camcorder MTS files no longer replayed

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Author: Stefan Zechner
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Subject: camcorder MTS files no longer replayed
Hi,

since I updated to todays latest sid packages I'm no longer able to replay my camcorder .MTS files properly (Canon HG20)
(my configuration 4 weeks ago was fine)

here's a short sample:
http://www.tvk.rwth-aachen.de/~stef/00017.MTS

- vlc player just shows a black image.
- xine and gxine play from the beginning but freezes after frame jump
- ffplay 00017.MTS plays from the beginning but seeking in file (ffplay 00017.MTS -ss 1) shows no image
- video editing with kdenlive renders black video sequences

Anybody can see from the sample video if my camcorder produces non-compliant videos or if the latest libx264 does not properly play the mpeg ts material?
I'm watching and editing the videos with vlc and kdenlive since 2-3 years and never had problems with it.
Or do you transcode the .MTS videos to suitable container for better viewing and video editing?

thanks
Stefan



[~] ffplay 00017.MTS -ss 1
ffplay version 0.9, Copyright (c) 2003-2011 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Dec 24 2011 09:41:11 with gcc 4.6.2
  configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-cflags='-Wall -g ' --cc='ccache cc' --enable-shared --enable-libmp3lame --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-libdirac --disable-decoder=libdirac --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-libfaac --enable-libxvid --enable-postproc --enable-x11grab --enable-libgsm --enable-libtheora --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libx264 --enable-libspeex --enable-nonfree --disable-stripping --enable-libschroedinger --disable-encoder=libschroedinger --enable-version3 --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libvpx --enable-librtmp --enable-avfilter --enable-frei0r --enable-libopencv --enable-libfreetype --enable-libvo-aacenc --disable-decoder=amrnb --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libaacplus --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vda --enable-libdc1394 --disable-altivec --disable-armv5te --disable-armv6 --disable-vis --shlibdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
  libavutil    51. 32. 0 / 51. 32. 0
  libavcodec   53. 42. 0 / 53. 42. 0
  libavformat  53. 24. 0 / 53. 24. 0
  libavdevice  53.  4. 0 / 53.  4. 0
  libavfilter   2. 53. 0 /  2. 53. 0
  libswscale    2.  1. 0 /  2.  1. 0
  libpostproc  51.  2. 0 / 51.  2. 0
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] Increasing reorder buffer to 1
Input #0, mpegts, from '00017.MTS':                                                                                                                                                                   
  Duration: 00:00:14.40, start: 0.484122, bitrate: 23361 kb/s
  Program 1
    Stream #0:0[0x1011]: Video: h264 (High) (HDMV / 0x564D4448), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 50 fps, 50 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
    Stream #0:1[0x1100]: Audio: ac3 (AC-3 / 0x332D4341), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 256 kb/s
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] Missing reference picture9KB vq= 1644KB sq=    0B f=0/0  
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] decode_slice_header error                                                                                                                                                           
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[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] decode_slice_header error                                                                                                                                                           
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[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] decode_slice_header error                                                                                                                                                           
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[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] decode_slice_header error                                                                                                                                                           
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] Missing reference picture                                                                                                                                                           
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] Reference 2 >= 2                                                                                                                                                                    
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] error while decoding MB 57 1, bytestream (117540)                                                                                                                                   
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] QP 55 out of range                                                                                                                                                                  
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] decode_slice_header error                                                                                                                                                           
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[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] QP 55 out of range                                                                                                                                                                  
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] decode_slice_header error                                                                                                                                                           
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] QP 55 out of range                                                                                                                                                                  
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] decode_slice_header error                                                                                                                                                           
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] Reference 2 >= 2                                                                                                                                                                    
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] error while decoding MB 97 2, bytestream (122479)                                                                                                                                   
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] QP 55 out of range                                                                                                                                                                  
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] decode_slice_header error                                                                                                                                                           
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] QP 55 out of range                                                                                                                                                                  
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] decode_slice_header error                                                                                                                                                           
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] QP 55 out of range                                                                                                                                                                  
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] decode_slice_header error                                                                                                                                                           
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] QP 55 out of range                                                                                                                                                                  
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] decode_slice_header error                                                                                                                                                           
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] Reference 4 >= 2                                                                                                                                                                    
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] error while decoding MB 18 2, bytestream (115963)                                                                                                                                   
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] Reference 5 >= 2                                                                                                                                                                    
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] error while decoding MB 84 1, bytestream (112412)                                                                                                                                   
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] QP 55 out of range                                                                                                                                                                  
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] decode_slice_header error                                                                                                                                                           
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] QP 55 out of range                                                                                                                                                                  
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] decode_slice_header error                                                                                                                                                           
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] QP 55 out of range                                                                                                                                                                  
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] decode_slice_header error                                                                                                                                                           
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] QP 55 out of range                                                                                                                                                                  
[h264 @ 0xf81ea0] decode_slice_header error