Adding H.264!!

Argh, this should be simple but its frying my brain and I have to ask for help which I hate doing because it should be easy.I'm using dreamweaver CS4.Recently I have decided to replace all FLVV content with H.264.I have produced H.264 videos with the Adobe Media Encoder and I'm pleased to say the file size is much smaller and the quality looks better than FLV.But how do I add this?
To a test page? I have had. swf and .flv working for ages, is there something I a missing because its jsut not working out for me!
Can anyone give me an idiot guide please as I have spent ages on this now and I'm just getting so annoyed as this sort of stuff should be working.
The video is called ac264. It has a quicktime icon over it, and it says its mpeg-4 movie when i place cursor over it.
What process do I have to do to get this to work, add it as FLV, change extension? id I add.flv to file name it does not change.
If it then becomes .flv then how is it still H.264?? Basically I have gone round in circles now I'm more confused than ever. Any help would be really great, I'll keep checking back. I'm sure its soemthign simple but its just not working out for me. Is there something at an encoding level i should be doing? I'm saving it as H.264 and it plays fine on pc. Thanks!

I have found a solution I think, but it seems to require the use of FLASH( why am i not surprised)
http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?page=1&cid=28C23
I don't have flash and I won't be using it JUST so I can play H.264. For a second I thought Adobe had done something nice and right buy supporting H.264, but it appears they're put a caveat in which relies on you using another one of their endless suites (and you wonder why people pirate your products?) for something that should work with just DW.I have bought dreamweaver, my site is using the flash player, so its beyond me why I can't just insert it like I have been doing with swf and flv for years.
If anyone has a simple solution please post, for myself and other people.

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[solved] Unable to start x, gma500.

Hello arch users.
This might be a wall with text...
Today i instaled arch for the first time, and on an SD card sitting inside a 1101ha.
The excelent ARCH wiki guided me with perfection towards my goals up to one problem where i had to zero byte
the SD card using dd because somehow 'overlapping' partition tables kept bugging me out and cfdisk did not solve it for
one second. All things well, it got installed with practical ease (ty arch wiki manual).
After all that i install the x server acording to the wiki, slim, and openbox. But to my horror X fails with error(1) and
Xorg -configure ends with error(2). After diving into the wiki, googling, reading the forum topics concerning x
errors i end up with confusion. the wiki claims modern X configures itself so i went with it.
-> everything got pulled in by pacman.
-> # lsmod | grep gma ; shows exactly what it should and as seen in the wiki.
-> xorg log as root directly after booting contains as last lines ;
(II) systemd-logind: took controll of session /org/freedesktop/login1/session/c2
(II) xfree86: adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
(II) systemd-logind: got fd for /devdri/card0 226:0 fd 10 paused 0
(--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:8108:1043:83ce rev 7, mem @ 0xf3f80000/524288, 0xd00000000/268435456,0xf3f40000/262144, I/O @ 0x0000d880/8
missing output drivers. configuration failed.
Does the use of the kernel based gma500 driver need more then autoconfiguring or did i obliviously miss a giant configuration
that needs to be added. no matter how much i read the wiki at this point, i just do not see it anymore....
Appended ; I still had to copy this to an usb to get it to the forum.
This is the Xorg log created after attempting to run x by means of startx, as mentioned above i went with the defaults and
auto configuration, while using the gma500 kernel driver. this is probably a more useful dump of a log then the few lines
from straight after booting.
[ 264.543]
X.Org X Server 1.16.0
Release Date: 2014-07-16
[ 264.544] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 264.544] Build Operating System: Linux 3.15.5-2-ARCH i686
[ 264.544] Current Operating System: Linux arch 3.16.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Sep 17 22:00:02 CEST 2014 i686
[ 264.545] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=../vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda1 rw initrd=../initramfs-linux.img
[ 264.545] Build Date: 31 July 2014 11:55:52AM
[ 264.545]
[ 264.545] Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
[ 264.546] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 264.546] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 264.547] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Sep 19 15:54:25 2014
[ 264.548] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 264.548] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 264.549] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 264.549] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 264.549] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 264.549] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 264.549] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 264.549] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 264.549] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 264.549] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
[ 264.549] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 264.549] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 264.549] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 264.550] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[ 264.550] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 264.550] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 264.550] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 264.550] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/OTF/
[ 264.550] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 264.550] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 264.550] (II) Loader magic: 0x82a0700
[ 264.550] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 264.550] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 264.550] X.Org Video Driver: 18.0
[ 264.550] X.Org XInput driver : 21.0
[ 264.550] X.Org Server Extension : 8.0
[ 264.557] (II) systemd-logind: took control of session /org/freedesktop/login1/session/c2
[ 264.558] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 264.560] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/dri/card0 226:0 fd 8 paused 0
[ 264.563] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:8108:1043:83ce rev 7, Mem @ 0xf3f80000/524288, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xf3f40000/262144, I/O @ 0x0000d880/8
[ 264.563] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 264.563] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 264.564] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 264.569] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 264.569] compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 1.0.0
[ 264.569] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 8.0
[ 264.569] (==) AIGLX enabled
[ 264.569] (==) Matched psb as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 264.569] (==) Matched psb_drv as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 264.569] (==) Matched psb as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 264.569] (==) Matched psb_drv as autoconfigured driver 3
[ 264.569] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 4
[ 264.569] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 5
[ 264.569] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 6
[ 264.569] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 264.569] (II) LoadModule: "psb"
[ 264.570] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module psb
[ 264.570] (II) UnloadModule: "psb"
[ 264.570] (II) Unloading psb
[ 264.570] (EE) Failed to load module "psb" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 264.571] (II) LoadModule: "psbdrv"
[ 264.571] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module psbdrv
[ 264.571] (II) UnloadModule: "psbdrv"
[ 264.571] (II) Unloading psbdrv
[ 264.571] (EE) Failed to load module "psbdrv" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 264.571] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 264.572] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module modesetting
[ 264.572] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[ 264.572] (II) Unloading modesetting
[ 264.572] (EE) Failed to load module "modesetting" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 264.572] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 264.573] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[ 264.573] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[ 264.573] (II) Unloading fbdev
[ 264.573] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 264.573] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 264.574] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[ 264.574] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[ 264.574] (II) Unloading vesa
[ 264.574] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 264.574] (EE) No drivers available.
[ 264.574] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 264.574] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[ 264.574] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 264.574] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 264.575] (EE)
Last edited by exidux (2014-09-19 18:13:18)

