På Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:31:27 +0100, skrev Matteo Sisti Sette <[email protected]>:
Hi, I must be missing something. I've installed cinelerra and I've tried to import a video file by selecting "load files" from the File menu. Isn't that the correct way to import a video file and use it as a video clip? I tried to import a flv file which is encoded with the h264 codec, and which I can play without any issue in any video player (e.g. Gnome MPlayer or VLC or Movie Player), so I definitely have all the needed codecs installed on the system.
Cinelerra does not load any other codecs than the ones it was linked with at compile time. Installing extra packages will not extent Cinelerra's capabilities; it does not use Gstreamer, for example.
Cinelerra says it "can't determine the format, assuming PCM" (which it obviously isn't) and asks me to select audio format parameters (such as sampling rates, number of bits etc),
This is what Cinelerra assumes as a default, so it means it fell through, and did not recognise the file type.
It obviously doesn't import the audio correctly and doesn't import the video at all. The question is, is there something I'm doing wrong, or doesn't really Cinelerra support this kind of video file? I would expect it to be able to import ANY file that my system is capable of playing. Isn't it?
Short answer: No. However, you may not have to recode the file completely. Cinelerra does not recognise the .flv _container_, but it can probably handle the video and audio codeds within. This might produce a file that Cinelerra can handle: ffmpeg -i yourfile.flv -acodec copy -vcodec copy newfile.mov If the video codec is h.264, that trick should work, fast and without any loss of quality. -- Herman Robak _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
