[FFmpeg-user] TGA File color looks incorrect when converted to H.264

[Craig L.]

Hi, I am running the following command to convert this red TGA image 
into a video.

However, the finished video color does not match the TGA images color.

Is there something I can do to ensure that the color comes out right?

I plan on also adding another video stream to this FYI.


Here is my command:

/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -loop 1  -i  FULL.tga  -aspect 1:1    -c:v 
libx264    -profile:v high -pix_fmt yuv420p -level 5.1  -vsync 1 -async 
1  -crf 14   -t 5.000   -r 30    -y  finished.mp4


Here is a link to download the original image: (Not sure if i could 
attach it to this email)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V3mZNR7srcUPiNq8dvb4q44oUqhEej6O/view?usp=sharing

Here is a link to the finished result from the above command.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f3qFLgDKg5kLen1FJzp-C-Xb3yGeHWhc/view?usp=sharing



Here is the ffmpeg response:

/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -loop 1  -i  FULL.tga  -aspect 1:1    -c:v 
libx264    -profile:v high -pix_fmt yuv420p -level 5.1  -vsync 1 -async 
1  -crf 14   -t 5.000   -r 30    -y  finished.mp4
ffmpeg version 4.3.1-static https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/ Copyright 
(c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers
   built with gcc 8 (Debian 8.3.0-6)
   configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static 
--disable-debug --disable-ffplay --disable-indev=sndio 
--disable-outdev=sndio --cc=gcc --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r 
--enable-gnutls --enable-gmp --enable-libgme --enable-gray 
--enable-libaom --enable-libfribidi --enable-libass --enable-libvmaf 
--enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb 
--enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librubberband 
--enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libvorbis 
--enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab 
--enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp 
--enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libdav1d 
--enable-libxvid --enable-libzvbi --enable-libzimg
   libavutil      56. 51.100 / 56. 51.100
   libavcodec     58. 91.100 / 58. 91.100
   libavformat    58. 45.100 / 58. 45.100
   libavdevice    58. 10.100 / 58. 10.100
   libavfilter     7. 85.100 /  7. 85.100
   libswscale      5.  7.100 /  5.  7.100
   libswresample   3.  7.100 /  3.  7.100
   libpostproc    55.  7.100 / 55.  7.100
Input #0, image2, from 'FULL.tga':
   Duration: 00:00:00.04, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 699843 kb/s
     Stream #0:0: Video: targa, bgr24, 1080x1080, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
Stream mapping:
   Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (targa (native) -> h264 (libx264))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[libx264 @ 0x72b9f00] using SAR=1/1
[libx264 @ 0x72b9f00] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 
AVX FMA3 BMI2 AVX2 AVX512
[libx264 @ 0x72b9f00] profile High, level 5.1, 4:2:0, 8-bit
[libx264 @ 0x72b9f00] 264 - core 161 r3018 db0d417 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC 
codec - Copyleft 2003-2020 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - 
options: cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=7 
psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 
8x8dct=1 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=-2 
threads=34 lookahead_threads=5 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 
interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 
b_adapt=1 b_bias=0 direct=1 weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=2 keyint=250 
keyint_min=25 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=crf 
mbtree=1 crf=14.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 
aq=1:1.00
Output #0, mp4, to 'finished.mp4':
   Metadata:
     encoder         : Lavf58.45.100
     Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (libx264) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 
1080x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 1:1], q=-1--1, 30 fps, 15360 tbn, 30 tbc
     Metadata:
       encoder         : Lavc58.91.100 libx264
     Side data:
       cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/0 buffer size: 0 vbv_delay: N/A
frame=   84 fps=0.0 q=20.0 size=       0kB time=00:00:00.10 bitrate=   
3.8kbits/frame=  150 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 Lsize=      10kB time=00:00:04.90 
bitrate=  17.3kbits/s dup=25 drop=0 speed=6.24x
video:8kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB 
muxing overhead: 33.530972%
[libx264 @ 0x72b9f00] frame I:1     Avg QP: 1.00  size:   273
[libx264 @ 0x72b9f00] frame P:38    Avg QP: 1.21  size:    53
[libx264 @ 0x72b9f00] frame B:111   Avg QP: 4.67  size:    45
[libx264 @ 0x72b9f00] consecutive B-frames:  1.3%  0.0%  0.0% 98.7%
[libx264 @ 0x72b9f00] mb I  I16..4: 100.0%  0.0%  0.0%
[libx264 @ 0x72b9f00] mb P  I16..4:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  P16..4: 0.0%  
0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:100.0%
[libx264 @ 0x72b9f00] mb B  I16..4:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  B16..8: 0.0%  
0.0%  0.0%  direct: 0.0%  skip:100.0%
[libx264 @ 0x72b9f00] 8x8 transform intra:0.0%
[libx264 @ 0x72b9f00] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% inter: 
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
[libx264 @ 0x72b9f00] i16 v,h,dc,p: 99%  0%  1%  0%
[libx264 @ 0x72b9f00] i8c dc,h,v,p: 100%  0%  0%  0%
[libx264 @ 0x72b9f00] Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
[libx264 @ 0x72b9f00] kb/s:11.58