New issue 107 by christop...@gmail.com: Scan Type/Field Order Copy Streams  
Incorrect or Missing?
http://code.google.com/p/ffmbc/issues/detail?id=107

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. ffmbc -i file.mov -acodec copy -vcodec copy outfile.mov
2. ffmbc -i file.mov -timecode 01:00:00:00 -metadata reel_name=SOMENAME  
-acodec copy -vcodec copy outfile.mov
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I would FFmbc expect to copy the information about field order to the  
output. But instead it seems to delete that information. MediaInfo does not  
show anything under Scan Type when processing outfile.mov, but does show  
something with input file. Also the outfile is always interpreted by Final  
Cut Pro 7 as TFF, no matter what the input file was.

Strangely this happens only on two out of three testing machines.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

I tested on three systems:

Mac OS X 10.7.3 (64bit) Scan Type incorrect
Mac OS X 10.6.8 Server (64bit) Scan Type incorrect
Mac OX X 10.6.8 (32bit) Scan Type correct

All have FFmbc 0.7-rc7 installed

I also tried to compile it with the same option as the one installed on the  
32bit machine. These are the options on it:

FFmbc version 0.7-rc7
Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Baptiste Coudurier and the FFmpeg developers
built on Jul  3 2012 22:52:31 with gcc 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)
configuration: --enable-nonfree --enable-gpl --enable-postproc  
--enable-swscale --enable-avfilter --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis  
--enable-libtheora --enable-libfaac --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264  
--enable-static --enable-pthreads --disable-indevs --disable-ffprobe
libavutil    51. 11. 0 / 51. 11. 0
libavcodec   53.  9. 0 / 53.  9. 0
libavformat  53.  6. 0 / 53.  6. 0
libavdevice  53.  2. 0 / 53.  2. 0
libavfilter   2. 27. 3 /  2. 27. 3
libswscale    2.  0. 0 /  2.  0. 0
libpostproc  51.  2. 0 / 51.  2. 0

Please provide any additional information below:

The following was tested on the server:

FFmbc version 0.7-rc7
Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Baptiste Coudurier and the FFmpeg developers
built on Jul  4 2012 18:06:15 with gcc 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)
configuration: --enable-nonfree --enable-gpl --enable-postproc  
--enable-swscale --enable-avfilter --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis  
--enable-libtheora --enable-libfaac --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264  
--enable-libvpx --enable-static --enable-pthreads --disable-indevs  
--disable-ffprobe --as=yasm
libavutil    51. 11. 0 / 51. 11. 0
libavcodec   53.  9. 0 / 53.  9. 0
libavformat  53.  6. 0 / 53.  6. 0
libavdevice  53.  2. 0 / 53.  2. 0
libavfilter   2. 27. 3 /  2. 27. 3
libswscale    2.  0. 0 /  2.  0. 0
libpostproc  51.  2. 0 / 51.  2. 0

/usr/local/bin/ffmbc -y -i '/Users/me/Desktop/infile.mov' -timecode  
10:13:59:02 -metadata reel_name=TestREEL32890 -acodec copy -vcodec  
copy '/Users/me/Desktop/oufile.mov'
FFmbc version 0.7-rc7
Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Baptiste Coudurier and the FFmpeg developers
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/Users/me/Desktop/infile.mov':
   Metadata:
     major_brand: qt
     minor_version: 537199360
     compatible_brands: qt
     creation_time: 2012-06-20 15:22:16
     com.apple.finalcutstudio.media.uuid:  
7119A406-F0F1-4F74-A34D-359DDB00D173
     timecode: 10:13:59:02
   Duration: 00:00:50.12, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 107614 kb/s
     Stream #0.0(eng): Video: prores, yuv422p10le, 1920x1080p, 106201 kb/s,  
25.00 fps
     Metadata:
       codec_name: Apple ProRes 422
     Stream #0.1(eng): Data: unknown (tmcd)
     Metadata:
       reel_name: ....
     Stream #0.2(eng): Audio: pcm_s16le, 44100 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 1411 kb/s
Output #0, mov, to '/Users/me/Desktop/outfile.mov':
   Metadata:
     reel_name: TestREEL32890
     encoder: FFmbc 0.7
     Stream #0.0(und): Video: prores, yuv422p10le, 1920x1080p, stream copy,  
25.00 fps
     Stream #0.1(und): Audio: pcm_s16le, 44100 Hz, 2 channels, s16, stream  
copy
Stream mapping:
   Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
   Stream #0.2 -> #0.1
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
frame=  906 fps=430 size=  457830kB time=00:00:36.24  
bitrate=103491.7kbits/s eta=00:00:00.80
frame= 1253 fps=345 Lsize=  658410kB time=00:00:50.12  
bitrate=107615.5kbits/s
video:649757kB audio:8634kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.002824%

I really hope I did not miss something, but that problem is driving me  
nuts, since I do not see any work around to write the scan type information  
with a -vf or similiar. Videofilters are ignored when use copy, right?  
Thanks for reading in advance. I will paste my ouput on the 32bit machine  
as soon as I am home.

Comment #1 on issue 107 by baptiste...@gmail.com: Scan Type/Field Order  
Copy Streams Incorrect or Missing?
http://code.google.com/p/ffmbc/issues/detail?id=107

Your file is progressive. Can you supply your source file ?

Comment #2 on issue 107 by christop...@gmail.com: Scan Type/Field Order  
Copy Streams Incorrect or Missing?
http://code.google.com/p/ffmbc/issues/detail?id=107

Hey Babtiste,

thanks for your reply: Here are three exports from FCP, each with different  
field type. Strangely now, my progressive input gets its flag "progressive"  
taken away during the copy process on the 32bit machine as well. Anyway all  
input and output file here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?mjke4g00zrd2msw,gi99av9y3cp8m84,qdfrhptc2v6...

Hope that helps and thanks alot for looking into it.

Comment #3 on issue 107 by baptiste...@gmail.com: Scan Type/Field Order  
Copy Streams Incorrect or Missing?
http://code.google.com/p/ffmbc/issues/detail?id=107

I double check and I cannot reproduce the issue with the files you provided.
I suggest you make distclean the source tree and recompile.