Maybe i am confusing the gma500 kernel module driver with something it is not, or the autoconfig cant work with it...
But no matter how it could be turned, i am not well versed in this area of setting up or using a linux distro.
After letting it sink in that the log complained about not finding any module to use as a driver, and reading the wiki again
after some rest (all-nighter, no sleep) ;
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/poulsbo
Modesetting driver and dual monitor Setup
To setup different resolution for external monitor using xrandr, xf86-video-modesetting from official repo is needed. If you choose to use the git package (xf86-video-modesetting-git), remember to recompile it after a new version of Xorg. After installing, an Xorg file is needed to setup the driver. Use this for device section:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-gpudriver.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "gma500_gfx"
Driver "modesetting"
Option "SWCursor" "ON"
EndSection
# pacman -S xf86-video-modesetting
# reboot
It boots into a functional Slim which then starts a functional (but featureless default) openbox WM.
My mind got stuck on thinking about the gma500 kernel module as a standalone driver...
~ the great wiki saved it.

Undocumented problem with logic 9.1 (64-bit) ?

So this is a strange one that I didn't see in the list of unsupported features to the logic 9.1 (64-bit) update. apparently you option to import audio from Movie is not available when running in 64 bit mode, what's strange is that I could start logic up in 32 bit mode with same project, import the audio from movie and then save it. Then quit and restart in 64 bit mode and now I have the audio from the video !
Anyone can confirm or deny this?

danseq wrote:
Even prior to 9.1 h.264 was not recommended for use with Logic, as it takes a great deal of Logic's resources to convert it on the fly. Glitching and stuttering is to be expected.
h.264 (or any other codec for that matter) movies should always be converted to DV/DVCPRO codec for best results.
You can do this in either Quicktime Player pro, or Compressor--as well as many 3rd party apps.
That's not the problem here. h.264 movies work flawlessly in 32 bit (I think 10.6 may even use hardware acceleration for it, although I'm not sure if I have a video card that takes advantage), with really low CPU use (for comparison, playing back one of these movies in QT player only uses about 14% CPU, which is practically nothing on an 8 core machine). I can do pretty big complex sessions and adding h.264 video has never caused me any problems. I'm talking about regular movie playback, not playing back via firewire.
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How Do I Export A Video

Hey, I have what I hope is a quick and easy question.
I shot a low quality video using my cell phone, put in on my computer, edited it in iMovie 06 HD, and now want to export the video without losing ANY quality-that is, I want/need to keep the quality of the movie in its entirety. The problem is right now the file is 1.38 GB, and in a .dv format. What is the best way to convert .dv formatted files to a more "universal" format, and then upload said "high-quality" compressed/converted video to YouTube? Note: Whether or not YouTube can handle .dv file extensions is beside the point, I still would like to know how to compress a .dv file to decrease the size it occupies on my HD as well as be able to share it across several platforms, apps, etc. So far the converter in iMovie 06 HD is pretty bad, but maybe there is a setting, or a different application I can use.. Any thoughts?
If it helps, I have the current video software installed on my computer
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2. iMovie 08 (the reason for re-installing iMovie 06) and,
3. Final Cut Pro 5.1 (yeah...I know...what am I doing with this?)

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I think videos uploaded to YouTube get recompressed by them before going live on their site. They use Flash for video although they've been adding H.264 for AppleTV and iPhone/iTouch users. However even if they use H.264 they still might be recompressing your video to make it smaller which could decrease the quality from the original.

