SAVE AS using h264 encoder

Do any of you see apple adding an h264 encoder to Pro so we can all save bluray movie backups?
if not what's a good program I can use for backing up these disc's?

If I can open them as .avi and then save them as iPod compatable GREAT... Did I understand your answer correctly?
Yes and no. The "Save As..." option saves data in its current compression format to an MOV file container. (E.g., a DivX video with MP3 audio in an AVI file container would end up as DivX video with MP3 audio in MOV file container if you try to use the "Save As..." File menu option. On the other hand, QT Pro, GarageBand, iMovie, iTunes, MPEG Streamclip, and other applications can acces iPhone, iPod, and/or TV specific device export presets which will convert "QT Component compatible" files to H.264/AAC files using the "Export" file menu option. (For instance, the iPod preset will normally play on all three devices with slightly better quality than the iPhone preset while the TV preset, if properly encoded, will not play on either of the other two devices.) The basic difference between the two options is that the "Export" option performs a mandatory transcoding of data even if it is to the same format while the "Save As..." option does not.

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Sorry to know that you are facing these kind of issues, let me try to reply and understand issues one by one.
>>We have been primarily using VP6/mp3 for encoding. Most of our work is SD. We also always seem to have trouble when trying to encode the FLV file to another format, audio always seem to be out of sync, but sometimes it works...
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First, very pleased to see that the company produced the Chinese version of adobe's premier cc！
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There is how to make the timeline audio display file names? How to set up! ?
I am a video editing enthusiasts, I come from distant China!
I hope you can get help！
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Thank you first！
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75 75 69 64 BE 7A CF CB 97 A9 42 E8 9C 71 99 94 uuid......B..q..
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78 6D 70 74 6B 3D 22 41 64 6F 62 65 20 58 4D 50 xmptk="Adobe XMP
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First, very pleased to see that the company produced the Chinese version of adobe's premier cc！
I use premier cc output h264 encoded mp4 files can not play!
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There is how to make the timeline audio display file names? How to set up! ?
I am a video editing enthusiasts, I come from distant China!
I hope you can get help！
My English level is not high, I was using Google Translate
Thank you first！
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A:\2.mp4
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00 00 00 1C 66 74 79 70 4D 34 56 20 00 00 00 01 ....ft.pM4V ....
4D 34 56 20 6D 70 34 32 69 73 6F 6D 00 05 12 43 M4V mp42isom...C
75 75 69 64 BE 7A CF CB 97 A9 42 E8 9C 71 99 94 uuid......B..q..
91 E3 AF AC 3C 3F 78 70 61 63 6B 65 74 20 62 65 ....<?xpacket be
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20 43 6F 72 65 20 35 2E 35 2D 63 30 31 34 20 37   Core 5.5-c014 7
39 2E 31 35 31 38 30 35 2C 20 32 30 31 33 2F 30 9.151805, 2013/0
34 2F 30 39 2D 31 32 3A 30 38 3A 32 31 20 20 20 4/09-12:08:21
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I went to:
Library/Preferences/Adobe/Adobe Media Encoder/8.0/
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Quicktime 7.6.4 won't play h264 encoded videos on my 10.4.11 MacMini

Hello:
This is my first post. I read through the forums and this seems to be the correct place to pose my question. If it's not, my apologizes.
I'm trying to find out why Quicktime 7.6.4 won't play h264-encoded video on my MacMini (G4 PPC). I'm running 10.4.11. I recently installed Perian 1.2.1 and it got some .avi files to play correctly, whereas before there was no sound. But the h264 files still get me a black screen, albeit with sound now. Some h264 files can be played in VLC Media Player (but that's a horrible player compared to Quicktime in my opinion, as it constantly drops frames and eats 100% of my processor time), but VLC even has the black screen problem on some h264 files as well.
I've also tried MPlayer OSX but that's really an alpha-type development and has a lot of bugs. Many movies it can't even open.
Sorry for the rambling, but again my question: Is there any way to play h264-encoded video in Quicktime 7.6.4 on my Mac?
Thanks in advance for your expertise and advice.

