[FFmpeg-user] how transcode ProRes to Quicktime?

[sean darcy]

On 06/04/2012 01:51 AM, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> sean darcy<seandarcy2<at>  gmail.com>  writes:
>
>> ffmpeg -i original.mov -an -vcodec libx264 -profile:v main -preset
>> slower -tune film -crf 29 -vf hqdn3d=4 -threads 0 output.mov
>>
>> But that didn't work:
>> x264 [error]: main profile doesn't support 4:2:2
>
> Complete, uncut console output missing.
> But you could try to force yuv420p
>
> Carl Eugen

Complete, uncut console:

ffmpeg -i ../../originals/CG003.mov -an -vcodec libx264 -profile:v main 
-tune film -crf 29 -vf hqdn3d=4 -threads 0 Vol_3-qt.mov
ffmpeg version N-40958-gea5dab5 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg 
developers
   built on May 22 2012 21:59:03 with gcc 4.6.3 20120306 (Red Hat 4.6.3-2)
   configuration: --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin 
--datadir=/usr/share/ffmpeg --libdir=/usr/lib64 --mandir=/usr/share/man 
--shlibdir=/usr/lib64 --extra-cflags='-Ofast -march=native -mtune=native 
-fopenmp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe' --enable-static --enable-shared 
--enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-version3 --enable-postproc 
--enable-avfilter --enable-pthreads --enable-x11grab --enable-gray 
--enable-vaapi --enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-libaacplus 
--enable-frei0r --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg 
--enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex 
--enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 
--enable-libxvid --enable-zlib --disable-debug --cpu=amdfam10 
--arch=x86_64 --enable-pic --enable-libopencv --enable-openssl
   libavutil      51. 53.100 / 51. 53.100
   libavcodec     54. 23.100 / 54. 23.100
   libavformat    54.  6.100 / 54.  6.100
   libavdevice    53.  4.100 / 53.  4.100
   libavfilter     2. 76.100 /  2. 76.100
   libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
   libswresample   0. 15.100 /  0. 15.100
   libpostproc    52.  0.100 / 52.  0.100
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x921b40] Stream #1: not enough frames to 
estimate rate; consider increasing probesize
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x921b40] Stream #2: not enough frames to 
estimate rate; consider increasing probesize
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x921b40] Stream #3: not enough frames to 
estimate rate; consider increasing probesize
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 
'../../originals/PostWorks/CG003.mov':
   Metadata:
     creation_time   : 2012-03-19 20:17:52
   Duration: 00:30:11.85, start: 0.246583, bitrate: 172305 kb/s
     Stream #0:0(eng): Video: prores (apch / 0x68637061), yuv422p10le, 
1920x1080, 169867 kb/s, 23.97 fps, 23.98 tbr, 2997 tbn, 2997 tbc
     Metadata:
       creation_time   : 2012-03-19 20:48:17
       handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
     Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: pcm_s24le (in24 / 0x34326E69), 48000 Hz, 
mono, s32, 1152 kb/s
     Metadata:
       creation_time   : 2012-03-19 20:48:18
       handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
     Stream #0:2(eng): Audio: pcm_s24le (in24 / 0x34326E69), 48000 Hz, 
mono, s32, 1152 kb/s
     Metadata:
       creation_time   : 2012-03-19 20:48:18
       handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
     Stream #0:3(eng): Data: none (tmcd / 0x64636D74)
     Metadata:
       creation_time   : 2012-03-19 20:48:18
       handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
       timecode        : 03:00:00:00
w:1920 h:1080 pixfmt:yuv422p10le tb:1/2997 sar:0/1 sws_param:flags=2
[buffersink @ 0x947960] No opaque field provided
[hqdn3d @ 0x946340] ls:4.000000 cs:3.000000 lt:6.000000 ct:4.500000
[hqdn3d @ 0x946340] auto-inserting filter 'auto-inserted scaler 0' 
between the filter 'src' and the filter 'Parsed_hqdn3d_0'
[scale @ 0x9075e0] w:1920 h:1080 fmt:yuv422p10le sar:0/1 -> w:1920 
h:1080 fmt:yuv422p sar:0/1 flags:0x4
x264 [error]: main profile doesn't support 4:2:2
[libx264 @ 0x905c20] Error setting profile main.
Output #0, mov, to 'Vol_3-qt.mov':
   Metadata:
     creation_time   : 2012-03-19 20:17:52
     Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264, yuv422p, 1920x1080, q=-1--1, 90k 
tbn, 23.98 tbc
     Metadata:
       creation_time   : 2012-03-19 20:48:17
       handler_name    : Apple Alias Data Handler
Stream mapping:
   Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (prores -> libx264)
Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect 
parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height

I've tried adding -pix_fmt yuv420p. That seems to make it work.

sean