Premiere Pro CS4 added contrast H.264 preview files

Hi,
Any help I can get with this problem would be amazing.
I recently updated my OS to 10.6 as there were programs I wanted to run not available on 10.5, however this caused other issues with Premiere that I couldn't fix so I just decided to go back to 10.5. With both installs I reformatted the hard-drive then installed the OS. Now that I've reinstalled OSX 10.5 and updated to the most current version, and then installed Premiere Pro CS4 and updated that to the most current version (4.2.1) and also updated the codecs for Premiere, I'm having an issue with my preview/render files in my timeline that I never had before. It appears that now when I render my original H.264 files the preview/render files have added contrast/crushed blacks and blown out highlights.
Basically I'm editing H.264 footage from a DSLR, and when I open up a project that I was working on before I began this upgrade mess it opens correctly, but if I extend a clip in my timeline to include part of the original clip that was not previously rendered, Premiere renders this clip with what appears to be increased gain and pedestal/increased contrast. I've also tried this in a new project and it still renders with much more contrast than it used to. Whether in a new project or previous project, Premiere seems to decrease pedestal so my blacks are around/below 7.5 IRE and my whites are at/above 100 IRE. it looks really messed up when this occurs in the middle of a clip that was half rendered before and half after the install. Also I'll bet it's not going to help when it comes to color correcting and it looks like I could be losing image data.
I don't know what has caused this as it was working properly before my attempted upgrade, and I installed Premiere the exact same way as I did the last time I installed it and I'm using the same version. The only hiccup was after the install and upgrade it said media offline on my old project until it asked me to update codecs, once codecs were updated it displayed all footage in my timeline correctly and then I noticed that I could no longer render preview files to the same standard.
Here are screen shot comparisons of a video from my timeline. These are back to back frames, the top one was rendered before the most recent install, the other rendered after. I have put a YC Waveform chart beside the image. Sorry I think the best way to see it is just to follow the link otherwise it's gonna be too small.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/86776146@N03/8101475154/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Also here is a screenshot of the settings I'll describe below.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/86776146@N03/8101463115/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Computer:
Mac OSX 10.5.8
Intel Core Duo
Premiere Pro CS4 (4.2.1)
Project Settings:
HDV 720p
29.97 fps
1280 x 720
square pixels
30fps drop-code
I-Frame Only MPEG (video codec)
I've already searched for a solution to this but come up with nothing. I read a bunch of stuff on the increase in gamma that can happen with .mov files but I don't think this applies to my situation as I would have been having that same issue with my previously rendered footage.
Anything would be really helpful...Thanks
Message was edited by: Mike542

Okay so I've been looking into this in depth over the past few days and I haven't come up with a lot. I have noticed that it's not just the render files but also the inspection window where the clip displays in this manner. It looks like the luma range (as seen in YCbCr scope) is being limited between 7.5 and 92 IRE and I think this is maybe a good indicator of the problem. Why this is happening I don't understand. On my clips that were previously rendered in this timeline there is full range from 0 to 100 in the luma from the YCbCr scope. These files were rendered to an external drive from before I reinstalled Premiere, so it's any h.264 files that I am using after reinstall that are having this issue. I have attached another screen capture illustrating this (look at line to right of scope showing full luma range). Also I have some .mts files from another camera and they import with full luma range as well.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/86776146@N03/8114886495/sizes/l/in/photostream/
When playing my h.264 files in Quicktime or VLC they look about the same in terms of blown out whites and crushed blacks. Does Premiere rely on Quicktime for its h.264 codec or does it have it's own? Is there a way to force premiere to update its codecs/manually download and replace the h.264 codec?
I really can't understand what's happening here and I can't do any work when imported clips are this messed up. Can someone please help out on this!!! Super frustrating and seems to constantly happen with Premiere...

