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fix(ffmpeg): apply default video encoder options - #477
Apply frame-exact MP4 crop, quality and unchanged-size options without requiring -c:v libx264.
Background
MP4 already defaults selected video to libx264, but the argument parser rejects its encoder options unless a codec option names libx264.
What changes
Covered: MP4 crop, CRF, preset, pixel format, passthrough and same-size -s reach the existing selected-stream checks without an explicit video encoder.
Not covered: previously refused implicit -vf scale, -filter:v scale, resizing -s and -b:v remain refused and use whole-command fallback when configured. The existing scaler and bitrate path do not match pinned FFmpeg frame for frame; fixing those paths is out of scope. Previously native commands with a libx264 codec option keep their behavior, including scaling, resize and bitrate requests with unmatched codec selectors. Normalizing those legacy paths is out of scope. New filters, seeking during encoding, audio encoder options and new containers remain excluded; copy-only commands still refuse encoder options.
After merging: None.
How it works
sequenceDiagram
actor U as User
participant C as coreav ffmpeg
participant E as Encoder pipeline
U->>C: -i source.mp4 -vf crop=32:24:0:0 output.mp4
rect rgb(254, 243, 199)
Note over C: Changed: MP4 accepts options without an explicit video codec
C->>C: Select streams and resolve the effective codecs
end
C->>E: Encode selected video with the existing libx264 route
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Decisions
Admit only default-video option shapes with frame-identical pinned output. Argument-only scale and bitrate refusals stay before probing; same-size output is checked against the selected source dimensions and treated as a no-op to preserve aspect metadata. Existing explicit-encoder admission and the legacy unmatched-selector exceptions are unchanged; narrowing them would remove previously native commands.
Generated tests block FFmpeg and whole-command fallback on native candidates, compare complete files with an explicit native control (without resizing for the same-size case), and independently compare decoded frame hashes and geometry/aspect with pinned FFmpeg. Excluded options must preserve destinations when fallback is unavailable and produce the pinned complete file when fallback is available.
Evidence
Verification run: Generated-media verification compares six admitted option cases with pinned decoded frame hashes and geometry/aspect, preserves destinations for twelve refusal controls, and checks four excluded shapes through byte-exact whole-command fallback. Sixteen prior native video commands retain identical complete bytes against the baseline binary, including explicit and unmatched-encoder scale, resize and bitrate cases. Required verification fails when x264 is missing; optional local verification skips that dependency. The FFmpeg module, complete ffmpeg targets in both default and native-H.264 builds, and fallback targets pass. Targeted Clippy, fmt, workflow, oracle-selection and frozen-source checks pass. The generated-media test runs explicitly in macOS CI. Similarity at 23dd3fe29fd74e6d7084de684ec2e7e3bcfab7a9 passes with 108 spans, 0 not allowlisted, 0 problems and 0 stale entries. The default-video and ignored H.264 quality targets also pass together after updating the base. Full CI passes at this head.
The MP4 compatibility path now permits selected video encoder options without explicit libx264 selection. Matching-dimension output size is treated as a no-op. Tests cover implicit encoding, refusal cases, and fallback behavior.
Changes: Default MP4 video encoding
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Summary
MP4 option parsing and dimension checks crates/coreav-cli/src/ffmpeg/args.rs, crates/coreav-cli/src/ffmpeg/encode.rs, crates/coreav-cli/src/ffmpeg/mod.rs, docs/design/transcode.md
The parser permits MP4 video options under the described conditions. For implicit libx264, -s does not apply scaling, and transcode_job refuses dimensions that do not match the selected video stream. The design documentation records the rules and retained restrictions.
Transcode tests and verification wiring crates/coreav-cli/tests/transcode.rs, test-support/oracle-dependent.json, .github/workflows/ci.yml, docs/agents/ffmpeg-cli.md
The native-H.264 test compares implicit encoding with explicit libx264 and checks refusals and fallback output. The test is registered for oracle-dependent testing, and macOS CI runs it with required FFmpeg verification.
