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  • using ffmpeg to convert libx264 to MOV DVNTSC

    Posted by Adam Hicks on June 8, 2011 at 12:07 am

    I have followed Michael’s tutorial and have ffmpeg running on my system.

    I am receiving footage encoded as:
    libx264, 1280×720 23.98
    AAC mono audio, 48k

    I need to convert to:
    DVNTSC 720×480 (letterboxed 16×9) 23.98
    PCM 48k, 16bit

    Does it even make sense to be using ffmpeg to do what I need to do?

    Apple Compressor isn’t correctly converting the footage (every couple frames keep getting doubled).
    Final Cut (using quicktime conversion) works fine. But I think ultimately (if it is even possible) ffmpeg might become part of a convenient workflow for what we need to do (will be receive massive amounts of footage).

    I’ve been trying the “-target ntsc-dv” option, but I can’t get anything that will open in quicktime/ fcp.

    Thank you!

    Michael Rampe replied 15 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Michael Rampe

    July 4, 2011 at 11:17 pm

    [Adam Hicks] “Does it even make sense to be using ffmpeg to do what I need to do?”

    Have a look at FFMBC which is a customised version of FFmpeg exactly for your purposes.
    https://code.google.com/p/ffmbc/

    Michael

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