ffmpeg conversion: Twitter rejects video with "Not valid video" - twitter

Question

I have an app that uploads via twitter api chunked upload, and it finally works with photos.
However, I am trying to get it to work with videos.
Uploading didnt work out-of-the-box even though the video format is mp4. The twitter guidelines for uploads are these
With that in mind, I have this ffmpeg command so far:
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf \"scale=1280:720\" -b:v 5000K -minrate 5000K -maxrate 5000K -b:a 128K -r 30 -f mp4 -vcodec libx264 -profile:v high -pix_fmt yuv420p -strict -2 -ac 2 -acodec aac out.mp4
I still get "Not valid video", and I don't know why.
Here's my mediainfo output for out.mp4:
General
Count : 328
Count of stream of this kind : 1
Kind of stream : General
Kind of stream : General
Stream identifier : 0
Count of video streams : 1
Count of audio streams : 1
Video_Format_List : AVC
Video_Format_WithHint_List : AVC
Codecs Video : AVC
Video_Language_List : English
Audio_Format_List : AAC
Audio_Format_WithHint_List : AAC
Audio codecs : AAC LC
Audio_Language_List : English
Complete name : video-5e4405cd4348a5e4405cd434d2.mp4
File name : video-5e4405cd4348a5e4405cd434d2
File extension : mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format : MPEG-4
Format/Extensions usually used : mov mp4 m4v m4a m4b m4p 3ga 3gpa 3gpp 3gp 3gpp2 3g2 k3g jpm jpx mqv ismv isma ismt f4a f4b f4v
Commercial name : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Internet media type : video/mp4
Codec ID : isom
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
Codec ID/Url : http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html
CodecID_Compatible : isom/iso2/avc1/mp41
Codec : MPEG-4
Codec : MPEG-4
Codec/Extensions usually used : mov mp4 m4v m4a m4b m4p 3ga 3gpa 3gpp 3gp 3gpp2 3g2 k3g jpm jpx mqv ismv isma ismt f4a f4b f4v
File size : 52664272
File size : 50.2 MiB
File size : 50 MiB
File size : 50 MiB
File size : 50.2 MiB
File size : 50.22 MiB
Duration : 79744
Duration : 1 min 19 s
Duration : 1 min 19 s 744 ms
Duration : 1 min 19 s
Duration : 00:01:19.744
Duration : 00:01:19:20
Duration : 00:01:19.744 (00:01:19:20)
Overall bit rate : 5283334
Overall bit rate : 5 283 kb/s
Frame rate : 30.000
Frame rate : 30.000 FPS
Frame count : 2390
Stream size : 88780
Stream size : 86.7 KiB (0%)
Stream size : 87 KiB
Stream size : 87 KiB
Stream size : 86.7 KiB
Stream size : 86.70 KiB
Stream size : 86.7 KiB (0%)
Proportion of this stream : 0.00169
HeaderSize : 40
DataSize : 52575500
FooterSize : 88732
IsStreamable : No
File last modification date : UTC 2020-02-12 14:05:37
File last modification date (local) : 2020-02-12 15:05:37
Writing application : Lavf57.83.100
Writing application : Lavf57.83.100
Video
Count : 342
Count of stream of this kind : 1
Kind of stream : Video
Kind of stream : Video
Stream identifier : 0
StreamOrder : 0
ID : 1
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format/Url : http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html
Commercial name : AVC
Format profile : High#L3.1
Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Internet media type : video/H264
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Codec : AVC
Codec : AVC
Codec/Family : AVC
Codec/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Codec/Url : http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html
Codec/CC : avc1
Codec profile : High#L3.1
Codec settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Codec settings, CABAC : Yes
Codec_Settings_RefFrames : 4
Duration : 79667
Duration : 1 min 19 s
Duration : 1 min 19 s 667 ms
Duration : 1 min 19 s
Duration : 00:01:19.667
Duration : 00:01:19:20
Duration : 00:01:19.667 (00:01:19:20)
Bit rate : 5000000
Bit rate : 5 000 kb/s
Width : 1280
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720
Height : 720 pixels
Sampled_Width : 1280
Sampled_Height : 720
Pixel aspect ratio : 1.000
Display aspect ratio : 1.778
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Rotation : 0.000
Frame rate mode : CFR
Frame rate mode : Constant
FrameRate_Mode_Original : VFR
Frame rate : 30.000
Frame rate : 30.000 FPS
Frame count : 2390
Resolution : 8
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Scan type : Progressive
Interlacement : PPF
Interlacement : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.181
Stream size : 51297022
Stream size : 48.9 MiB (97%)
Stream size : 49 MiB
Stream size : 49 MiB
Stream size : 48.9 MiB
Stream size : 48.92 MiB
Stream size : 48.9 MiB (97%)
Proportion of this stream : 0.97404
Writing library : x264 - core 152 r2854 e9a5903
Writing library : x264 core 152 r2854 e9a5903
Encoded_Library_Name : x264
Encoded_Library_Version : core 152 r2854 e9a5903
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=abr / mbtree=1 / bitrate=5000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : en
Language : English
Language : English
Language : en
Language : eng
Language : en
Audio
Count : 275
Count of stream of this kind : 1
Kind of stream : Audio
Kind of stream : Audio
Stream identifier : 0
StreamOrder : 1
ID : 2
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Commercial name : AAC
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No (Explicit)
Format settings, SBR : No (Explicit)
Codec ID : mp4a-40-2
Codec : AAC LC
Codec : AAC LC
Codec/Family : AAC
Codec/CC : 40
Duration : 79744
Duration : 1 min 19 s
Duration : 1 min 19 s 744 ms
Duration : 1 min 19 s
Duration : 00:01:19.744
Duration : 00:01:19:25
Duration : 00:01:19.744 (00:01:19:25)
Bit rate mode : CBR
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128257
Bit rate : 128 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Channel positions : 2/0/0
ChannelLayout : L R
Samples per frame : 1024
Sampling rate : 48000
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Samples count : 3827712
Frame rate : 46.875
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Frame count : 3738
Compression mode : Lossy
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 1278470
Stream size : 1.22 MiB (2%)
Stream size : 1 MiB
Stream size : 1.2 MiB
Stream size : 1.22 MiB
Stream size : 1.219 MiB
Stream size : 1.22 MiB (2%)
Proportion of this stream : 0.02428
Language : en
Language : English
Language : English
Language : en
Language : eng
Language : en
Default : Yes
Default : Yes
Alternate group : 1
Alternate group : 1
Edit: Guess Ill add my PHP code too (This is chopped in a sensible manner because the actual file is very large):
// Set up Codebird
\Codebird\Codebird::setConsumerKey($consumer_key, $consumer_secret); // static, see README
$cb = \Codebird\Codebird::getInstance();
$cb->setToken($token, $token_secret);
$cb->setTimeout(60 * 1000); // 60 second request timeout
$video = new Video($path);
// Convert to the parameter required by twitter.