Fallback test arguments crates/coreav-cli/tests/fallback.rs, crates/coreav-cli/tests/fallback_windows.rs, crates/coreav-cli/tests/ffmpeg.rs
Fallback and refusal tests use -af instead of -vf. The missing-program test expects the unsupported-option message to name -af.
A narrowly scoped MP4 command can resize video instead of refusing it. This should be fixed before merge or explicitly accepted as a bounded risk.
Architecture risk: Medium · up to 23dd3
The change affects 3 systems.
Changed systems:crates, docs, test-support
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observed — crates (service) was modified; 7 changed files map to changed impact.
observed — docs (service) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.
observed — test-support (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
Before / after behavior
observed — Modified behavior in crates/coreav-cli/tests/fallback.rs: The relative-fallback test now triggers fallback with -af x instead of -vf x.
observed — Modified behavior in crates/coreav-cli/tests/fallback.rs: The empty-PATH-element test now triggers fallback with -af x instead of -vf x.
observed — Modified behavior in crates/coreav-cli/tests/fallback.rs: The test for skipping a program that cannot run now uses -af x instead of -vf x.
observed — Modified behavior in crates/coreav-cli/tests/fallback.rs: The cannot-start fallback test now uses -af x instead of -vf x; its logging and refusal assertions are unchanged.
Reliability and maintainability
inferred — Risk-relevant change factors for crates: blast_radius_1; direct_dependents_1
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crates/coreav-cli/tests/transcode.rs: 1
1473-1494: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value
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Use a table of case structs.
The eight cases are tuples with a Vec of options. A small struct would name the fields. This is a low-priority readability change.
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Exit code 4 alone does not show which refusal fired. Each case should check that stderr contains the expected reason text. Without that, a regression that rejects -vf fps=5, -vf hflip, or -pix_fmt yuv444p early in the new MP4 encoder-option gate would still pass this test.
Add an expected message to each tuple and assert it against result.stderr:
The placeholders must be replaced with the exact stderr text that each refusal emits. Read that text from the refusal constructors in crates/coreav-cli/src/ffmpeg/encode.rs and args.rs before adding the assertion. Keep the Some(4) and unchanged-file checks.
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Review comment at @crates/coreav-cli/tests/transcode.rs around lines 1531 -
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Update the options cases in the refusal test loop to pair each argument vector
with its expected refusal message, using the exact text emitted by the
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- Around line 1438-1439: Update the test’s x264 lookup to skip when x264()
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Add an irregular-timestamp passthrough case to the default-encoder test.
The passthrough case uses an evenly spaced 10 fps source. Without the option, the native gate accepts that source, so the case does not show that -fps_mode passthrough is honored on the implicit path. The byte comparison against the explicit path does not detect a dropped option either.
Add a passthrough case with a source whose frame timestamps are irregular, for example a timestamp gap or a duplicated timestamp, and whose first frame starts at time 0. Keep the implicit-versus-explicit byte comparison. If the option is dropped on the implicit path, the run is refused by the gate in encode.rs:535 and the test fails. Optionally, assert per-frame timestamps with ffprobe -show_frames to confirm the timing that passthrough preserves.
