Doesn't read .MTS from my camera

[devernay]

From @kepkin on January 4, 2017 23:27

I can't read files from my camera in .MTS format (while all other applications read it flawlessly). You can download a small example:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5fHyf95881BOF9kdHNTYW9fMk0/view?usp=sharing

Expected behavior:
I can see my source video in viewer and apply other nodes.

Actual behavior:
Viewer is black, and I see a red bar with error in top of viewer window.
Read1 error: FFmpeg Reader detected decoding stall, possible file corruption
Here is output in terminal:

[h264 @ 0x7f84ac6612a0] reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0x7f84ac6612a0] Missing reference picture, default is 2147483647

Steps to Reproduce

1. Add read node (here is example video 8mb )
2. Connect viewer
3. Try to play video

Versions

• Natron version 2.1.9 Release.
• Ubuntu 15.10

Copied from original issue: MrKepzie/Natron#1541

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[devernay]

The ffmpeg reader has several issues and will be completely rewritten.
In the mean time, you can transcode your videos on the command-line using ffmpeg (a ffmpeg binary is provided with Natron if you don't have one) to a format/codec which is more suitable (mov container is OK, and prores and dnxhd are much better for post-production work)
see https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/VFX

[devernay]

still an issue in 2.4.0

[rodlie]

Confirmed still an issue.

MTS seems to be a bit quirky, as MTS files from my camera has always worked in Natron, but MTS from other people/cameras did not (I did however modify the firmware on my camera to fix/improve bitrate etc).