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Video format Q
Probably a simple one … but realised I don’t know the answer.
Sony Move Studio 12
If I click on one of my video clips in the Project Media window … at the bottom of the window it gives the file data .. For example:
Video: 1920x1080x12, 59.940 fps etc.
Now I know what 1920 x 1080 is, and I know what fps is … but what does the ’12’ stand for ?
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[Rick Hughes] “.. but what does the ’12’ stand for ?”
It’s the number of bits per pixel at an 8 bit color depth. In your case 12 bits per pixel (8 bit YUV with 4:2:0 chroma subsampling, a.k.a. YV12). YUV 4:4:4 would be 24bit, 4:2:2 is 16bit, and 4:2:0 is 12bit per pixel.
~jr
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Is this normally ‘set’ by the recording device (i.e camera) and not something I could/should set somewhere in Vegas.
For example my camera I can set video frame size and framerate but see no setting for bit depth?
I leave this set at 1920 x 1080, 60 fps
Just happened to notice the ’12’
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[Rick Hughes] “Is this normally ‘set’ by the recording device (i.e camera) and not something I could/should set somewhere in Vegas.”
That’s correct. Vegas Pro is just showing you the details of the video that you already shot. All internal processing in Vegas Pro is 4:4:4.
~jr
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