[SOLVED] Can't play H.264 (720P) on Mplayer

The title says it all.
This is the output of mplayer (using umplayer/smplayer)
/usr/bin/mplayer2 -noquiet -v -nofs -nomouseinput -vc coreserve, -lavdopts skiploopfilter=all -sub-fuzziness 1 -identify -slave -vo gl:yuv=2:force-pbo -ao alsa -nokeepaspect -framedrop -dr -double -input nodefault-bindings:conf=/dev/null -nostop-xscreensaver -wid 35651627 -monitorpixelaspect 1 -noass -subfont-autoscale 3 -subfont-text-scale 2.5 -subcp enca:es:ISO-8859-9 -subpos 100 -volume 16 -cache 2048 -osdlevel 0 -idx -vf-add yadif=1 -vf-add pp -autoq 6 -vf-add screenshot -noslices -channels 2 -af scaletempo -softvol -softvol-max 110 -aspect 4:3 /files/Video/Movies/Mean.Girls.2004.BluRay.720p.H264.mp4
MPlayer SVN-r36285-4.8.0 (C) 2000-2013 MPlayer Team
CPU vendor name: GenuineIntel max cpuid level: 13
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz (Family: 6, Model: 58, Stepping: 9)
extended cpuid-level: 8
extended cache-info: 16801856
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNowExt: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 SSE3: 1 SSSE3: 1 SSE4: 1 SSE4.2: 1 AVX: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
get_path('codecs.conf') -> '/home/axelectrik/.mplayer/codecs.conf'
Reading optional codecs config file /home/axelectrik/.mplayer/codecs.conf: No such file or directory
Reading optional codecs config file /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 205 audio & 424 video codecs
init_freetype
Using MMX (with tiny bit MMX2) Optimized OnScreenDisplay
get_path('fonts') -> '/home/axelectrik/.mplayer/fonts'
Configuration: --prefix=/usr --enable-runtime-cpudetection --disable-gui --disable-arts --disable-liblzo --disable-speex --disable-openal --disable-libdv --disable-musepack --disable-esd --disable-mga --disable-ass-internal --disable-cdparanoia --enable-xvmc --enable-radio --enable-radio-capture --language=all --confdir=/etc/mplayer
CommandLine: '-noquiet' '-v' '-nofs' '-nomouseinput' '-vc' 'coreserve,' '-lavdopts' 'skiploopfilter=all' '-sub-fuzziness' '1' '-identify' '-slave' '-vo' 'gl:yuv=2:force-pbo' '-ao' 'alsa' '-nokeepaspect' '-framedrop' '-dr' '-double' '-input' 'nodefault-bindings:conf=/dev/null' '-nostop-xscreensaver' '-wid' '35651627' '-monitorpixelaspect' '1' '-noass' '-subfont-autoscale' '3' '-subfont-text-scale' '2.5' '-subcp' 'enca:es:ISO-8859-9' '-subpos' '100' '-volume' '16' '-cache' '2048' '-osdlevel' '0' '-idx' '-vf-add' 'yadif=1' '-vf-add' 'pp' '-autoq' '6' '-vf-add' 'screenshot' '-noslices' '-channels' '2' '-af' 'scaletempo' '-softvol' '-softvol-max' '110' '-aspect' '4:3' '' '/files/Video/Movies/Mean.Girls.2004.BluRay.720p.H264.mp4'
Using nanosleep() timing
Terminal type `unknown' is not defined.
Parsing input config file /dev/null
Input config file /dev/null parsed: 0 binds
Setting up LIRC support...
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
get_path('.conf') -> '/home/axelectrik/.mplayer/.conf'
Playing .
get_path('sub/') -> '/home/axelectrik/.mplayer/sub/'
File not found: ''
Failed to open .
get_path('Mean.Girls.2004.BluRay.720p.H264.mp4.conf') -> '/home/axelectrik/.mplayer/Mean.Girls.2004.BluRay.720p.H264.mp4.conf'
Playing /files/Video/Movies/Mean.Girls.2004.BluRay.720p.H264.mp4.
get_path('sub/') -> '/home/axelectrik/.mplayer/sub/'
[file] File size is 875863037 bytes
STREAM: [file] /files/Video/Movies/Mean.Girls.2004.BluRay.720p.H264.mp4
STREAM: Description: File
STREAM: Author: Albeu
STREAM: Comment: based on the code from ??? (probably Arpi)
CACHE_PRE_INIT: 0 [0] 0 pre:419430 eof:0
Cache fill: 0.00% (0 bytes)
libavformat version 55.7.100 (internal)
Configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-postproc
LAVF_check: QuickTime / MOV
libavformat file format detected.
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7f4745215900]ISO: File Type Major Brand: M4A
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7f4745215900]File position before avformat_find_stream_info() is 875863037
[h264 @ 0x7f4745223040]no picture
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7f4745215900]All info found
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7f4745215900]File position after avformat_find_stream_info() is 2773137
==> Found audio stream: 0
ID_AUDIO_ID=0
======= WAVE Format =======
Format Tag: 20557 (0x504D)
Channels: 2
Samplerate: 48000
avg byte/sec: 8069
Block align: 1
bits/sample: 16
cbSize: 5
Unknown extra header dump: [11] [90] [56] [e5] [0]
==========================================================================
[lavf] stream 0: audio (aac), -aid 0, -alang und
==> Found video stream: 1
ID_VIDEO_ID=0
======= VIDEO Format ======
biSize 201
biWidth 1280
biHeight 720
biPlanes 1
biBitCount 24
biCompression 875967048='H264'
biSizeImage 2764800
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Load subtitles in /files/Video/Movies/
get_path('sub/') -> '/home/axelectrik/.mplayer/sub/'
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STREAM: Comment: based on the code from ??? (probably Arpi)
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ENCA supported languages: be bg cs et hr hu lt lv pl ru sk sl uk zh __
ENCA detection failed: fallback to ISO-8859-9
SUB: opened iconv descriptor.
SUB: closed iconv descriptor.
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[x11] Current fstype setting doesn't honour any X atoms
[gl] using extended formats. Use -vo gl:nomanyfmts if playback fails.
[gl] Using 0 as slice height (0 means image height).
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Opening video filter: [hqdn3d]
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Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
libavcodec version 55.12.100 (internal)
Configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-postproc
INFO: libavcodec init OK!
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
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ID_VIDEO_CODEC=ffh264
[PP] Using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6.
AutoQ: setting quality to 6.
Audio: no sound
Freeing 0 unused audio chunks.
Starting playback...
[ffmpeg] aspect_ratio: 0.000000
[ffmpeg] aspect_ratio: 0.000000
[h264 @ 0x7f4745223040]no picture
ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video)
[ffmpeg] aspect_ratio: 1.777778
VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
[PP] Using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6.
Trying filter chain: pp hqdn3d yadif pp screenshot vo
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.3333
VO Config (1280x720->1280x960,flags=4,'MPlayer',0x32315659)
REQ: flags=0x6CB7 req=0x0
REQ: flags=0x6CB7 req=0x0
REQ: flags=0x6CB7 req=0x0
REQ: flags=0x64B7 req=0x0
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 1 -> 4
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 1 -> 4
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 5 -> 4
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 5 -> 4
[swscaler @ 0x7f4745232a00]BICUBIC scaler, from yuv420p to rgb24 using MMXEXT
[swscaler @ 0x7f4745232a00]1280x720 -> 1280x960
[swscaler @ 0x7f4745232a00]lum srcW=1280 srcH=720 dstW=1280 dstH=960 xInc=65536 yInc=49152
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VO: [gl] 1280x720 => 1280x960 Planar YV12 [zoom]
VO: Description: OpenGL
VO: Author: Reimar Doeffinger <[email protected]>
[gl] GLX chose visual with ID 0x97
X11 error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
Type: 0, display: 0x7f4746d59fa0, resourceid: 5000001, serial: 2f
Error code: 8, request code: 2, minor code: 0
[gl] Settings after autodetection: ati-hack = 0, force-pbo = 1, rectangle = 0, yuv = 2, ycbcr = 0
[gl] Creating 2048x1024 texture...
[gl] Resize: 1078x606
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*** [hqdn3d] Allocating mp_image_t, 1280x720x12bpp YUV planar, 1382400 bytes
[postproc @ 0x7f4745210ae0]using npp filters 0x7/0x7
*** [yadif] Allocating mp_image_t, 1280x720x12bpp YUV planar, 1382400 bytes
ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video)
ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video)
ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video)
ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video)
ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video)
ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video)
ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video)
ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video)
EOF code: 1
Uninit video: ffmpeg
Drawn 0 frames, 0 using DR, DR refused 0
vo: uninit ...
Exiting... (End of file)
ID_EXIT=EOF
It works fine with VLC using the codec avc1 , so the fix might be to use coreavc codec with mplayer, unfortunately mplayer-coreavc-svn from AUR does not compile :S
Thank you
Last edited by axelectrik (2013-06-09 22:00:22)

