Posted: 12/16/2007 6:46 PM
Post subject: What's up with the FFV1 settings under ffdshow?
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p0rtal_0f_rain
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Joined: 12/5/2007
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The encoding part of this codec has too many "locked" settings and the AVI file does not seem right when I want to record an AVI off an FCM (FCE Ultra) movie. Plays great at 60 fps but the file size is too big. Is there anything else I forgot to set that would make it look as compressed as one of the speedrun videos here? Someone please help me on this before my brain self-destructs. x-( & thanx
Posted: 12/17/2007 6:37 AM
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SXL
Joined: 2/7/2005
Posts: 571
ffdshow to encode ? 0.o local encoders use stuff like mencoder and h264, two passes over the raw dumped from any emulator. can't remember into which format though, oughta check the faqs I guess.
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Posted: 12/17/2007 8:30 PM
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DeHackEd
Emulator Coder, Site Developer, Former player
Joined: 11/6/2004
Posts: 833
ffv1 is ffmpeg's lossless codec. You only have like 2 or 3 tunable settings available. It produces big files because that's what you get for lossless. On the upside, the output material is perfect so you don't have to worry about quality degradation. Capture with ffv1, then use a proper multi-pass encoder like x264 on the result to produce a more useful AVI when you care about quality. If you don't care about stuff like that, don't use ffv1.