Return-Path: Received: from mail-qe0-f46.google.com ([209.85.128.46] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5352422 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:04:50 +0100 Received: by mail-qe0-f46.google.com with SMTP id 8so5750214qea.33 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 11:08:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=gTuCsbCY4bJ8caIxV4jf/oQjXf9RWvTxRigplliH/mQ=; b=Obqt5hUp9DrY3/QfgxzngKEseBmToCQnFci483FH7pgRhdb21/qsBUaAx2BZeYLcfl LZE1gOwWiKfT2cisuAocSaTjXnSisM/LM7C4jI1ECmWU0ioJ6Q8URaWNcF676ATC0BTz feytQeklITfd76SziRRwC0GAwQW3mE7fSakRWAtW0Jum6/xagdmq1UbskfUVL8xbR5FH 4WvODSwSSW/I8cC5rFKQ7/4SGGtvr+GSlxoi2RPvi3bLFtJn2DEl8MS3TmKgF/5bPiq9 eYGIjlfm6Ag3hOcwLkoUXnFIzpLedcJRTbQUSkvDPt7yDctCc8zMzMOv82+a120VvJdq VL6w== X-Received: by 10.224.11.211 with SMTP id u19mr11141703qau.73.1390158528615; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 11:08:48 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.96.216.132 with HTTP; Sun, 19 Jan 2014 11:08:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Teddy Gage Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:08:08 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] H264 To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0149c5e047b32c04f05781bd --089e0149c5e047b32c04f05781bd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sort of off-topic: the other day I needed to convert an AVC/h264 file in an .avi wrapper that was output from an old screen capture software for a series of tutorials. It needed to be editable, and easily iDevice compatible. I can tell you I tried every F-ing thing I could think of involving AVIsynth, FFmpeg, VLC, QT 7 Pro, VirtualDub/Mod, FCP, Premiere Pro and nothing would convert it. It only played through VLC. We are talking 10 hour-long .avis, at 5 GB each. Then I found this AiSeeSoft Total Video Converter software, sucked it up and paid $40 and it's the best switchblade conversion tool I have ever used. It will ingest anything and batch output any format, with about 90 presets of devices and codecs. I think it even does Prores on PC, it definitely will output 10 bit DNxHD with alpha support, and it uses CUDA / OpenCL. I converted 2 hours of AVC into .mp4 in about 20 minutes at a 4:1 compression. For example it will even demux .mkv matroska files. Definitely worth a look if anyone runs into these issues. On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Jonathan wrote: > Great solution, Teddy. > > I gotta admit it can be confusing sometimes, even for someone like myself > who entertains the idea that I know a fair amount about this stuff. A lon= g > time ago I had a conversation with a Panasonic engineer who was talking > about 720 and thinking, oh yeah, I do 720, meaning, 720 X 540 (or 486). O= f > course he was talking about 1280 X 720 but HD had barely scratched the > outer reaches of my consciousness back then. This was in the 90s sometime= . > > > Jonathan > > > > On Jan 19, 2014, at 10:41 AM, Teddy Gage wrote: > > I had a client ask for a "quicktime, an .mp4, and an .h264" > > So I relabled the same file with three different extensions > > > On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Jonathan wrote: > >> They seem to think they can get an uncompressed file from H264, yes. >> >> On Jan 19, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Tim Thiessen wrote: >> >> So they want an uncompressed compressed file? >> >> iPhone >> >> On Jan 19, 2014, at 10:07 AM, Jonathan wrote: >> >> I'm searching for a clarity . . . >> >> A client is asking for "H264 with the highest settings, 8bit >> uncompressed." H264 is, by definition compressed, correct? And though th= ere >> are in theory, versions of H264 that are 10 bit, the garden variety H264 >> (created in, for example, Quicktime) is 8 bit. So the only part of this >> request that makes sense is "highest settings," right? >> >> Any insights greatly appreciated. >> >> >> Jonathan >> >> >> *JONATHAN PENZNER* >> VIDEO EDITING =95 MOTION GRAPHICS =95 DESIGN >> >> | STUDIO 626 345-0285 | >> | CELL 818 321-2890 | >> >> sundancerealtime@me.com >> >> --=20 _____________________________ VFX & Motion Graphic Artist teddygage dot com --089e0149c5e047b32c04f05781bd Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Sort of off-topic: the other day I needed to convert an AV= C/h264 file in an .avi wrapper that was output from an old screen capture s= oftware for a series of tutorials. It needed to be editable, and easily iDe= vice compatible. I can tell you I tried every F-ing thing I could think of = involving AVIsynth, FFmpeg, VLC, QT 7 Pro, VirtualDub/Mod, FCP, Premiere Pr= o and nothing would convert it. It only played through VLC.=A0

We are talking 10 hour-long .avis, at 5 GB each. Then I foun= d this AiSeeSoft Total Video Converter software, sucked it up and paid $40 = and it's the best switchblade conversion tool I have ever used. It will= ingest anything and batch output any format, with about 90 presets of devi= ces and codecs. I think it even does Prores on PC, it definitely will outpu= t 10 bit DNxHD with alpha support, and it uses CUDA / OpenCL. I converted 2= hours of AVC into .mp4 in about 20 minutes at a 4:1 compression.=A0=A0For = example it will even demux .mkv matroska files.=A0Definitely worth a look i= f anyone runs into these issues.


On Sun,= Jan 19, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Jonathan <sureal@charter.net> wro= te:
Gre= at solution, Teddy.

I gotta admit it can be confus= ing sometimes, even for someone like myself who entertains the idea that I = know a fair amount about this stuff. A long time ago I had a conversation w= ith a Panasonic engineer who was talking about 720 and thinking, oh yeah, I= do 720, meaning, 720 X 540 (or 486). Of course he was talking about 1280 X= 720 but HD had barely scratched the outer reaches of my consciousness back= then. This was in the 90s sometime.


Jonathan



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On Jan 19, 2014, at 10:41 AM, Teddy Gage wrote:
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I had a = client ask for a "quicktime, an .mp4, and an .h264"

So I relabled the same file with three different extensions


On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Jonathan <sureal@charter.net> wrote:
They seem to thi= nk they can get an uncompressed file from H264, yes.
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On Jan 19, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Tim Thiessen w= rote:

So they want an uncompressed compr= essed file?

iPhone

On J= an 19, 2014, at 10:07 AM, Jonathan <sureal@charter.net> wrote:

I'= ;m searching for a clarity . . .

A client is asking for= "H264 with the highest settings, 8bit uncompressed." H264 is, by= definition compressed, correct? And though there are in theory, versions o= f H264 that are 10 bit, the garden variety H264 (created in, for example, Q= uicktime) is 8 bit. =A0So the only part of this request that makes sense is= "highest settings," right?

Any insights greatly appreciated.

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Jonathan


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