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ffmpeg - ts to mp4 data

Extracting the binary from the TS sample

ssethupathi@062237-MAC ~ ffmpeg -i sample.ts -map d:0 -c copy -f data ts.bin
ffmpeg version 6.0 Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers
  built with Apple clang version 14.0.3 (clang-1403.0.22.14.1)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/6.0_1 --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-libjxl --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-audiotoolbox
  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
[mpegts @ 0x7fbc60b04280] start time for stream 5 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
Input #0, mpegts, from 'sample.ts':
  Duration: 00:00:08.39, start: 1.400000, bitrate: 2278 kb/s
  Program 1 
    Metadata:
      service_name    : Service01
      service_provider: FFmpeg
  Stream #0:0[0x100]: Video: mpeg2video (Main) ([2][0][0][0] / 0x0002), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn
    Side data:
      cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/0 buffer size: 49152 vbv_delay: N/A
  Stream #0:1[0x101](eng): Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 384 kb/s
  Stream #0:2[0x102](eng): Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 384 kb/s
  Stream #0:3[0x103](eng): Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 384 kb/s
  Stream #0:4[0x104](eng): Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 384 kb/s
  Stream #0:5[0x105]: Data: bin_data ([6][0][0][0] / 0x0006)
Output #0, data, to 'ts.bin':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf60.3.100
  Stream #0:0: Data: bin_data ([6][0][0][0] / 0x0006)
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:5 -> #0:0 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
size=     206kB time=00:00:00.00 bitrate=N/A speed=   0x    
video:0kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:206kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.000000%

Converting TS to MP4

ssethupathi@062237-MAC ~ ffmpeg -y -i sample.ts -map 0 sample.mp4
ffmpeg version 6.0 Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers
  built with Apple clang version 14.0.3 (clang-1403.0.22.14.1)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/6.0_1 --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-libjxl --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-audiotoolbox
  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
[mpegts @ 0x7fa97ff052c0] start time for stream 5 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
Input #0, mpegts, from 'sample.ts':
  Duration: 00:00:08.39, start: 1.400000, bitrate: 2278 kb/s
  Program 1 
    Metadata:
      service_name    : Service01
      service_provider: FFmpeg
  Stream #0:0[0x100]: Video: mpeg2video (Main) ([2][0][0][0] / 0x0002), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn
    Side data:
      cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/0 buffer size: 49152 vbv_delay: N/A
  Stream #0:1[0x101](eng): Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 384 kb/s
  Stream #0:2[0x102](eng): Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 384 kb/s
  Stream #0:3[0x103](eng): Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 384 kb/s
  Stream #0:4[0x104](eng): Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 384 kb/s
  Stream #0:5[0x105]: Data: bin_data ([6][0][0][0] / 0x0006)
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (mpeg2video (native) -> h264 (libx264))
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (mp2 (native) -> aac (native))
  Stream #0:2 -> #0:2 (mp2 (native) -> aac (native))
  Stream #0:3 -> #0:3 (mp2 (native) -> aac (native))
  Stream #0:4 -> #0:4 (mp2 (native) -> aac (native))
  Stream #0:5 -> #0:5 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[libx264 @ 0x7fa98100bc40] using SAR=1/1
[libx264 @ 0x7fa98100bc40] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 BMI2 AVX2
[libx264 @ 0x7fa98100bc40] profile High, level 3.1, 4:2:0, 8-bit
[libx264 @ 0x7fa98100bc40] 264 - core 164 r3095 baee400 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2022 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=7 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=-2 threads=22 lookahead_threads=3 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 b_adapt=1 b_bias=0 direct=1 weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=2 keyint=250 keyint_min=25 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=crf mbtree=1 crf=23.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
Output #0, mp4, to 'sample.mp4':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf60.3.100
  Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 29.97 fps, 30k tbn
    Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavc60.3.100 libx264
    Side data:
      cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/0 buffer size: 0 vbv_delay: N/A
  Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavc60.3.100 aac
  Stream #0:2(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s
    Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavc60.3.100 aac
  Stream #0:3(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s
    Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavc60.3.100 aac
  Stream #0:4(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s
    Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavc60.3.100 aac
  Stream #0:5: Data: bin_data (gpmd / 0x646D7067)
[mp4 @ 0x7fa98100af80] Timestamps are unset in a packet for stream 5. This is deprecated and will stop working in the future. Fix your code to set the timestamps properly
frame=    0 fps=0.0 q=0.0 size=       0kB time=00:00:00.02 bitrate=  18.0kbits/s dup=1 drop=0 speed=0.539x    
frame=   13 fps=0.0 q=29.0 size=       0kB time=00:00:02.56 bitrate=   0.1kbits/s dup=1 drop=0 speed=4.73x    
frame=  170 fps=163 q=29.0 size=       0kB time=00:00:07.85 bitrate=   0.0kbits/s dup=1 drop=0 speed=7.54x    
frame=  251 fps=223 q=-1.0 Lsize=     629kB time=00:00:08.29 bitrate= 620.9kbits/s dup=1 drop=0 speed=7.36x    
video:11kB audio:392kB subtitle:0kB other streams:206kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 3.276680%
[libx264 @ 0x7fa98100bc40] frame I:2     Avg QP:10.50  size:   214
[libx264 @ 0x7fa98100bc40] frame P:63    Avg QP:10.11  size:    46
[libx264 @ 0x7fa98100bc40] frame B:186   Avg QP:13.67  size:    38
[libx264 @ 0x7fa98100bc40] consecutive B-frames:  1.2%  0.0%  0.0% 98.8%
[libx264 @ 0x7fa98100bc40] mb I  I16..4: 100.0%  0.0%  0.0%
[libx264 @ 0x7fa98100bc40] mb P  I16..4:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  P16..4:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:100.0%
[libx264 @ 0x7fa98100bc40] mb B  I16..4:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  B16..8:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  direct: 0.0%  skip:100.0%
[libx264 @ 0x7fa98100bc40] 8x8 transform intra:0.0%
[libx264 @ 0x7fa98100bc40] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% inter: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
[libx264 @ 0x7fa98100bc40] i16 v,h,dc,p: 98%  0%  2%  0%
[libx264 @ 0x7fa98100bc40] i8c dc,h,v,p: 100%  0%  0%  0%
[libx264 @ 0x7fa98100bc40] Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
[libx264 @ 0x7fa98100bc40] kb/s:9.86
[aac @ 0x7fa9813a4140] Qavg: 806.494
[aac @ 0x7fa97ff06980] Qavg: 1268.587
[aac @ 0x7fa97ff07c40] Qavg: 65536.000
[aac @ 0x7fa97ff08ec0] Qavg: 24934.430

