• Compression Techniques

  h264 field issue

  Posted by Rob Tinworth on April 20, 2006 at 10:36 pm

  Getting some great results from the h264 codec, but notice that it is getting field order mixed up pretty regularly (with both upper and lower dominant source material). This can be fixed by switching the field order over from automatic to custom (I’m using Compressor), but this results in render times that make you weep (you know it’s bad when you get in the next day and it’s STILL rendering).

  Anyone come across this field issue and worked out a better way of dealing with it?

  Rob

  Rob Tinworth
  http://www.1021.tv

  Ben Waggoner replied 20 years ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Ben Waggoner

  April 26, 2006 at 4:17 am

  Apple’s H.264 implementation doesn’t support fields – it’s progressive only.
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  Rob Tinworth

  April 26, 2006 at 12:48 pm

  So does that mean that I need to deinterlace any interlaced material before I encode?

  Rob Tinworth
  http://www.1021.tv
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  Ben Waggoner

  May 4, 2006 at 5:11 am

  Yes, if you’re using Apple’s H.264.

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