[FFmpeg-user] ProRes XQ 12-bit support

[Elliott Balsley]

>> Can it be possible for ffmpeg to misinterpret the image as 10-bit instead of
>> 12, and still make the image look correct?
> 
> No.


I think this actually could be possible.  If you ignore the two least significant bits, then the image would still look correct, just lacking precision.

Looking at the source code here, I see that PRORES_BITS_PER_SAMPLE is defined as 10.  So it sounds like ffmpeg simply decodes all ProRes as 10-bit.  I would like to request the option to decode ProRes with 12-bit precision, but unfortunately I do not have any programming knowledge to contribute.

https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/master/libavcodec/proresdsp.h <https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/master/libavcodec/proresdsp.h>

Sample footage is here if anybody is interested: http://www.arri.com/camera/alexa/learn/alexa_sample_footage/