Mr Ram,
There is a group of Quicktime specialists in Apple.com ⇒ Support ⇒ Discussions ⇒ Quicktime .
The more data you give us, the easier it is to help us help you to diagnose your problem. Your disk space would be very useful. Contrary to some, I advocate iDefrag to assist VLC and MPlayer, which you were a little hard on.
GNU/Linux's free offerings
MPlayer was developed a decade ago, and I prefer it for viewing DVDs (for 'DVD Player') seems too dark. VLC (legally) copies many CRM-protected DVDs of yours, so you can play only the burned copy. When I'm having a problem playing a DVD, the VLC log tells me all: only perfect DVDs play well on VLC.
There are two ways of viewing everything.
Streaming MPEG-4
+H.264/MPEG-4 AVC+ is a fancy codec based upon MPEG-4: it requires a powerful processor to de-compress it. I watched an MPEG-4 movie from a G3 iBook in 2005. It played flawlessly.
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Quicktime 7.X applications can not play +H.264/MPEG-4 AVC+ streams. It was a bug Apple never fixed. Frames are dropped because H.264 is so slow that it requires special hardware. You, I'm sad to say, don't have it.
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I am using iBooks Author 2.1.1 on Mavericks.
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Did you already try removing iBA's preference plist as part of your troubleshooting process?
I don't think that plugin is the culprit ...perhaps more like an incidental victim in this example.
However, as this is a predicable issue, you may want to get Apple Support on the phone and let them take a look.
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Applications:
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As for the <edited by host> problem reporter , you can see error/crash logs if you know how to use Console in /Applications/Utilities and have the time to weed out related info - Support might ask you to do that, in which case they will inform the process, etc.
Good luck in any case.

Database Data Security: both from within (using MIMEbase64 encoding) and from without (using encryption).

In my MDB file databases (Jet 4.x format) I turn on both compression and encryption. This gives me data security from without, meaning, I can't open a MDB file in a Word Processing software (or otherwise) and read the data in a humanly recognized
format.   But I am also using MIMEbase64 encoding of my stored data so that the data is humanly unreadable from within - meaning that anyone performing an SQL query will not be able to humanly read the data in my database. I do the decoding
(from MIMEbase64) within my end-user software interfaces to the databases.
I found out just recently (last few months) that I can do this from Win32 Perl, so I encorporated this feature into my Perl database applications.   Only thing is that MIMEbase64 increases the size of the data stored.
Is there a better encoding strategy available today which might actually compress the data a little?

