.. _ecc55794-2b06-4acf-893d-f6ec83741bdf: ====================== Error opening filters! ====================== .. contents:: :depth: 2 -------------- Classification -------------- .. list-table:: :align: center * - **Validator** - **Validator version** - **Error message type** * - ffprobe - - .. list-table:: :align: center * - **File format** - **Version** - **Specification** - **Description** - **Location** -------- Analyses -------- Analysis ======== The error message does not refer to a file or file format but instead to missing missing or invalid arguments given to the software. Is it a bug in the validating software? - yes ------------------ Possible solutions ------------------ .. contents:: :local: No suggestion determined. All solutions are listed for browsing :ref:`in here `. -------------- Output example -------------- :: "ffprobe version 2.8.15 Copyright (c) 2007-2018 the FFmpeg developers\n built with gcc 4.8.5 (GCC) 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-36)\n configuration: --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --datadir=/usr/share/ffmpeg --incdir=/usr/include/ffmpeg --libdir=/usr/lib64 --mandir=/usr/share/man --arch=x86_64 --optflags='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic' --extra-ldflags='-Wl,-z,relro ' --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-version3 --enable-bzlib --disable-crystalhd --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libcdio --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-nonfree --disable-indev=jack --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-openal --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-x11grab --enable-avfilter --enable-avresample --enable-postproc --enable-pthreads --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-gpl --disable-debug --disable-stripping --shlibdir=/usr/lib64 --enable-runtime-cpudetect\n libavutil 54. 31.100 / 54. 31.100\n libavcodec 56. 60.100 / 56. 60.100\n libavformat 56. 40.101 / 56. 40.101\n libavdevice 56. 4.100 / 56. 4.100\n libavfilter 5. 40.101 / 5. 40.101\n libavresample 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0\n libswscale 3. 1.101 / 3. 1.101\n libswresample 1. 2.101 / 1. 2.101\n libpostproc 53. 3.100 / 53. 3.100\n[wav @ 0x24a63e0] Could not find codec parameters for stream 0 (Audio: pcm_s16le ([1][0][0][0] / 0x0001), 44100 Hz, 2 channels, 1411 kb/s): unspecified sample format\nConsider increasing the value for the 'analyzeduration' and 'probesize' options\n_/351/351___S___/351___S-1___/351___S-1___17Cd1/351___S-1___17Cd1_16.wav: End of file\n"", ""_/351/351___S___/351___S-1___/351___S-1___17Cd1/351___S-1___17Cd1_16.wav: could not find codec parameters\n[abuffer @ 0x25bba60] Unable to parse option value \""(null)\"" as sample format\n Last message repeated 1 times\n[abuffer @ 0x25bba60] Error setting option sample_fmt to value (null).\n[graph 0 input from stream 0:0 @ 0x25c0100] Error applying options to the filter.\nError opening filters!\n" ------------------ Notes on the error ------------------ ------------------------------ Related errors by source files ------------------------------ :: ffmpeg: Error while decoding stream .* Invalid data found when processing input ffprobe: Error opening filters! ffprobe: Invalid data found when processing input jhove: Chunk ID contains space before printable characters jhove: File does not start with RIFF header jhove: Invalid chunk size mediainfo: No audio or video tracks found. unknown: Unknown list type in Associated Data List chunk: Type = "INFO" Notice: any operation suggested on this page should be carefully considered before use, as this article is in continuous development. Data is available at https://github.com/Digital-Preservation-Finland/knowledge-base.