Hi all,
I've been following this forum for months now (thanks for all the knowledge you share here) and decided it was time to become a member - this is my first post:
I'm hoping to get some help with ffmpeg coding. I'd like to skip my Vdub filter process (step 2) below and instead apply those basic filters in ffmpeg, since I'm opening all my Vdub-filtered .avi files in ffmpeg to convert them to ProRes .mov files anyway (step 3); it'd be great to only do one video conversion instead of two!
My current workflow is:
1.) Capture:
VCR S-video output and RCA audio output ->
Roxio USB dongle ->
Startech USB 3.0 ExpressCard on Dell Latitude e5520 (Intel Core i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GHz, 3GB RAM) running Windows XP SP3 ->
Virtual VCR with
HuffYUV v1.3.1 compression, YUY2, 720x480px, 29.97fps, interlaced, NTSC. PCM 16-bit 48 kHz Stereo audio ->
Save as .AVI file.
*No filters or AV Sync settings turned on in Virtual VCR.
2.) Open .AVI file in VirtualDub 1.9.11 for basic filtering:
- Video in Full Processing Mode
- Audio set to Direct Stream Copy
- Compression set to
Huffyuv v2.1.1 - CCESP Patch v0.2.2
- Filters:
----De-Interlace: Yadif 2x, Upper Field First
----Resize: Set to 720x480px. Adjust Cropping setting on filter to crop left/right black bars off (16 pixels total. Usually 11px on left side, 5px on right).
----Resize: Set to 640x480px
- Save as .AVI
*Please see attached screenshot for exact Vdub filter settings
3.) Convert to ProRes .MOV in Terminal on Mac OSx using following code:
ffmpeg -i VIDEOFILENAME.avi \
-c:v prores_ks \
-profile:v 2 \
-vendor apl0 \
-bits_per_mb 8000 \
-pix_fmt yuv422p10le \
-acodec copy \
VIDEOFILENAME_proRes422.mov
4.) Import .MOV files into Adobe Premiere to create final edit
From what I’ve read, it seems possible to apply the three filters in ffmpeg, but the coding process is very foreign to me and I’m struggling to set it up correctly.
Thank you for your help!
Trevor
P.S. I switched to Virtual VCR for capturing after trying countless methods in Vdub 1.9.11 to get video/audio to sync up and never could. Virtual VCR worked perfectly on the first capture with zero headaches.
I'm sure someone will mention my Roxio USB dongle but since I’m not having any capture issues, I will work with this dongle for now. I plan to upgrade the less desirable components in my capture rig once finances allow it.