<p>Right now the only solution I found is a two steps process:</p>
<p>Extract the mp3 stream:</p>
<pre><code>$ ffmpeg -i input.avi -c:a copy input.mp3
</code></pre>
<p>Combine it back into the original AVI container:</p>
<pre><code>$ ffmpeg -i input.avi -i input.mp3 -c:v copy -c:a copy -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 output.avi
</code></pre>
<p>Leads to:</p>
<pre><code>% ffprobe -hide_banner -i output.avi
Input #0, avi, from 'output.avi':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf58.20.100
  Duration: 01:19:44.96, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1211 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg4 (DX50 / 0x30355844), yuv420p, 512x408 [SAR 1:1 DAR 64:51], 1071 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 30k tbc
    Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (U[0][0][0] / 0x0055), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s
</code></pre>

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2020-11-23T14:58:26.143Z
2020-11-23T14:58:26.143Z
malat
<p>I'd like to fix some old AVI files without re-encoding them. I was hoping ffmpeg would do the job, but for some reason I cannot find the right command to fix the MP3 header.</p>
<p>Steps:</p>
<pre><code>% ffprobe  -hide_banner -i input.avi
[mp3float @ 0x56498fcfa740] Header missing
Input #0, avi, from 'input.avi':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf58.20.100
  Duration: 01:19:44.96, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1211 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg4 (DX50 / 0x30355844), yuv420p, 512x408 [SAR 1:1 DAR 64:51], 1071 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 30k tbc
    Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (U[0][0][0] / 0x0055), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s
</code></pre>
<p>If I now try:</p>
<pre><code>$ ffmpeg -i input.avi -c copy output.avi
</code></pre>
<p>This results in:</p>
<pre><code>% ffprobe  -hide_banner -i output.avi 
[mp3float @ 0x56369d7ff740] Header missing
Input #0, avi, from 'output.avi':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf58.20.100
  Duration: 01:19:44.96, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1211 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg4 (DX50 / 0x30355844), yuv420p, 512x408 [SAR 1:1 DAR 64:51], 1071 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 30k tbc
    Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (U[0][0][0] / 0x0055), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s
</code></pre>
<p>Is there a way to fix this error <code>[mp3float @ 0x56369d7ff740] Header missing</code> using ffmpeg without re-encoding the mp3 file ?</p>

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Fix mp3float Header missing without re-encode
malat
# Fix mp3float Header missing without re-encode

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-11-23)

I'd like to fix some old AVI files without re-encoding them. I was hoping ffmpeg would do the job, but for some reason I cannot find the right command to fix the MP3 header.
Steps:
% ffprobe  -hide_banner -i input.avi
[mp3float @ 0x56498fcfa740] Header missing
Input #0, avi, from 'input.avi':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf58.20.100
  Duration: 01:19:44.96, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1211 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg4 (DX50 / 0x30355844), yuv420p, 512x408 [SAR 1:1 DAR 64:51], 1071 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 30k tbc
    Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (U[0][0][0] / 0x0055), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s

If I now try:
$ ffmpeg -i input.avi -c copy output.avi

This results in:
% ffprobe  -hide_banner -i output.avi 
[mp3float @ 0x56369d7ff740] Header missing
Input #0, avi, from 'output.avi':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf58.20.100
  Duration: 01:19:44.96, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1211 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg4 (DX50 / 0x30355844), yuv420p, 512x408 [SAR 1:1 DAR 64:51], 1071 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 30k tbc
    Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (U[0][0][0] / 0x0055), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s

Is there a way to fix this error [mp3float @ 0x56369d7ff740] Header missing using ffmpeg without re-encoding the mp3 file ?

**Tags:** ffmpeg, ffprobe


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2020-11-23. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Right now the only solution I found is a two steps process:
Extract the mp3 stream:
$ ffmpeg -i input.avi -c:a copy input.mp3

Combine it back into the original AVI container:
$ ffmpeg -i input.avi -i input.mp3 -c:v copy -c:a copy -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 output.avi

Leads to:
% ffprobe -hide_banner -i output.avi
Input #0, avi, from 'output.avi':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf58.20.100
  Duration: 01:19:44.96, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1211 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg4 (DX50 / 0x30355844), yuv420p, 512x408 [SAR 1:1 DAR 64:51], 1071 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 30k tbc
    Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (U[0][0][0] / 0x0055), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s


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