It actually worked!
Can't see what was the problem with mplayer but now it plays perfectly
Thank you!

Unable To Use DVDSP4 Presets for HD-DVD in the H.264 Format

I recently prepared a 23 minute slide show using Fotomagico from high resolution Hasselblad slides scanned in at 1200 dpi. Within Fotomagico I rendered the Fotomagico slide show to Apple ProRes 422 HQ, took it into Final Cut Pro 6.03 and added an intro and closing section. I then sent this to Compressor and selected the 30 minute HD-DVD preset which uses mpeg2. All went fine with the encoding to mpeg2 and I got a successful build and format out of DVDSP4 after importing the resulting .m2v file into DVDSP4. However, while the disk plays back fine in my Mac Pro it plays back with stuttering (audio and video) on my Toshiba HD-A2 HD-DVD player. I used a Verbatim Datalife DVD+R, but several other discs from other manufactuers including a DVD-R disc showed the same problem.
Please note that I have the latest firmware on my Toshiba HD-A2 and I have successfully burned RL HD-DVD discs using my PC and Windows software (Ulead's DVD Movie Factory 6+) which play fine without stuttering on my HD-A2.
I then decided to send the project to Compressor and use the 60 minute HD-DVD preset that encodes to H.264. Once again Compressor successfully executed the encode of my 23 minute slide show and it plays fine in QuickTime or MPEG StreamClip. However, every time I try and import this .mov file encoded in H.264 using the Compressor preset for HD-DVD into DVDSP4, DVDSP4 brings it in to the assets folder, but after a couple of seconds DVDSP4 crashes. Using console I get a message that DVDSP4 quit unexpectedly due to a "segmentation fault".
I also tried to take the ProRes Fotomagic project in Final Cut Pro 6.02 and send it out with Quicktime Conversion using the H.264 codec. Again I have a file that plays fine in QT, but when I try and import this .mov file into DVDSP4, I get the message "imcompatible format".
In summary, I am completely frustrated after many many hours of work at trying to prepare an HD-DVD on red laser of my slide show in DVDSP4. I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong, and I would be most appreciative of any suggestions anyone may have.
Thanks in advance.
Tom

Am I the only person who has ever tried to use the Presets in Compressor 3 for encoding HD-DVD disks? I would like to use these presets for burning HD-DVD's to standard red laser media as I have done on my PC. With the mpeg2 Preset I can get nothing but stuttering video when played back on my Toshiba HD-A2 and when I use Compressor 3 to encode with either of the H264 presets, the resulting .mov file causes DVDSP4 to crash when I import the file. Has no one else experienced this? Does anyone have any thoughts on addressing these issues other than to go back to working on my PC?
Tom

All of a sudden (video) files added to my iTunes library after a certain date aren't playable on other devices.

