[Libav-user] How to specify output format

[jim morgenstern]

So what Specifically is the specific format extension that I give to ffmpeg
that gives me the "raw video format" you cited?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: libav-user-bounces at ffmpeg.org [mailto:libav-user-bounces at ffmpeg.org]
> On Behalf Of Paul B Mahol
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 9:50 AM
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libavdevice and
> libavfilter.
> Subject: Re: [Libav-user] How to specify output format
> 
> On 1/21/13, jim morgenstern <jmorgie at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>> where can I find the list of formats and their extensions?
> >> In the source code
> >
> > Yes but the source code is hundreds of files;  can you tell me which
> > one has the list and the mapping?
> >
> >
> >> > .       What is your recommended format for uncompressed HD video ?
> >>
> >> libx264 is the state of the art encode
> >
> > But I do not want any encoding or compression:  I want flat file that
> > can be read later on for more processing.  So is there a
> > recommendation for a particular file format that does this?
> 
> Depends on what you gonna use for more processing later.
> Depending on available storage and CPU speed you could use raw video
> formats...
> 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: libav-user-bounces at ffmpeg.org
> >> [mailto:libav-user-bounces at ffmpeg.org]
> >> On Behalf Of Stefano Sabatini
> >> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 7:50 AM
> >> To: This list is about using libavcodec, libavformat, libavutil,
> > libavdevice and
> >> libavfilter.
> >> Subject: Re: [Libav-user] How to specify output format
> >>
> >> In data Saturday 2013-01-19 01:55:22 -0500, Jim Morgenstern ha scritto:
> >> > I have C++ app [win 7]  that is reading and writing video/audio
stream.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > When I specify the output file as xxxx.MOV I am getting H264
> >> > compressed video at 24 fps.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I want to have output as uncompressed at 30 or 60 fps according to
> >> > the input.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Some simple [I hope] questions:
> >> >
> >> > .       What is [where can I find] the mapping between file name
> > extension
> >> > and format used?
> >>
> >> In the source code, or you can show the ".extensions" field for all
> >> the
> > registered
> >> AVInput/OutputFormats.
> >>
> >> >
> >> > .       Can I specify the output format I want rather than using
> >> > av_guess_format ?  all the tutorials use guess
> >>
> >> Yes, you need to specify avformat_alloc_output_context2() and rely on
> >> oformat/format_name parameters, or use av_guess_format().
> >>
> >> >
> >> > .       What is your recommended format for uncompressed HD video ?
> >>
> >> libx264 is the state of the art encoder (but it has licensing
> > constraints).
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