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Review comment at @crates/coreav-cli/tests/transcode.rs around lines 1435 -
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Add a separate irregular-timestamp passthrough case to
`ffmpeg_default_video_encoder_applies_options`, using a source with a timestamp
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gap or duplicate and a first frame at time zero. Run it through both implicit
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Review: blocking at 5baa0f8d482e27bf3aec73d78be8fa707228de4a
Blocking
Newly native -vf scale, -s resize and -b:v commands no longer give FFmpeg's output, and the PR doesn't say so (crates/coreav-cli/src/ffmpeg/args.rs:1210). On main, ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf scale=32:24 out.mp4 is refused by this gate and falls back to FFmpeg when one is present, so the user gets FFmpeg's file. With this PR it runs natively. The new test only proves that the implicit form equals the explicit -c:v libx264 form, not that either equals FFmpeg. I ran every option case of the new test plus a few user-shaped ones, implicit form, PR-head coreav (native-h264) against FFmpeg 9.0.2 with x264 0.165.3223 (macOS arm64 builds), comparing decoded framemd5 and ffprobe stream fields. The fallback log stayed empty, so every run was native:
Case
Decoded frames vs FFmpeg
Notes
-vf scale=32:24, -filter:v, -s 32x24, faststart case
differ, PSNR 45.5 dB
output has no pasp (SAR N/A); FFmpeg writes 1:1
-vf scale=320:-2 -c:a copy (the command the PR moved out of commands_outside_the_vocabulary_are_refused_by_name)
differ, PSNR 42.1 dB
-b:v 100k (0.8 s, 64x48)
differ, PSNR 44.7 dB
19.3 kb/s vs FFmpeg 23.6 kb/s; also differs with -threads 1 on both
The divergence comes from the existing explicit path (the scaler is within rounding, not bit-exact, and x264's ABR runs differently from FFmpeg's libx264), so the explicit commands were already like this. What's new is that this PR moves the implicit commands from FFmpeg's exact output to that approximate path, and anything that counts them as native would merge them into "exact". Either narrow the MP4 exception to the options that match (crop, -crf/-preset, -fps_mode passthrough, -pix_fmt yuv420p, same-size -s) and keep scale/resize and -b:v on the gate until they match, or fix the native path, or say plainly under "Not covered" which options give non-equal output. Narrowing doesn't make any command refuse that runs natively on main, because those commands are refused on main.
Checked, no issue
No command native on main now refuses. The only source change adds the conjunct command.muxer != Muxer::Mp4 to a refusal condition in parse(), so a command that parsed on main still parses. No other file under src/ changed. Every edited test swaps -vf for -af (also refused by name on main) or moves an MP4 refusal case to .m4a. None turns a native success into a refusal.
The refusal controls (-c copy/-c:v copy with encoder options, fps=5, hflip, yuv444p) keep the destination intact with exit 4. Audio-only -vn -vf refusals are unchanged.
CI is green at this head (55 passed, 0 failed, 0 pending). All four commits carry Signed-off-by and none has Co-Authored-By. The title is 48 characters.
Minor: the Evidence line "Full CI is pending" is stale. The faststart case only exercises the scale path again.
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transcode.rs x264 lookup should skip when required() is false: valid but minor. It only affected local runs without x264, and 5baa0f8 fixed it as proposed.
Narrowed in a28142147191dd3541ef65fbf3e1b2c072569426. Implicit scale filters and bitrate remain parser refusals; resizing -s refuses after selected-source dimensions are known. Same-size implicit -s is a no-op, so it also preserves source SAR rather than entering the legacy scaler. Explicit libx264 paths remain unchanged. The generated test now compares six admitted cases directly with pinned FFmpeg's complete frame hashes and geometry/SAR, verifies twelve destination-preserving refusals, and compares four excluded fallback outputs byte for byte with FFmpeg. Sixteen previously native commands retain identical complete output against the baseline, including explicit and unmatched-encoder scale, resize and bitrate cases. Scaling and bitrate parity are explicitly excluded in the body. Exact-head similarity and the affected local targets pass; final-head CI is running.
Review: no blocking issue at a28142147191dd3541ef65fbf3e1b2c072569426 (delta since 5baa0f8)
The blocking finding from the previous round is resolved. Implicit -vf scale, -filter:v scale and -b:v refuse in the parser again with main's message. Resizing -s now refuses in transcode_job after probing, with a new message. Same-size -s drops the scale request, so it is a no-op that keeps the source SAR. The PR body and docs/design/transcode.md now say which shapes stay on fallback and why.