hello!
All of a sudden I have a weird issue with playing video-files added to my iTunes library after a specific date.
This is the situation so far:
I encode the video for iTunes with the same settings for the last 3 years. I know these vids play on all my devices. AppleTV & iPad. All of a sudden videos added to my library after the 8th of september aren't playable on my AppleTV and iPad. I can play them directly in iTunes and by accessing them directly via the finder and quicktime.
The following errors occur:
When I pull the video from iTunes on my AppleTV.. the video simply doesn't play.
When I pull the video from iTunes on my iPad I get a message that the file can't be found.
When I push the video from iTunes to the AppleTV using airplay I get a message that there has occured an error while connecting to the AirPlay-device "Apple TV". The necesary file could not be found. In addition when the AppleTV is switched off it doesn't turn on doing this, suggesting that there is something missing on my mac itself.
All the above errors aren't popping up when I choose a video that has been put in my library before the 9th of september. Then everything works as expected.
This is what I tried:
Turning off and on home sharing on all devices including the mac.
Logging in wiht a different apple ID though using the same ID as before.
I created a new iTunes library and populated with a video that was added after the 8th of september and one that was added before the 9th of september. Surprisingly the older one played and not the newer one.. while they both used the same encoding settings. The new library was locally on my mac as my original library is on a NAS.
I encode my videos with Quicktime 7 Pro using the following settings:
H.264 (current frame rate, key-frames:automatic, re-order frames, automatic bitsize)
Medium Quality
Multi-pass
current resolution (which is always 1280 X 720)
AAC sound
44.100 kHz
128kbps
I'm using the Mountain lion 10.8.2 and iTunes 10.7 Mountain lion got updated a few days after 19th of september and iTunes i think as well. Both versions were released after this issue seemed to pop up.
I also have two video-files encoded on the same day with the same settings that dragged into the iTunes library on the 9th of september. One works.. the other doesn't.
So I wonder if there is somebody out there that can tell me what might have happened here and how I could fix this issue.
Thank you in advance.

Hi Seraphiel07.
I have a very similar issue. Hardware involved:
Apple MacMini (Mid 2011) - OSX 10.8.2. iTunes 10.7. Home Sharing enabled.
Apple TV (3rd Generation). Home Sharing (access) enabled.
Apple MacBook Pro (15" Mid-2009). OSX 10.8.2. iTunes 10.7. Home Sharing enabled.
Apple iPad 2 (Wifi only). iOS 6
Apple iPhone 4S. iOS 6
All connected through:
Apple Time Capsule 8.0211n (4th Gen)
I have an iTunes library on the MacBook Pro, shared over "Home Sharing" and another (duplicate content, different library name) iTunes library on my MacMini, which is also accessed through the Apple TV.
All software is current (as of Sep 26th).
All movies are iTunes purchases. 80 in total.
All files are purchased (and home shared) under one account.
My last two iTunes purchases both HD movies on 09/17/2012 and 09/05/2012 refuse to appear on any device accessing either of the two Libraries over Home Sharing. It should be noted that every other movie (the other 78) all show up and play correctly. I therefore know it is not an issue with connectivity, otherwise I would see zero movies available.
I have:
1. Removed all content from each Library and re-added
2. Upgraded the OS on the MacMini 10.8.2
3. Tested viewing the two missing movies on other Apple devices and no luck.
4. Turn home sharing on and off within iTunes and also on each device.
It would appear to me that the issue is with the files themselves, rather than the devices as different devices and different versions have been tested.
All comments welcome.

Are you seeing a colour shift in 720p and 1080p h.264 slideshow exports?

When I export video from Lightroom 3 (or 3.2), I see that 720p and 1080p output can be very different in colour from other resolutions. It's as if my display profile were being ignored when playing back those particular resolutions.
Playback client: Apple's QuickTime Player X on Mac OS X 10.6.4. If I use VLC or QuickTime Player 7, colour is consistent across all export resolutions but is consistently wrong compared with the original photographs. (Again, it's as if the ICC display profile is being ignored.)
Display profile: my display is profiled and the profile is an ICC v4 file but I can reproduce the issue with some v2 profiles, as well.
AVC vs h.264
One oddity (that might be a peculiarity of QuickTime Player) is that when I view the 720p and 1080p movies, and ask for information about codecs (command-i), QuickTime Player X tells me that these two movies use AVC encoding. For all the other sizes, it says claims h.264. My understanding is that these two are effectively the same thing; on the other hand, it's curious that the two sizes showing different colour from the rest are identified differently. And QuickTime Player 7 claims AVC for all resolutions and always gets the colour wrong.
Is this just a QuickTime Player X bug? It gets colour right for all resolutions except 720p and 1080p, and provides a clue by saying the movie uses the AVC codec? Or is this an encoding issue?
Other sizes are fine
Exporting and playing back any other h.264 movie size, from 320 pixels right up to 960 pixels, provides perfectly acceptable colour in QuickTime Player X .There's a slight shift compared with the originals but nothing dramatic, and it's consistent across different sizes.
Any thoughts? Can you reproduce the problem?
I've tested this on a bunch of different Macs but they're all running 10.6.4. Can anyone see this problem? Would anyone like to test on Windows and report back? The results seem to vary wildly depending on your display profile and how far it is from a canned profile so if you really want to be sure of seeing the differences, switch your display to "Wide Gamut RGB" for the playback test, then compare the 720p/1080p files with the rest, including the sRGB reference.
Would anyone like to tell me I'm being a complete idiot and overlooking something blindingly obvious? I won't be upset.
I was just about to post a note on the blog but thought I'd better post something here first. I'll probably ask readers to provide feedback here rather than on the site. I get the feeling that this issue won't be a big deal for most people.
Some examples for download
I have a zipped collection of single-image slideshows generated by Lightroom at each available resolution, together with a 960-pixel JPEG (sRGB) of that same image to act as a reference. You can download it here (5.9MB). For the moment, you'll probably have to ignore the URL that you see in the slideshows and in the Read Me file—it points to the blog post that I was preparing but which I haven't yet published. I'll do that next so anyone reading the blog will come here and post.
Thanks in advance, and apologies if I'm being dumb about something.
Update
I've added a 720x480 file that shows the same problem and updated the URLs shown in the movies and the Read Me file.
Message was edited by: Bahi Para

