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I want to make a simple video with a jpeg image and a mp3 audio file using ffmpeg. I used this command:

ffmpeg -loop 1 -i image.jpg -i audio.mp3 -c:v libx264 -tune stillimage -c:a aac -b:a 192k -pix_fmt yuv420p -shortest out.mp4

and get this error:

[swscaler @ 0x555f60538b40] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
[libx264 @ 0x555f60594d40] height not divisible by 2 (550x765)
Error initializing output stream 0:0 -- Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
Conversion failed!

I can't make sense of it. Could you correct the command for me?

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Use:

ffmpeg -loop 1 -i image.jpg -i audio.mp3 -c:v libx264 -tune stillimage -c:a aac -b:a 192k -vf "scale='iw-mod(iw,2)':'ih-mod(ih,2)',format=yuv420p" -shortest -movflags +faststart out.mp4

The scale filter example is a fancy way of making the width and height to be divisible by 2 which is needed for this particular encoder when outputting YUV 4:2:0 (4:2:2 and 4:4:4 are not supported by most players, so that is why you see so many examples using yuv420p).

A simpler method is to crop or scale like crop=550:764, but the above command will work with any input size.

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  • Thanks a bunch. That worked. What would the command look like if I watned to place two images side by side?
    – H3R3T1K
    Jun 16, 2020 at 7:59
  • @H3R3T1K ffmpeg -loop 1 -i left.jpg -loop 1 -i right.jpg -i audio.mp3 -filter_complex "[0][1]hstack=inputs=2,scale='iw-mod(iw,2)':'ih-mod(ih,2)',format=yuv420p[v]" -map "[v]" -map 2:a -c:v libx264 -tune stillimage -c:a aac -b:a 192k -shortest -movflags +faststart out.mp4
    – llogan
    Jun 16, 2020 at 21:06
  • @IIogan [swscaler @ 0x563d38f43f00] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly [Parsed_hstack_0 @ 0x563d390c9d00] Input 1 height 662 does not match input 0 height 765. [Parsed_hstack_0 @ 0x563d390c9d00] Failed to configure output pad on Parsed_hstack_0 Error reinitializing filters! Failed to inject frame into filter network: Invalid argument Error while processing the decoded data for stream #1:0 Conversion failed!
    – H3R3T1K
    Jun 20, 2020 at 9:56
  • @H3R3T1K I was assuming each input was the same height. Use the scale filter to make them the same height.
    – llogan
    Jun 20, 2020 at 20:57
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    @HashimAziz If you already know one of the dimensions you need then your solution is just fine (and is what I usually do). The solution in the answer is just a precaution so users can copy and paste the answer for any arbitrary sized input without having to know anything or deal with making the width or height divisible by 2.
    – llogan
    Mar 9, 2021 at 20:28

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