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SECURE/CUSTOM (non-formula based) TEXTFILE ENCODING (should be undecipherable w/o mappings file):
by Eric C. Hansen. You may freely use these encoding instructions, and the code I have provided, but please
acknowledge me as the author where credit is due - such as in a publication. And do not try to sell it.
However, any code I have provided you may freely use in any programs you write to be sold for your own profit,
except you may not attempt to sell this encoding scheme (or my code provided), as a generic encoding tool, for
general use, to be marketed as a turn-key custom encoding solution.
(1) Create a unique code list
Using the characters: A-Z a-z 0-9 only. That's 62 characters only.
62 (1 char codes) + 3844 (2 char codes) + 238,328 (3 char codes) = 242,234 total codes
62x1 + 62x62 + 62x62x62
REMINDS ME of my college Genetics course i.e. dominant/recessive trait inheritance tables
EXAMPLE CODES: a, k, 3c, A4, xy1, H8j
(2) Create a unique word(+punc) list from your textfile which is to be encoded. You know how to do this.
Example of 9 words(+punc) found between whitespace within a textfile input line:
"Hello", this is Mr. Bell-va-deer. My number is 999-342-8998.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
PERL code for STEPS 3-7 is provided below. Code for STEP 1 above was previously provided.
You should have little trouble writing the textfile encode/decode logic yourself.
(3) Read your list of unique codes into an array.
(4) Read your list of unique words(+punc) into another array.
LOOP #-- 0 to number of elements in words array
(5) select a random code and a random word(+punc) from the 2 arrays.
(6) now remove that code and that word(+punc) from each array using "splice".
(7) then save them as key/val pairs to persistent Perl SDBM database files ("mappings").
END LOOP
(8) Once you have your persistent, random code/word mappings, you can convert your textfile
to an encoded textfile. Read in one line at a time from your textfile (chomp), parse the words(+punc.)
between whitespace within that line, then for each word(+punc) parsed, perform
the word-to-code mapping conversions by doing a lookup within the Perl SDBM database
file of key/val pairs, where KEY=word and VAL=code. You will then need to
concatenate these codes (space delimited) to your outputline, in the same order as found in your
inputline, finally writing the outputline (newline "\n" terminated) to your new encoded textfile.
(9) Keep your persistent Perl SDBM database file ("mappings") in SAFE KEEPING, with a naming
convention of your choice that perhaps hides any relationship to the name of
your encoded text document - which it specifically pertains to. But keep a record of that joint
relationship somewhere. Keep a copy of both the original textfile and the encoded textfile,
or perhaps you'd like to keep just the encoded textfile?, and not the original? You can always decode it.
(10) Send your encoded text document via email as an attachment, to the recipient of your choice.
(11) Upload your persistent Perl SDBM database "mappings" file to your secure login FTP download site.
NOTE: If your encoded text document is very large, you may want to reverse 10 & 11, putting the encoded file
on the FTP site, and sending the Perl SDBM database file ("mappings") as the email attachment.
(12) Call your recipient to see if they have received the encoded textfile, email attachment.
Let them know that the "mappings" file is uploaded for them to download from the FTP site.
You can have a LINGO you both use/know on the phone, to secretly convey this message, if you like,
to avoid possible interception of this sensitive information.
Recipient will then take the encoded textfile email attachment, the FTP downloaded "mappings" file,
and place them both in a directory on their PC where the Perl decoding program is located which you
had previously sent them to handle all the decoding anytime you send them an encoded textfile + "mappings".
Recipient will run the Perl decoding utility program to create the original textfile.
use Win32; #-- as you can see, I use a Windows O/S Perl distribution.
use IO::Handle;
use SDBM_File; #-- my understanding is this module comes standard with every Perl distribution
use Fcntl;
$PWD=Win32::GetCwd(); #-- get current working directory on Windows O/S platform.
srand; #-- random seeding initiated, do this just once at top.
@codesARR=(); @wordsARR=(); #-- initialize the arrays
print "working. please wait...\n\n";
unlink( "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW.pag" )
if (-e "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW.pag" );
unlink( "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW.dir" )
if (-e "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW.dir" );
unlink( "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC.pag" )
if (-e "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC.pag" );
unlink( "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC.dir" )
if (-e "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC.dir" );
unlink( "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings.txt" )
if (-e "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings.txt" );
$cnt1=0; $ret="Y";
open(CODES,"$PWD\\codes.txt") || do {$ret="N";};
if ($ret eq "N") {
print "Codes input file not opened \n";
sleep 5; die;
while (<CODES>) {
chomp $_;
$codesARR[$cnt1]=$_;
$cnt1++;
print $cnt1 . " codes loaded\n\n";
close(CODES);
$cnt2=0; $ret="Y";
open(WORDS,"$PWD\\words.txt") || do {$ret="N";};
if ($ret eq "N") {
print "Words input file not opened \n";
sleep 5; die;
while (<WORDS>) {
chomp $_;
$wordsARR[$cnt2]=$_;
$cnt2++;
print $cnt2 . " words loaded\n\n";
close(WORDS);
sleep 3; #-- a little time to check on record counts loaded to both arrays
tie( %Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC, "SDBM_File", '.\Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC', O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666 );
if (tied %Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC) {
print "WtoC Hash/SDBM File are now tied\n\n";
} else {
print "Could not tie WtoC Hash/SDBM File\n\n"; sleep 5; die;
tie( %Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW, "SDBM_File", '.\Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW', O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666 );
if (tied %Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW) {
print "CtoW Hash/SDBM File are now tied\n\n";
} else {
untie(%Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC); #-- close the successful tie made directly above
print "Could not tie CtoW Hash/SDBM File\n\n"; sleep 5; die;
open (OUT,"> $PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings.txt");
OUT->autoflush(1);
$cnt2=$#wordsARR; #-- we do this because we will be removing elements from wordsARR
for ($i=0; $i<=$cnt2; $i++) {
$index = rand @codesARR; # get a random index from the codes array
$code = $codesARR[$index]; # get the value of that array element
splice(@codesARR,$index,1); # removes only this element from the codes array.
$index = rand @wordsARR; # get a random index from the words array
$word = $wordsARR[$index]; # get the value of that array element
splice(@wordsARR,$index,1); # removes only this element from the words array.
$Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC{$word}=$code; # key/value pair where: word is key, code is value
$Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW{$code}=$word; # key/value pair where: code is key, word is value
print "Your Mappings have been created and saved to (.dir and .pag extension files)\n\n";
print OUT "Here are your Mappings you just created:\n\n";
foreach $key (keys %Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC) {
print OUT "word=" . $key . " code=" . $Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC{$key} . "\n";
print OUT "##################################################\n";
foreach $key (keys %Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW) {
print OUT "code=" . $key . " word=" . $Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW{$key} . "\n";
untie(%Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC); #-- now you have saved a persistent word/code mappings file
untie(%Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW); #-- now you have saved a persistent code/word mappings file
close(OUT);
print "Done. Goodbye!\n";
sleep 5;
exit;

