Re: [FFmpeg-user] Basic Video Manipulation Qustions

2022-10-27 Thread pehache
Le 27/10/2022 à 17:46, John Van Ostrand a écrit : Hi All, The RAW video discussion had me thinking about resolution and bit rates for video and I had some questions. These are not how-to questions but general video questions. I'm an amateur so the contest of these questions is around video for

Re: [FFmpeg-user] Basic Video Manipulation Qustions

2022-10-27 Thread Phil Rhodes via ffmpeg-user
I suppose there's a couple of other things to be said about raw video, or in fact any less-complex codec. First, it requires less CPU time to play it back. If for some reason you're storage-rich but CPU poor in some very specific application, especially some piece of embedded electronics where

Re: [FFmpeg-user] Basic Video Manipulation Qustions

2022-10-27 Thread Clay
Carl's comments are great.  I try to carve out duplicate content, but this Q format may allow for leaving Carl's initial reply inline. >> 1. Why does it make sense to convert from a lossy format to raw? >> You're not >> gaining any more detail. > > It doesn't, unless you need raw for some further

Re: [FFmpeg-user] Basic Video Manipulation Qustions

2022-10-27 Thread Carl Zwanzig
[knocking off a quick answer] On 10/27/2022 8:46 AM, John Van Ostrand wrote: 1. Why does it make sense to convert from a lossy format to raw? You're not gaining any more detail. It doesn't, unless you need raw for some further processing (that's what happens in the ffmpeg pipeline- demux,

[FFmpeg-user] Basic Video Manipulation Qustions

2022-10-27 Thread John Van Ostrand
Hi All, The RAW video discussion had me thinking about resolution and bit rates for video and I had some questions. These are not how-to questions but general video questions. I'm an amateur so the contest of these questions is around video for home movies and social media, stored and shared as