$converted = $video->convert();
$path = realpath('videos/' . $converted);
$file = fopen($path, 'rb');
$size = fstat($file)['size'];
$mime_type = mime_content_type($path);
$media = $cb->media_upload([
'command' => 'INIT',
'media_type' => $mime_type,
'media_category' => 'tweet_video',
'total_bytes' => $size,
]);
$success = $media->httpstatus >= 200 && $media->httpstatus < 300; # 2xx
if (!$success) {
throw new TwitterException("Failed to INIT upload for $path...");
}
// APPEND chunks to upload.
$mediaId = $media->media_id_string;
$segmentId = 0;
while (!feof($file)) {
echo "chunk #$segmentId....";
$chunk = fread($file, 512 * 1024); // caps out at 512 MB
echo "chunk size: ". strlen($chunk);
$media = $cb->media_upload([
'command' => 'APPEND',
'media_id' => $mediaId,
'segment_index' => $segmentId,
'media' => $chunk,
]);
$success = $media->httpstatus >= 200 && $media->httpstatus < 300; # 2xx
if (!$success) {
throw new TwitterException("Failed to APPEND to upload for $path, chunk $segmentId...");
}
$segmentId++;
}
// Close file and FINALIZE upload.
fclose($file);
echo "FINALIZING id $mediaId...";
$media = $cb->media_upload([
'command' => 'FINALIZE',
'media_id' => $mediaId,
]);
$success = $media->httpstatus >= 200 && $media->httpstatus < 300; # 2xx
if (!$success) {
var_dump($media);
throw new TwitterException("Failed to FINALIZE upload for $path...");
}
return $mediaId;
Video is my ffmpeg class, which I'll paste below, and $path is a URL leading to a perfectly valid mp4 video.
Video.php:
<?php
class VideoConversionException extends \Exception {}
class Video {
public $name;
public $converted;
public function __construct($name) {
self::clear();
$this->name = $name;
}
public function convert() {
$tmpVideo = 'video-' . uniqid() . uniqid() . '.mp4';
$videoPath = 'videos/' . $tmpVideo;
//$ffmpeg = "ffmpeg -i https://tvcanarias.acfipress.com/BC_190907_gc_teror.mp4 -vf "scale=1280:720" -b:v 5000K -b:a 128K -r 30 -f mp4 -vcodec libx264 -acodec aac output_video.mp4";
$ffmpeg = "ffmpeg -i {$this->name} -vf \"scale=1280:720\" -b:v 5000K -minrate 5000K -maxrate 5000K -b:a 128K -r 30 -f mp4 -vcodec libx264 -profile:v high -pix_fmt yuv420p -strict -2 -ac 2 -acodec aac $videoPath";
//$ffmpeg = "ffmpeg -i {$this->name} -pix_fmt yuv420p -vcodec libx264 -vf scale=640:-1 -acodec aac -vb 1024k -minrate 1024k -maxrate 1024k -bufsize 1024k -ar 44100 -ac 2 -strict experimental -r 30 $videoPath";
$output = [];
exec($ffmpeg, $output, $status);
if ($status != 0) {
//die("Couldnt run ffmpeg. (Error code: #$status)");
throw new VideoConversionException("Couldn't run ffmpeg. (Error code: #$status)");
}
$this->converted = $tmpVideo;
return $tmpVideo;
}
public function shredConverted() {
// delete video.
#unlink("videos/{$this->$converted}");
}
public static function clear() {
// We can't really shred videos right away as they might be still uploading.
// Therefore, every time this library is used, we will just delete videos older
// than, say, an hour.
$files = scandir('videos');
$curtime = time();
foreach ($files as $file) {
if ($file == '.gitignore' || $file == '.' || $file == '..') {
continue;
}
$mtime = filemtime("videos/$file");
$diff = $curtime - $mtime;
$overAnHour = $diff > (60 * 60);
if ($overAnHour) {
#unlink("videos/$file");
}
}
}
}