Exporting .avi to .mov using h264 loses sound after a few seconds

Here's a weird one. I am editing some movie clips, and when I do an export to .mov format using h264 compression, the audio drops out after a 8-10 seconds.
At first I thought it was happening after an edit jump, but nope -- it just cuts out for some reason. I also cannot export to MP4 format without losing the audio completely (shows as MPEG Layer 3 audio in the properties window of the original). When I look at the Properties for the exported movie, I can see the audio length is not the full length of the video.
I have edited clips like this before in QuickTime with no issues, not sure what is going on. I tested on MPEG Streamclip and I can export to either format with no sound issues.

Hello George,
Sorry I can't help you with your problem. But it is TOO much of a coincidence that YOU do everyday (try to, lately!) what I am trying for the first time-- converting .avi files to .mov files. I just got a cheap movie cam and it saves files to avi format. I am able to transfer them successfully to my Mac, but cannot find a third party avi converter. If you can help please email me: [email protected]
thank you for your time and I hope SOMEONE out there will help YOU!

Premiere h264 Encoder quality

I dare say this has been covered to a greater or lesser extent before but here goes.....
Im on Premiere Pro CS5 and I am trying to export a movie as an h264 quicktime and predictably the quality suffers even on highest quality.
Specifically my colours become somewhat de-saturated.
As I understand it (and before everyone jumps on me) this is partly/mainly down to type of h264 encoder that comes with PP.
But hey, this is a forum where the guys with the knowledge can help out those without it, so I was wondering if there were any other h264 encoders that can work through PP
and give much more faithful results (and preferably at a low file size).
Failing that, are there any h264 encoders that are standalone that people can recommend (preferably free).
Probably a tall order, but if you dont ask you dont get
Ive tried other codecs from PP but they all seem to fall down on something and I just thought by now it would be possible to get some great economic, lossless results right out of Premiere.
Thanks

I'm going to ask the viewing question from another angle since I ran into this same issue the other day.
What software were you using to evaluate the exported H.264 footage?
Here's why I ask. When my H.264 export looked weak and desaturated, one of the suggestions I found on Google was to see what it looks like in a different player. I tried a few of the ones I've got, and here are the results, using Premiere Pro CS5.5 as the reference:
Premiere Pro: Adding exported footage back into project and viewing it in the source monitor next to the program monitor, they look the same.
VLC: Matches Premiere Pro
RealPlayer: Matches Premiere Pro
NicePlayer: Matches Premiere Pro
Apple QuickTime Player 10.0 in Snow Leopard: Looks different: desaturated with lower contrast and funky color shift
Uploaded to Vimeo: Matches Premiere Pro
Well, there's a clear pattern there...if every player matches Premiere Pro except Apple's, maybe there's nothing wrong with the Premiere Pro H.264 output at all. Maybe it's a problem with playback in QuickTime Player or the QuickTime component (there's something called the QuickTime Gamma Bug that turned up when I was searching on Google, but I don't know how closely this is related). If so, that means the H.264 output file you're worried about is actually just fine.
As a result, I've started to use VLC to evaluate exported footage. (I was using QuickTime Player before.)
That's why I'm curious what you were using to view your exported clip, if it's consistent with what I found, and if others can reproduce the same results. Have you test uploaded that file to your online video host, and does it still look wrong when played back there?
By the way, I don't think a calibrated monitor is absolutely critical for this specific issue, because if you are viewing the same footage in two windows on the same monitor, they should look the same (assuming the windows are being rendered the same way). Because an uncalibrated monitor wouldn't alter just one window. If the monitor was a bit off, you should still be able to do a valid side-by-side comparison because both windows on that monitor should be off by the same amount. It just wouldn't be able to show you whether you're looking at good colors in the first place.

