I have had success with excellent advice, on a Mac OSX10.5, converting a modified MXF media structure to h264 while retaining multitrack audio. But I cannot get ffmpeg to work in Windows environment.
See this page.
Here's the result of latest failure-
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
F:\>h:
H:\>cd conversion folder
H:\Conversion folder>ffmpeg ffmpeg -report -enable_drefs 1 -use_absolute_path 1
-i fdb9_AerialsEagleFarm_0610.mov -map 0:v -map 0:a -write_tmcd 1 fd9_AerialsEag
leFarm_A0609.mp4
ffmpeg started on 2017-08-08 at 15:01:24
Report written to "ffmpeg-20170808-150124.log"
ffmpeg version N-86950-g1bef008 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 7.1.0 (GCC)
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-cuda --enable-cuvid --e
nable-d3d11va --enable-dxva2 --enable-libmfx --enable-nvenc --enable-avisynth --
enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv
--enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-li
bfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug -
-enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enabl
e-libopenh264 --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-li
bsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolam
e --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx
--enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable
-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-zlib
libavutil 55. 70.100 / 55. 70.100
libavcodec 57.102.100 / 57.102.100
libavformat 57. 76.100 / 57. 76.100
libavdevice 57. 7.100 / 57. 7.100
libavfilter 6. 98.100 / 6. 98.100
libswscale 4. 7.102 / 4. 7.102
libswresample 2. 8.100 / 2. 8.100
libpostproc 54. 6.100 / 54. 6.100
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 00000000005c99a0] Opening 'video.vid' for reading
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 00000000005c99a0] stream 0, error opening alias: path
='/VibrintAVFiles/Xchange In/fdb9_AerialsEagleFarm_0610.vmf/video.vid', dir='fdb
9_AerialsEagleFarm_0610.vmf', filename='video.vid', volume='default', nlvl_from=
1, nlvl_to=1
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 00000000005c99a0] Opening 'audio_0.pcm' for reading
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 00000000005c99a0] stream 1, error opening alias: path
='/VibrintAVFiles/Xchange In/fdb9_AerialsEagleFarm_0610.vmf/audio_0.pcm', dir='f
db9_AerialsEagleFarm_0610.vmf', filename='audio_0.pcm', volume='default', nlvl_f
rom=1, nlvl_to=1
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 00000000005c99a0] Opening 'audio_1.pcm' for reading
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 00000000005c99a0] stream 2, error opening alias: path
='/VibrintAVFiles/Xchange In/fdb9_AerialsEagleFarm_0610.vmf/audio_1.pcm', dir='f
db9_AerialsEagleFarm_0610.vmf', filename='audio_1.pcm', volume='default', nlvl_f
rom=1, nlvl_to=1
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 00000000005c99a0] Opening 'audio_2.pcm' for reading
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 00000000005c99a0] stream 3, error opening alias: path
='/VibrintAVFiles/Xchange In/fdb9_AerialsEagleFarm_0610.vmf/audio_2.pcm', dir='f
db9_AerialsEagleFarm_0610.vmf', filename='audio_2.pcm', volume='default', nlvl_f
rom=1, nlvl_to=1
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 00000000005c99a0] Opening 'audio_3.pcm' for reading
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 00000000005c99a0] stream 4, error opening alias: path
='/VibrintAVFiles/Xchange In/fdb9_AerialsEagleFarm_0610.vmf/audio_3.pcm', dir='f
db9_AerialsEagleFarm_0610.vmf', filename='audio_3.pcm', volume='default', nlvl_f
rom=1, nlvl_to=1
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 00000000005c99a0] Could not find codec parameters for
stream 0 (Video: dvvideo (dvpp / 0x70707664), none, 720x576, 28800 kb/s): unspe
cified pixel format
Consider increasing the value for the 'analyzeduration' and 'probesize' options
Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #0.1 : mono
Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #0.2 : mono
Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #0.3 : mono
Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #0.4 : mono
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'fdb9_AerialsEagleFarm_0610.mov':
Metadata:
creation_time : 2016-10-06T07:01:58.000000Z
Duration: 00:12:43.90, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1 kb/s
Stream #0:0(eng): Video: dvvideo (dvpp / 0x70707664), none, 720x576, 28800 k
b/s, SAR 118:81 DAR 295:162, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 2500 tbn, 2500 tbc (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2016-10-06T07:01:58.000000Z
handler_name : Apple Alias Data Handler
timecode : 01:17:27:12
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: pcm_s16le (sowt / 0x74776F73), 48000 Hz, mono, s16,
768 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2016-10-06T07:01:58.000000Z
handler_name : Apple Alias Data Handler
Stream #0:2(eng): Audio: pcm_s16le (sowt / 0x74776F73), 48000 Hz, mono, s16,
768 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2016-10-06T07:01:58.000000Z
handler_name : Apple Alias Data Handler
Stream #0:3(eng): Audio: pcm_s16le (sowt / 0x74776F73), 48000 Hz, mono, s16,
768 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2016-10-06T07:01:58.000000Z
handler_name : Apple Alias Data Handler
Stream #0:4(eng): Audio: pcm_s16le (sowt / 0x74776F73), 48000 Hz, mono, s16,
768 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2016-10-06T07:01:58.000000Z
handler_name : Apple Alias Data Handler
Stream #0:5(eng): Data: none (tmcd / 0x64636D74) (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2016-10-06T07:01:58.000000Z
handler_name : Apple Handle Data Handler
timecode : 01:17:27:12
[NULL @ 00000000005cad20] Unable to find a suitable output format for 'ffmpeg'
ffmpeg: Invalid argument
And a screen grab of file structure (although I'm using an alias for target)