Bahi,
just to illustrate what mess this is, I tested for you on Leopard (10.5) and Snow Leopard (10.6) using the same wide gamut monitor. Here are two screenshots from that experiment. I converted the screenshots from my display profile to sRGB to show you what I see and scaled down 50% (this is a 30" behemoth). First Leopard.
You see they are all the same, but different from the sRGB export you provided. The GB sticker is too blue and the tint on the car is wrong. I doubt anybody but a photographer would notice though.
Next is Snow Leopard:
Here the 320 pixel, the 480 pixel and the 960 pixel image are different from the 720 pixel, the 720p and the 1080p ones. Neither is strictly correct as they are all different from the sRGB display. This is consistent with their being no real color management, just gamma corrections and color space transforms (video is usually not stored as RGB but as YUV, necessitating a transform for display). Annoying, but not much you can do about it.
Just doing some quick googling I came across many mentions of issues such as this. It clearly is just a big mess.

FCPX Project Render Settings - Can you edit in h.264 and Transcode/render only used clips on timeline to Prores during render?

I have a question on the PROJECT RENDER settings in FCP X. It’s seems to me that one could theoretically import and edit entirely with original h.264 video files without needing to Transcode to ProRes422. Once you’re done with your edit and want to get the added benefits of COLOR GRADING in ProRes422 color space, it seems that FCPX will automatically render your edit in ProRes422 according to these preferences. In that case, a color grade could be applied to the whole edit, and be automatically transcoded/rendered into ProRes 422 during the render process. After rendering, what would show up on the viewer and what would EXPORT would be the rendered Prores files and not the original h.264 files. This saves a lot of time and space of transcoding ALL your media, and in theory should enable you to edit NATIVE video formats like h.264, with automatic benefits of ProRes during render. I'm assuming the render may take longer because FCPX is having to convert h.264 video files to ProRes422 while rendering. This may be one drawback. But will you your color grade actually use the 4:2:0 color space of the h.264 native media, or will it utilize 4:2:2 color space, since the render files are set to render to ProRes422 ? Can anyone please confirm that this theory is correct and optimal for certain work flows?? Thanks!

Thanks Wild. That's what I thought - in that the render files would be converted to ProRes422 codec. So do you or anyone else think that there is an advantage to having the 4:2:0 original file be processed in a 4:2:2 color space?
Yes there is an advantage, any effects and grading will look better than in a 4:2:0 space.
Most professionals online seem to think so. Also - will rendering of heavy effects and color grading take longer using this method because it's having to convert h.264 media to ProRes during render?
Yes, it will definitely take longer.
Can anyone verify from a technical standpoint whether editing and color grading in this workflow will see the same benefits as having transcoded the h.264 media to ProRes in the first place?
Same benefits from a final product view point, you lose on rendering time though and if you have lots of effects things will seem slow as it will have render everytime from the h264 file rather than a Pro Res file for every change you make. This may be fine on a higher end mac but I'm sure just pummels an older lower end mac as to being almost useless.

Error while adding eDirectory replica

Hi folks!
I want to add a replica of our whole eDirectory tree to a new server (OES11.2 SLES11.3).
So I wanted to do so via iManager. (Partitions and Replicas / Replica View / Add Replica)
Everthing looks normal. I see our other servers with added replicas and of course the server with the master image.
For addition information: I did that a lot of times without problems until now.
When I want to add a replica to the new server, i get the following error: (Error -636) The server is unreachable.
I checked the /etc/hosts file and the network settings on both servers.
Ndsrepair looks normal too. All servers are in sync and there are no connection errors. The replica depth of the new server is -1. I get that, because there is no replica on it yet.
But if i can connect from one server to another and there are no error messages, why does adding a replica not work?
Am I forgetting something here?
Every server in our environment runs OES11.2 except the master server which runs OES11.1
Thanks for your help!
Daniel

