Sports Cam Video Problems

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As discussed in an 'Arms thread, I have acquired a GoPro knock-off.

I took a couple of videos with it locked off, and now want to extract a couple of sections from each and compile them to DVD.

Transporting the video files to my PC (on the original media card) results in .mp4 files which won't play in Splash Lite, but will in VLC and they open in VideoReDo.

I extracted the clips to new MP4s, then assembled them in a list to create a DVD (all using VideoReDo). The creation process repeatedly bombs out when it gets to the first clip from the second video. QuickStreamFix also bombs out on either of the clips from the second video, despite the original video file passing QuickStreamFix no problems. The clips from the first video are OK.

So then I tried ensuring that the edit points are on i-frames. No change.

Any ideas what I can do?

Mediainfo for a working clip:
Code:
===================== General =====================
Complete name               : F:\Video\20171128_204104_1.mp4
Format                      : MPEG-4
Format profile              : Base Media
Codec Id                    : isom
File size                   : 413 MB
Duration (ms)               : 2mn 45s
Total bitrate               : 21.0 Mbps
Encoded application         : Lavf54.63.104

===================== Video =====================
Id                          : 1
Format                      : AVC
Format info                 : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile              : High@L5.1
Use of CABAC                : Yes
RefFrames                   : 1 frame
Format settings - GOP       : M=1, N=30
Codec Id                    : avc1
Codec info                  : Advanced Video Coding
Duration (ms)               : 2mn 45s
Bitrate                     : 21.0 Mbps
Width                       : 1 920 pixels
Height                      : 1 080 pixels
Aspect ratio                : 16:9
Framerate mode              : Constant
Framerate                   : 30.000 fps
Colorimetry                 : YUV
Colos space                 : 4:2:0
Bit depth                   : 8 bits
Scan type                   : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)          : 0.337
Stream size                 : 413 MB (100%)

===================== Audio =====================
Id                          : 2
Format                      : AAC
Format info                 : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile              : LC
Codec Id                    : 40
Duration (ms)               : 2mn 44s
Duration_LastFrame/String   : -128ms
Bitrate mode                : Constant
Bitrate                     : 16.6 Kbps
Channel(s)                  : 2 channels
Channel(s)_Original/String  : 1 channel
ChannelPositions            : Front: C
Sampling rate               : 8 000 Hz
Compression_Mode/String     : Lossy
Stream size                 : 334 KB (0%)
Language                    : English

Mediainfo for a non-working clip (plays but VideoReDo won't process it):
Code:
===================== General =====================
Complete name               : F:\Video\20171128_210857_1.mp4
Format                      : MPEG-4
Format profile              : Base Media
Codec Id                    : isom
File size                   : 318 MB
Duration (ms)               : 2mn 7s
Total bitrate               : 21.0 Mbps
Encoded application         : Lavf54.63.104

===================== Video =====================
Id                          : 1
Format                      : AVC
Format info                 : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile              : High@L5.1
Use of CABAC                : Yes
RefFrames                   : 1 frame
Format settings - GOP       : M=1, N=30
Codec Id                    : avc1
Codec info                  : Advanced Video Coding
Duration (ms)               : 2mn 7s
Bitrate                     : 21.0 Mbps
Width                       : 1 920 pixels
Height                      : 1 080 pixels
Aspect ratio                : 16:9
Framerate mode              : Variable
Framerate                   : 30.000 fps
FrameRate_Minimum/String    : 29.968 fps
FrameRate_Maximum/String    : 30.028 fps
Colorimetry                 : YUV
Colos space                 : 4:2:0
Bit depth                   : 8 bits
Scan type                   : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)          : 0.337
Stream size                 : 318 MB (100%)

===================== Audio =====================
Id                          : 2
Format                      : AAC
Format info                 : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile              : LC
Codec Id                    : 40
Duration (ms)               : 2mn 5s
Duration_LastFrame/String   : -128ms
Bitrate mode                : Constant
Bitrate                     : 16.9 Kbps
Channel(s)                  : 2 channels
Channel(s)_Original/String  : 1 channel
ChannelPositions            : Front: C
Sampling rate               : 8 000 Hz
Compression_Mode/String     : Lossy
Stream size                 : 260 KB (0%)
Language                    : English
 
I'm currently using VLC to re-encode the clips. The result is a smaller file (by a factor of 6), but Splash Lite is happy with it (no audio though - OK in VLC).
 
Oh marvellous (not). VRD now says the clips don't have audio streams (when clearly they do). Try a different re-encode...

(I ought to be using Zen for this!)
 
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