Studeník 2012-12-02 16:46:08 UTC
I have same problem in Fedora 18:

Program in C/C++ - using CV_FOURCC('T', 'H', 'E', 'O')

OpenCV Error: Unsupported format or combination of formats (Gstreamer Opencv backend doesn't support this codec acutally.) in CvVideoWriter_GStreamer::open, file /builddir/build/BUILD/OpenCV-2.4.2/modules/highgui/src/cap_gstreamer.cpp, line 479
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'cv::Exception'
  what():  /builddir/build/BUILD/OpenCV-2.4.2/modules/highgui/src/cap_gstreamer.cpp:479: error: (-210) Gstreamer Opencv backend doesn't support this codec acutally. in function CvVideoWriter_GStreamer::open


>> rpm -qa | grep opencv
libfreenect-opencv-0.1.2-2.fc18.x86_64
opencv-2.4.2-2.fc18.x86_64
opencv-devel-docs-2.4.2-2.fc18.noarch
opencv-python-2.4.2-2.fc18.x86_64
opencv-devel-2.4.2-2.fc18.x86_64

>>rpm -qa | grep gstream
gstreamer-plugins-base-devel-0.10.36-3.fc18.x86_64
gstreamer1-1.0.3-1.fc18.x86_64
gstreamer-0.10.36-2.fc18.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-espeak-0.4.0-1.fc18.x86_64
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-1.0.3-1.fc18.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.36-3.fc18.x86_64
gstreamer-rtsp-0.10.8-3.fc18.x86_64
gstreamer-python-0.10.22-3.fc18.x86_64
gstreamer-devel-0.10.36-2.fc18.x86_64
PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-0.8.6-1.fc18.x86_64
gstreamer1-plugins-base-1.0.3-1.fc18.x86_64
gstreamer1-plugins-good-1.0.3-1.fc18.x86_64
gstreamer-tools-0.10.36-2.fc18.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0.10.23-11.fc18.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.31-5.fc18.x86_64

Comment 7 Pavel Studeník 2012-12-04 18:41:10 UTC
I solved this problem. I recompile packages with support ffmpeg library

cmake -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr -DINCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR:PATH=/usr/include -DLIB_INSTALL_DIR:PATH=/usr/lib64 -DSYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR:PATH=/etc -DSHARE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr/share -DLIB_SUFFIX=64 -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON CMAKE_VERBOSE=1 -DPYTHON_PACKAGES_PATH=/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON -DUSE_FAST_MATH=0 -DUSE_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER=0 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_TEST=1 -DWITH_TBB=1 -DTBB_LIB_DIR=/usr/lib64 -DWITH_FFMPEG=1 -DWITH_OPENNI=ON -DWITH_XINE=1 -DINSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=1 -DINSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=1 ..

If somebody hava same problem, I created new compiled packages with ffmpeg support: http://apt.varhoo.cz/fedora/17/

Comment 8 Nicolas Chauvet (kwizart) 2012-12-10 22:55:11 UTC
Yes, there is even an RPM option I try to maintain with ffmpeg. But this is not usable for Fedora. It means it cannot be enabled by default.

It would be much more useful to see if others codecs cannot be enabled via gstreamer instead. Such as adding  FourCC to the CvVideoWriter_GStreamer::init() function (see l. 445 in modules/highgui/src/cap_gstreamer.cpp).

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Comment 10 Nicolas Chauvet (kwizart) 2013-01-20 21:12:41 UTC
Upstream bug report with patch attached (untested)
http://code.opencv.org/issues/2721

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2013-01-20 21:45:22 UTC
opencv-2.4.3-5.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/opencv-2.4.3-5.fc18

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2013-01-23 01:32:47 UTC
Package opencv-2.4.3-5.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing opencv-2.4.3-5.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-1199/opencv-2.4.3-5.fc18
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This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 19 development cycle.
Changing version to '19'.

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Comment 15 Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client 2013-05-12 00:17:34 UTC
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Comment 17 Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client 2013-05-14 08:12:47 UTC
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Comment 18 Fedora Update System 2013-05-26 20:46:17 UTC
opencv-2.4.5-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/opencv-2.4.5-1.fc18

Comment 19 Fedora Update System 2013-06-07 23:25:36 UTC
opencv-2.4.5-1.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 20 manojprabhakaran 2014-10-09 05:28:21 UTC
 I,m working in face tracking using aam opencv in ubuntu 14.0 lts ...
and  i installed opencv 2.4.9, ffmpeg, gstreamer, x26,v4l...
 but i get an error when i did ./runner are mentioned below...
OpenCV Error: Unsupported format or combination of formats (Gstreamer Opencv backend doesn't support this codec acutally.) in CvVideoWriter_GStreamer::open, file /home/mano/project/opencv-2.4.9/modules/highgui/src/cap_gstreamer.cpp, line 505terminate called after throwing an instance of 'cv::Exception'
  what():  /home/mano/project/opencv-2.4.9/modules/highgui/src/cap_gstreamer.cpp:505: error: (-210) Gstreamer Opencv backend doesn't support this codec acutally. in function CvVideoWriter_GStreamer::open
 pls i need for help ....reply as soon as possible


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