Originally Posted by ab
Care to post it so we can see what you saw?
Here is the output of the dump:
listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes
11:12:45.005821 IP hoferfs.39168 > oes11nss.ncp: P 4052461235:4052461403(168) ack 2285588323 win 661 <nop,nop,timestamp 6502 41234363>
11:12:45.006898 IP oes11nss.ncp > hoferfs.39168: P 1:123(122) ack 168 win 501 <nop,nop,timestamp 41243005 6502>
11:12:45.006925 IP hoferfs.39168 > oes11nss.ncp: . ack 123 win 661 <nop,nop,timestamp 6502 41243005>
11:12:45.007342 IP hoferfs.39149 > oes11nss.ncp: P 1357352830:1357352966(136) ack 3110271178 win 661 <nop,nop,timestamp 6502 41233608>
11:12:45.008116 IP oes11nss.ncp > hoferfs.39149: P 1:169(168) ack 136 win 501 <nop,nop,timestamp 41243005 6502>
11:12:45.008131 IP hoferfs.39149 > oes11nss.ncp: . ack 169 win 661 <nop,nop,timestamp 6502 41243005>
11:12:45.008280 IP hoferfs.39149 > oes11nss.ncp: P 136:308(172) ack 169 win 661 <nop,nop,timestamp 6502 41243005>
11:12:45.010722 IP oes11nss.ncp > hoferfs.39149: P 169:275(106) ack 308 win 501 <nop,nop,timestamp 41243006 6502>
11:12:45.010829 IP hoferfs.39149 > oes11nss.ncp: P 308:572(264) ack 275 win 661 <nop,nop,timestamp 6503 41243006>
11:12:45.011654 IP oes11nss.ncp > hoferfs.39149: P 275:552(277) ack 572 win 501 <nop,nop,timestamp 41243006 6503>
11:12:45.011831 IP hoferfs.39149 > oes11nss.ncp: P 572:696(124) ack 552 win 661 <nop,nop,timestamp 6503 41243006>
11:12:45.012471 IP oes11nss.ncp > hoferfs.39149: P 552:584(32) ack 696 win 501 <nop,nop,timestamp 41243007 6503>
11:12:45.048112 IP hoferfs.39149 > oes11nss.ncp: . ack 584 win 661 <nop,nop,timestamp 6513 41243007>
^C
13 packets captured
13 packets received by filter
0 packets dropped by kernel
oes11nss is the master server and hoferfs would be the server with the replica on.
The dump started before i pressed OK and ended after the error occured.
Regards!
Daniel

Media Encoder cc 2014.1 crashing with unknown error on h.264 every time

I am unable to render ANY timelines using h.264 for any format (presets or customized). The audio preparation procedure completes and the timeline seems to render fine for a while. The render never committees and variably crashes somewhere during the render with the very helpful "Unknown Error" every singe time.
Example from the log file:
- Encoding Time: 00:06:03
10/26/2014 02:59:12 PM : Encoding Failed
A low-level exception occurred in: H.264 (Exporter)
Export Error
Error compiling movie.
Unknown error.
Anyone have a suggestions? Any solutions, Adobe?

Hi KB8WFH,
KB8WFH wrote:
It is almost never in the same place. I have encountered both on a Mac and a Windows PC a problem where it will always crash when it encounters a Warp Stabilizer effect added to a clip. But even removing those, the render failed every time at seemingly random place soon the same sequence/timeline being rendered.
That's pretty frustrating but it doesn't sound familiar. I can look into it.
KB8WFH wrote:
I have noticed that this seems to now only happen on projects I upgraded from a previous version of Premiere.
OK. Sorry to hear that exports are affected as well.
KB8WFH wrote:
I understand Adobe's policy is that it is not a good idea to move a project from over version into an upgraded application, but this is really not practical.
Actually, it's not Adobe's policy, it's mine. It's also been a general editor's rule of thumb since the dawn of NLEs.
Project file handling is something I learned in trade school. I was taught to protect the project file from application updates. This was at Avid Bootcamp back in 1996 by some of the best NLE instructors in Hollywood. Eventually, I taught these concepts to my NLE students when I became a certified instructor a bit later.
I learned that not only do you avoid updating your project file, but you must have at least 3 back up copies at all times in 3 different places every single day. You should also avoid updating your OS, plug-ins or crucial hardware along the way. The more complex the project file is, the more susceptible it may be to corruption and you must be even more vigilant than normal projects, as you may be protecting weeks, months, or even years of work.
With the many updates of Premiere Pro CC it's certainly not that practical, but something to keep in mind as you work on a large project.
KB8WFH wrote:
New versions are used for their new features and big fixes. Microsoft does not tell their customers not to open documents made in previous versions of their MS Word in upgraded versions because of issues. That defeats the entire purpose of upgraded software.
I do understand your stance on upgrading software. It should not be harmful to do. You should also be able to update a Premiere Pro project file without too much trouble. Sometimes, it's crucial to see if you can take advantage of a bug fix with an update. I learned that you just need to be super careful with large, complex projects like features and docs. If you must update, do so with plenty of project file back ups and a wary eye. If the situation goes awry, you can always return to these project files.
KB8WFH wrote:
I am attempting to use the project Manager to export the timeline into a new project and see if I can render that and it it makes any difference. Will let you know as soon as I have any results.
That's a good idea. Let us know if it works for you.
Thanks,
Kevin

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