6.1.0 Error encoding/writing frame: Invalid argument

[HauptlingHD]

I'm trying to use realesrgan-plus in the latest release (6.1.0) and always run into the error in the title. (full log below) I'm using a somewhat old .avi file as input. The output file I get is always 12,7 KB in size and also ends in .avi (.processed.avi) despite the Container Format being the default .mp4. All details of the output file are correct as reported by Windows file probates (25 fps, Sterio Audio, etc.) but the file seams to only contain one frame.

Other system Info:
Win 11
Core Ultra 7 165U (Using iGPU)
32 GB RAM

[...]
[libx264 @ 000002631dd0ad80] non-strictly-monotonic PTS
[2024-11-07 11:33:27.495] [debug] Processed frame 75/21994
[2024-11-07 11:33:27.495] [debug] Frame not ready
[libx264 @ 000002631dd0ad80] non-strictly-monotonic PTS
[libx264 @ 000002631dd0ad80] frame=   0 QP=27.20 NAL=3 Slice:I Poc:0   I:10208 P:0    SKIP:0    size=3142 bytes
[2024-11-07 11:33:43.109] [debug] Processed frame 76/21994
[2024-11-07 11:33:43.109] [debug] Frame not ready
[libx264 @ 000002631dd0ad80] frame=   1 QP=21.16 NAL=2 Slice:P Poc:2   I:8012 P:303  SKIP:1893 size=15630 bytes
[avi @ 000002631dd0ba40] Application provided invalid, non monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 0: -9223372036854775807 >= -9223372036854775807
[2024-11-07 11:33:57.557] [error] Error muxing packet
[2024-11-07 11:33:57.558] [critical] Error encoding/writing frame: Invalid argument
[2024-11-07 11:33:57.558] [critical] Error processing frames: Invalid argument
[AVIOContext @ 000002631dcf6040] Statistics: 1031558 bytes read, 4 seeks
[AVIOContext @ 000002631dd1dc40] Statistics: 13070 bytes written, 0 seeks, 1 writeouts
[libx264 @ 000002631dd0ad80] frame I:1     Avg QP:27.20  size:  3142
[libx264 @ 000002631dd0ad80] frame P:1     Avg QP:21.16  size: 15630
[libx264 @ 000002631dd0ad80] mb I  I16..4:  1.2% 98.0%  0.8%
[libx264 @ 000002631dd0ad80] mb P  I16..4: 61.1% 16.8%  0.6%  P16..4:  2.9%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:18.5%
[libx264 @ 000002631dd0ad80] 8x8 transform intra:64.3% inter:43.2%
[libx264 @ 000002631dd0ad80] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 3.3% 13.1% 0.3% inter: 2.0% 8.1% 0.1%
[libx264 @ 000002631dd0ad80] i16 v,h,dc,p: 45% 17%  4% 34%
[libx264 @ 000002631dd0ad80] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 84%  2%  4%  1%  2%  1%  2%  1%  2%
[libx264 @ 000002631dd0ad80] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 31% 38% 15%  2%  2%  3%  4%  1%  4%
[libx264 @ 000002631dd0ad80] i8c dc,h,v,p: 71% 19%  6%  4%
[libx264 @ 000002631dd0ad80] Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
[libx264 @ 000002631dd0ad80] kb/s:inf

[k4yt3x]

I'll publish 6.1.1 soon which may fix this issue.

[k4yt3x]

Could you plz try 6.1.1?

[HauptlingHD]

I have tried 6.1.1, and I am getting the same error. On another system with an AMD GPU I am also getting the exact same error.

My guess is that it has to do with my particular video file. I will provide a link to a download of the file below.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xm6gck4dHxtDfGw20KMGQqjfFLObzAsJ/view?usp=drive_link

[k4yt3x]

@HauptlingHD You aren't sharing it correctly. It's asking me to sign in.

[HauptlingHD]

Sorry, my bad. Here you go:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xm6gck4dHxtDfGw20KMGQqjfFLObzAsJ/view?usp=sharing

[k4yt3x]

OK thanks I'm working on it now.

[k4yt3x]

I was able to reproduce the error:

Yeah I think it's just compatibility issue with the old video codec format. Video2X passes the frame to the H.264 encoder without changing anything, and H.264 can't handle it. I'll see how I can fix it.

At the mean time, you could first re-encode the video with the modern H.264 format with FFmpeg and then Video2X would be able to correctly process that:

ffmpeg -i '001. Warum betreibt man Astronomie (27.09.98).avi' -c:v libx264 astronomie.mp4

[HauptlingHD]

OK, I thought so. I was hoping to avoid re-encoding so I wouldn't lose any quality. I guess I'll just re-encode the video at a stupidly high quality and try again. Thanks for checking!

[k4yt3x]

I don't think you'll be losing much quality over this re-encode... but if you really want lossless, you could try using a lossless codec like:

ffmpeg -i astronomie.avi -c:v ffv1 astronomie.mkv

... and Video2X should be able to process that output file without issues.

[k4yt3x]

I think I fixed it. The fix is actually quite simple:

I'll do some more validation and keep you posted. So far it processed your video without issues. It's just that the total frame estimation seemed off:

[HauptlingHD]

Thanks for the quick update. For now the workaround of re-encoding the video first seems to work with 6.1.1.