Does labview vision support GigE Vision cameras using H264 compression?

Does labview vision support GigE Vision cameras using H264 compression?
I'd like to use a GigE Vision compliant camera that encodes its video data using H.264 compression. Can Imaqdx read this stream, decode the H264 compressed frames and write the frames into an imaq image?
global variables make robots angry

I have no info whatsoever on your question, but welcome back from your hiatus!
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Actually I know the answer but it is simply more fun sitting back and watching you figure it out yourself.

H264 encoded flv doesn't work

I put the h264 packets into flv file with the flv file format in video_file_format_spec_v10.pdf. I used CodecID=7(AVC) and filled video data with h264 encoded packet. But it doesn't work. The codec lib is x264 with CABAC enctropy.
The test.flv file in attachment is what I created using x264. Below is the media infomation about test.flv.
Could someone help me? Thanks very much.

First of all you can't use h264 in an flv, Flash Video files encoded with the H264 codec must have the ending (mov, mp4 or F4V)
Those need to be preparated as Adobe recommends, best choice is to use the Adobe Media Encoder or an Adobe editing tool that outputs a proper h264 file.

Not able to display data in different columns using Unicode encoding

Hi,
Iam using Unicode encoding in my Java appln to support Japanese characters while downloading CSV report. But using the Unicode encoding displays all data in the first column of Excel sheet.
Please let me know how to display data in different columns using Unicode encoding in Excel sheet.

Hi Venkat,
After extracting data into DSO check the request whether active or not.
Check data in DSO in contents.
If is there any restrictions on info providers in Queries.
Let us know status clearly.......
Reg
Pra

Not able to display data in separate columns using Unicode encoding

Hi,
Iam using Unicode encoding in my Java appln to support Japanese characters while downloading CSV report. But using the Unicode encoding displays all data in the first column of Excel sheet.
Please let me know how to display data in different columns using Unicode encoding in Excel sheet.
This is an urgent need. Please help me out.

Hi,
I have no problem with item :P15_EV_LCL this is having a value my probem here is i am using java script to display the value in different color based on the condtion case
eg:
select
case
TRUNC((
( (NVL(Z."AEWP",0) - NVL(Z."BEWP_Final",0) ) / DECODE(Z."BEWP_Final",0,NULL,Z."BEWP_Final") ) * 100
),2)
= :P15_EV_LCL
then
span style="background-color:lightgreen"
|| TRUNC((
( (NVL(Z."AEWP",0) - NVL(Z."BEWP_Final",0) ) / DECODE(Z."BEWP_Final",0,NULL,Z."BEWP_Final") ) * 100
),2) || '%' || /span
else
span style="background-color:yellow"
|| TRUNC(
( (NVL(Z."AEWP",0) - NVL(Z."BEWP_Final",0) ) / DECODE(Z."BEWP_Final",0,NULL,Z."BEWP_Final") ) * 100
),2) || '%' || /span
end "Effort"
from actuals Z
If i dont use this <Span style="Background-color:color"> i am able to generate data in excel sheet if i use this color coding i am not able to get data in spread sheet.
Please suggest
Thanks
Sudhir
Edited by: Sudhir_N on Mar 23, 2009 10:00 PM

SAVE AS using h264 encoder

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