How I checked
Refusals against main. I built coreav (native-h264) at main fc1587822 and at this head. I ran 25 implicit-MP4 shapes through both with fallback unavailable. Each run was classified as native, refused (exit 4, which hands off to FFmpeg when a fallback is configured) or failed. The shapes were scale, -filter:v scale, the scale + faststart case, -b:v, resizing -s (both sides and one side), crop,scale chains, crop together with -s, -s with -c:v copy, -s with -map 0 and -an -crf, an audio-only source, -vn -s, and a source this build can't decode (MPEG-4 Part 2). Every one gives the same result on both builds. The explicit -c:v libx264 scale, -s and -b:v shapes stay native on both. Only the intended shapes changed from refused to native: crop, and same-size -s on a plain source and on a FLAC-audio source.
Equality with FFmpeg 9.0.2 (macOS arm64 build, x264 0.165): the newly native same-size -s, -vf crop=32:24:16:8, and same-size -s with -pix_fmt yuv420p -movflags faststart all give equal decoded framemd5. Width, height, SAR, DAR, frame rate, time base and frame count are also equal. I ran them on a square-pixel source and on a 4:3-SAR source. The earlier round already showed crop, -crf/-preset and -fps_mode passthrough frame-equal.
The parser condition only admits a filter that starts with crop=. A crop=…,scale=… chain passes the parser but is refused by literal_crop in encode::request. Crop together with -s hits the existing "a size beside -vf" refusal. Both still refuse with exit 4.
Non-blocking
Resizing -s is now refused after the input is opened, not in the parser. With a missing input, main refuses and hands off to FFmpeg, which then fails on the missing file. This head fails in CoreAV with exit 3 (I/O error: entity not found). The command fails either way; only the exit code and message change. The Decisions sentence "Argument-only scale and bitrate refusals stay before probing" is accurate because it leaves -s out.
The Evidence line "Full CI and independent delta review are pending" is stale once this comment and CI land.
An inline thread on crates/coreav-cli/tests/transcode.rs (the 07:34 UTC reply about the x264 handling) is unresolved. The merge gate needs it resolved.
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Review: no blocking issue at 23dd3fe29fd74e6d7084de684ec2e7e3bcfab7a9 (merge resolution since a281421)
The merge of main f87bb52 changes no source line beyond what each side already had. git show --cc 23dd3fe29 shows combined hunks only in .github/workflows/ci.yml, where both macOS steps are kept, and in docs/design/transcode.md, where both sentences are kept. args.rs, encode.rs and mod.rs merged cleanly. #483's -q:v arm still parses before the encoder-option gate and continues past it. #477's narrowed MP4 condition (no -b:v, filter absent or crop=) and the transcode_job same-size -s check are unchanged from a281421.
How I checked
I rebuilt coreav (native-h264) at main f87bb52, which includes #483, and at this head. I ran the same 25 implicit-MP4 shapes as last round plus 9 -q:v shapes through both, with fallback unavailable:
Scale, -filter:v scale, the scale + faststart case, -b:v and resizing -s (both sides, one side, after crop, with -c:v copy/-map 0/-an -crf) refuse with exit 4 on both builds. That exit is the one that hands off to FFmpeg when a fallback is configured. With -q:v 5 added (scale, resizing -s, -b:v) they still refuse on both.
fix(ffmpeg): admit ignored H264 video quality #483's -q:v gate behaves identically on both builds. -q:v 5 alone runs natively, while -q:v nan and -q:v 5 -c:v copy refuse. The explicit -c:v libx264 -q:v 5 -vf scale stays native.
Only fix(ffmpeg): apply default video encoder options #477's intended shapes changed from refused to native: crop and same-size -s, with and without -q:v 5. Explicit -c:v libx264 scale, -s and -b:v stay native on both.
