How to determine color depth of my video

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How to determine color depth of my video

Posted by Jeremy Hansen on July 23, 2013 at 8:11 pm

Hello,

I’m trying to determine the color depth of my source video file. My DP upgraded his Sony FS700 to shoot at 10-bit color depth in S-Log and shot me over a file to determine if the upgrade worked and if the file was in fact at a 10-bit color depth. I’ve looked around but I don’t see any video information display anywhere that simply tells me the color depth of the source file. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

– Jeremy

Shane Ross replied 12 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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Ann Bens
July 23, 2013 at 8:32 pm

Mediainfo can do that for you.
https://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/nl

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Jeremy Hansen
July 23, 2013 at 8:47 pm

Hi Ann!

Thanks for the tip. I bought the app and ran my clip through it, but I don’t see color depth information in there:

General
Complete name : /Users/jchproductions/Downloads/SAMURAI_S001_S001_T003.MOV
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt
File size : 26.9 MiB
Duration : 1s 213ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 186 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-07-23 02:32:47
Tagged date : UTC 2013-07-23 19:26:15
Writing library : Apple QuickTime
©TSC : 24000
©TSZ : 1001

Video
ID : 2
Format : ProRes
Format version : Version 0
Format profile : High
Codec ID : apch
Duration : 1s 126ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 198 Mbps
Width : 1 888 pixels
Original width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 062 pixels
Original height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 4.126
Stream size : 26.6 MiB (99%)
Writing library : atms
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2013-07-23 02:32:47
Tagged date : UTC 2013-07-23 02:32:47
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio
ID : 1
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Codec ID : sowt
Duration : 1s 213ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 768 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 114 KiB (0%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2013-07-23 02:32:47
Tagged date : UTC 2013-07-23 02:32:47

Other
ID : 3
Type : Time code
Format : QuickTime TC
Duration : 1s 213ms
Time code of first frame : 00:00:00:00
Time code settings : Striped
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2013-07-23 02:32:47
Tagged date : UTC 2013-07-23 02:32:47

Am I being dense and just not seeing it?

Thanks for your time!
Shane Ross
July 23, 2013 at 9:03 pm

[Jeremy Hansen] “Format : ProRes”

ProRes is always 10-bit.

https://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/professionalformatsandworkflows/index.html#chapter=10%26section=1%26tasks=true

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