Extracting the binary from the MP4 sample

ssethupathi@062237-MAC ~ ffmpeg -y -i sample.mp4 -map d:0 -c copy -f data mp4.bin
ffmpeg version 6.0 Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers
  built with Apple clang version 14.0.3 (clang-1403.0.22.14.1)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/6.0_1 --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-libjxl --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-audiotoolbox
  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 @ 0x7fa8bd904300] All samples in data stream index:id [5:6] have zero duration, stream set to be discarded by default. Override using AVStream->discard or -discard for ffmpeg command.
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'sample.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    encoder         : Lavf60.3.100
  Duration: 00:00:08.38, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 615 kb/s
  Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 10 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 30k tbn (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
      vendor_id       : [0][0][0][0]
      encoder         : Lavc60.3.100 libx264
  Stream #0:1[0x2](eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 127 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : SoundHandler
      vendor_id       : [0][0][0][0]
  Stream #0:2[0x3](eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 127 kb/s
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : SoundHandler
      vendor_id       : [0][0][0][0]
  Stream #0:3[0x4](eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 2 kb/s
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : SoundHandler
      vendor_id       : [0][0][0][0]
  Stream #0:4[0x5](eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : SoundHandler
      vendor_id       : [0][0][0][0]
  Stream #0:5[0x6](und): Data: bin_data (gpmd / 0x646D7067)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : GoPro MET
Output #0, data, to 'mp4.bin':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    encoder         : Lavf60.3.100
  Stream #0:0(und): Data: bin_data (gpmd / 0x646D7067)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : GoPro MET
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:5 -> #0:0 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
size=       0kB time=-577014:32:22.77 bitrate=  -0.0kbits/s speed=N/A    
size=       0kB time=00:00:00.00 bitrate=N/A speed=   0x    
video:0kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.000000%
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