I compared the new -q:v 5 combinations with FFmpeg 9.0.2 (macOS arm64, x264 0.165), on a square-pixel source and on a 4:3-SAR source. -q:v 5 -vf crop=32:24:16:8 and -q:v 5 -s 64x48 give equal decoded framemd5, and width, height, SAR, DAR, frame rate, time base and frame count also match.
Non-blocking
Unchanged from last round: with a missing input, resizing -s fails in CoreAV with exit 3 where main refused and handed off. The earlier inline thread is now resolved.
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Review comments at @crates/coreav-cli/src/ffmpeg/encode.rs:
- Around line 280-283: Update the `-s` decision and the matching
source-dimension check in `ffmpeg::transcode_job` to use the resolved
codec-selection result for the selected video stream, rather than searching
`command.codecs` for any `Libx264` entry. Treat an unmatched codec option such
as `-c:v:1 libx264` as having no effect on a one-video command, preserving the
MP4 default codec and its source-dimension refusal behavior.
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Review: no blocking issue at 23dd3fe29fd74e6d7084de684ec2e7e3bcfab7a9 (CodeRabbit addendum, no code change)
This addendum judges CodeRabbit's new thread 4500916140 (-c:v:1 libx264 -s 16x16 on a one-video MP4 is treated as explicit libx264).
Valid but minor, and pre-existing. The selector really matches no stream, so the "any Libx264 entry" test in args.rs, encode.rs and transcode_job counts it as explicit. But main f87bb52 already runs these commands natively through the same any-entry gate. I ran -c:v:1 and -c:v:9 with -s 16x16, and -c:v:1 with -vf scale=16:16, -b:v 100k and -s 64x48, on a generated 64x48 source with fallback unavailable. All five exit 0 on main and on this head, with byte-identical output. This PR doesn't introduce or widen the behaviour. The proposed fix would make commands that run natively on main refuse and hand off to FFmpeg, which needs the maintainer's approval first, so it belongs in a follow-up and not in this PR.
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TL;DR
-c:v libx264.Background
MP4 already defaults selected video to libx264, but the argument parser rejects its encoder options unless a codec option names libx264.
What changes
-sreach the existing selected-stream checks without an explicit video encoder.-vf scale,-filter:v scale, resizing-sand-b:vremain refused and use whole-command fallback when configured. The existing scaler and bitrate path do not match pinned FFmpeg frame for frame; fixing those paths is out of scope. Previously native commands with a libx264 codec option keep their behavior, including scaling, resize and bitrate requests with unmatched codec selectors. Normalizing those legacy paths is out of scope. New filters, seeking during encoding, audio encoder options and new containers remain excluded; copy-only commands still refuse encoder options.How it works
sequenceDiagram actor U as User participant C as coreav ffmpeg participant E as Encoder pipeline U->>C: -i source.mp4 -vf crop=32:24:0:0 output.mp4 rect rgb(254, 243, 199) Note over C: Changed: MP4 accepts options without an explicit video codec C->>C: Select streams and resolve the effective codecs end C->>E: Encode selected video with the existing libx264 routeDecisions
Evidence
Verification run: Generated-media verification compares six admitted option cases with pinned decoded frame hashes and geometry/aspect, preserves destinations for twelve refusal controls, and checks four excluded shapes through byte-exact whole-command fallback. Sixteen prior native video commands retain identical complete bytes against the baseline binary, including explicit and unmatched-encoder scale, resize and bitrate cases. Required verification fails when x264 is missing; optional local verification skips that dependency. The FFmpeg module, complete
ffmpegtargets in both default and native-H.264 builds, and fallback targets pass. Targeted Clippy, fmt, workflow, oracle-selection and frozen-source checks pass. The generated-media test runs explicitly in macOS CI. Similarity at23dd3fe29fd74e6d7084de684ec2e7e3bcfab7a9passes with 108 spans, 0 not allowlisted, 0 problems and 0 stale entries. The default-video and ignored H.264 quality targets also pass together after updating the base. Full CI passes at this head.Links: Refs #47. Encoder defaults.
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