Matt, If DVD is your final goal, I've also written up instructions on what works for me: http://content.serveftp.net/video/renderTest/guideToCinExport.html
good luck, scott On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 06:57 -0500, Matt Pfingsten wrote: > Unfortunately, that requires recompression. I'm trying to export to a > Quicktime DV (or directly to MPEG2 so I can mplex it and burn it to > DVD, but that doesn't work either). The problem that I am having is > that I have various clips that all claim to be Quicktime's ocompressed > with the DVC codec but each one is somehow how different. > > However, when I go to export the video for Internet playback, I will > definately find your table to be most helpful. Thanks. > > On 10/8/06, Scott C. Frase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt, > I started creating a doc on QT compatibility by exporting > video from > Cinelerra using different compression schemes with the QT > container > format: > http://content.serveftp.net/video/qtcompatibility.ods.html > http://content.serveftp.net/video/qtcompatibility.ods (Open > Office Calc) > > For now, I've found MPEG4/JPEG photo compression schemes most > compatible > among the major media players. Note that I've used twos > complement as > my audio stream. You'll probably get even better results from > MP3/4, > but I just haven't had time to test these. > > hope this helps, > scott > > On Sat, 2006-10-07 at 22:43 -0500, Matt Pfingsten wrote: > > A while back I was having issues importing QuickTime DV > files that had > > been captured on a Mac with Final Cut Pro. I learned that, > apparently, > > in spite of the fact that Cinelerra both claimed they were > compressed > > with the DV codec and were quicktime files, someohow the FCP > quicktime > > was different. Cinelerra, for whatever reason, wouldn't read > all of > > the frames. Playback appeared choppy, but even when > advancing a frame > > at a time only evey fourth of fith frame would actually > display. I > > figured that Apple, being the creators of Quicktime, had > done > > something different to their Quicktimes that the Linux > efforts hadn't > > caught up to just yet. MPlayer/MEncoder could read it fine, > so I > > managed to export it to an AVI DV, although Cinelerra proved > unable to > > play anything pass the first GB of data. > > > > Well, in the last few days I've learned more. It's not just > FCP that > > creates "different" DV compressed Quicktimes. There appear > to be many > > different DV Quicktimes, each claiming to be the same thing > but > > obviously different in some way. Here is a comparison > between three > > different clips: > > > > 1) A file called fhmp_footage.mov. This first file is some > footage > > captured in Final Cut Pro. > > -In Cinelerra, playback is choppy and only every fourth or > fifth frame > > is displayed. > > -In MPlayer it plays fine. "mplayer -identify > fhmp_footage.mov" yields > > this: (relevant portions only): ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=dvc, and > later > > ID_VIDEO_CODEC=qdv > > -FFMpeg cannot play it, complaining "could not open codecs." > > > > 2) A file called 16A-1.mov. This is a clip I shot two weeks > ago and > > captured using dvgrab. > > -Cinelerra plays it back fine. No issues. > > -In MPlayer it plays fine. "mplayer -identify 16A-1.mov" > yields this: > > (relevant portions only): ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=dvc, and later > > ID_VIDEO_CODEC=qdv > > -FFMpeg can play it. "ffmpeg -i 16A-1.mov" identifies the > video as > > dvvideo. FFPlay plays it fine. > > > > 3) A file called titles_end.mov. This clip was created in > Cinelerra > > from a bunch of PNG files. It is a one minute title > sequence. > > -Cinelerra can play it back fine. No issues. > > -MPlayer/MEncoder have no problems. "mplayer -identify > titles_end.mov" > > yields this: (relevant portions only): ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=dvc, > and later > > ID_VIDEO_CODEC=qdv > > -FFMpeg can't play it, complaining "could not open codecs." > > > > Cinelerra identifies all three as DV Codec compressed > Quicktimes. It > > should also be noted that Kino 0.9.1 can't open any of these > files > > without complaining that the file isn't a DV file and > wanting to > > import it via MEncoder. Kino 0.7.6 can open all of these > files, > > although it takes about five minutes to open the first file > > (fhmp_footage.mov) probably because it is 13 GB. > > > > At the present time this is preventing me from burning my > dailies or > > cuts to DVD which I could like to do before Tuesday. The > biggest issue > > is why Cinelerra is exporting Quicktimes that can't be read > by > > others. > > > > I remember reading something in the archives about dvc, dvsd > and > > multiple headers or something being written into one file. > Of course, > > two hours of searching has failed to produce this message > now that I > > needed it. > > > > Anyone have any idea what is going on? What's different > about these > > files? Why are they called the same thing? How can I fix > them. Most > > important of all, how can I export a DV Quicktime out of > Cinelerra > > that will work in something besides Cinelerra and MPlayer? > > > > -- > > Matt Pfingsten > > www.GotWookiee.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > [email protected] > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra > > > > -- > Matt Pfingsten > www.GotWookiee.com _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
