Openshot-qt: Cannot import any video files

[mmistretta]

System Details:

• Operating System / Distro: Linux Fedora
• OpenShot Version: 2.4.1
• _Please attach log files if crash_

"IMG0909.MOV is not a valid video, audio, or image file."
"IMG0909.mp4 is not a valid video, audio, or image file."

[peanutbutterandcrackers]

This is definitely strange. Works really well on my ubuntu-based machines. Can import all said files too. So far I have seen 2 fedora related reports (including this). Perhaps we need some fedora users to contribute patches to the project...

[DylanC]

@mmistretta - Check the files in another program like a video player. Just make sure they are not corrupt.

[DylanC]

@mmistretta - Any luck with this?

[peanutbutterandcrackers]

@mmistretta - Could you please try using this program to get all the information about the said videos and post it here? It will help us help you, good sir!

[sdgathman]

I have the same problem - Fedora 27, openshot-2.4.1-5.fc27. It used to work in openshot-2.4.0-3.fc25.

$ mediainfo VideosMadeByJulie/SAM_2636.MP4 
General
Complete name                            : /home/julie/Desktop/VideosMadeByJulie/SAM_2636.MP4
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID                                 : mp42 (mp42/avc1)
File size                                : 342 MiB
Duration                                 : 5 min 0 s
Overall bit rate                         : 9 548 kb/s
Encoded date                             : UTC 2017-08-29 18:58:32
Tagged date                              : UTC 2017-08-29 18:58:32
@sec                                     : UNG

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : [email protected]
Format settings                          : CABAC / 2 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP                     : M=1, N=15
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 5 min 0 s
Bit rate                                 : 9 461 kb/s
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.343
Stream size                              : 339 MiB (99%)
Encoded date                             : UTC 2017-08-29 18:58:32
Tagged date                              : UTC 2017-08-29 18:58:32

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                           : LC
Codec ID                                 : mp4a-40-2
Duration                                 : 5 min 0 s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 72.0 kb/s
Nominal bit rate                         : 128 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 1 channel
Channel positions                        : Front: C
Sampling rate                            : 44.1 kHz
Frame rate                               : 43.066 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 2.53 MiB (1%)
Encoded date                             : UTC 2017-08-29 18:58:32
Tagged date                              : UTC 2017-08-29 18:58:32

[sdgathman]

Works in Fedora 28 also. Seems to be a packaging problem on Fedora 27 - some codecs missing for MP4. I installed gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, and that seems to have included the necessary codecs on F27. Maybe libde265? libmms? librtmp?

So working now in F27 also.