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  1. Metroid - 1950's Panavision

    Posted By pandy 4th Jun 2024
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    Forum: Off topic
    by pandy Go to last post
    But why? This is poor (full artifacts) machine learning crap...
  2. looking for a broadcasting tool

    Posted By pandy 2nd Jun 2024
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    Forum: Newbie / General discussions
    by pandy Go to last post
    VLC may work for you then... ffmpeg has ffserver but it is not officially available for Windows - however you may try to search for Windows ffserver - if i recall there are some unofficial builds in Internet.

    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2679569/how-to-do-simple-video-streaming-with-ffserver-on-windows

    https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/ffserver
  3. looking for a broadcasting tool

    Posted By pandy 2nd Jun 2024
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    Forum: Newbie / General discussions
    by pandy Go to last post
    Check Avalpa software - currently i can't find details but i recall they offered free software able to properly broadcast so perhaps it will work for you.
    I was able: https://github.com/aventuri/opencaster so perhaps this will suit you.
  4. ffmpeg 7.0.1 and Windows 7

    Posted By pandy 1st Jun 2024
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    Forum: Video Conversion
    by pandy Go to last post
    On my Win 7 ffmpeg build(s) located on site (search for "Automated nonfree builds of FFmpeg for Windows using GitHub Actions " for WIP and for stable ffmpeg search for "Automated stable nonfree builds of FFmpeg for Windows using GitHub Actions") works fine.
  5. WMAL to FLAC or WAV conversion

    Posted By pandy 1st Jun 2024
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    Forum: Audio
    by pandy Go to last post
    It should be lossless same as FLAC or WAV - i would try to convert files anyway to FLAC as it is more popular and less problematic than WMA.
  6. ffmpeg 7.0.1 and Windows 7

    Posted By pandy 31st May 2024
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    Forum: Video Conversion
    by pandy Go to last post
    provide report - add "-report" to command line - log will be created so error can be analyzed.
  7. Dune Part 2

    Posted By pandy 31st May 2024
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    Forum: Subtitle
    by pandy Go to last post
    I like Dune universum - this is great book about time perspective but my point was rather about Villeneuve movie going opposite to book - this is like feminist bullshit - manifesto of fight with white male patriarchy - two different stories - currently very inaccurate but still best Dune movie is David Lynch movie - also there is completely different league of actors there - long story short - plenty to write and this is not place for it.

    Btw i know lot of people prefer instead of reading books listening - there are audiobooks - not my favorite way but still better than movie going against novel.
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    Forum: Video Conversion
    by pandy Go to last post
    ffmpeg mapping x264 parameters automatically.


    SET x264opts="crf=%vq%:vbv_maxrate=9999:vbv_bufsize=9999:level=4.0:keyint=%key%:ref=7:bframes=4:cabac=1:tff=0:interlaced=0:no_psnr=1:no_ssim=1:open-gop=0:pic_struct=1:aud=1:nal_hrd=vbr:force_cfr=1:bluray_compat=1:fullrange=off:overscan=show:colorprim=smpte170m:transfer=smpte170m:colormatrix=smpte170m:stitchable=0:sliced_threads=0"

    @ffmpeg -hide_banner -v 32 -stats -y -i %filename% -vf %vproc% -c:v libx264 -x264opts %x264opts% -x264-params %x264opts% -preset medium -tune film -profile:v high -level:v 4.0 -af %aproc% -c:a libmp3lame -q:a %aq% -f mp4 -movflags faststart "%~n1_.mp4"
  8. Dune Part 2

    Posted By pandy 30th May 2024
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    Forum: Subtitle
    by pandy Go to last post
    Get a book - this movie is Dune abomination.
  9. help fix delay on one channel (5.1)

    Posted By pandy 24th May 2024
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    Forum: Video Conversion
    by pandy Go to last post
    delay OTHER channels then - also it should be possible to perform negative delay (i.e. advance audio) but it will be performed in similar fashion i.e. by introducing delay on other channels.

    This can be useful too https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#setpts_002c-asetpts
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    Forum: Off topic
    by pandy Go to last post
    Use different - straight (i hope this is on Videohelp forum politically correct term) plug or use sockets providing sufficient distance.
  10. help fix delay on one channel (5.1)

    Posted By pandy 24th May 2024
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    Forum: Video Conversion
    by pandy Go to last post
    Use https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#adelay
  11. Quicksync quality per generation

    Posted By pandy 20th May 2024
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    Forum: Video Conversion
    by pandy Go to last post
    If your goal is to transcode on the fly (i.e. some movie library to render device such as TV) then you can set highest possible bitrate - If your intention is to store (long term?) transcoded movies then i would consider using CPU transcode to get highest possible quality.
  12. Quicksync quality per generation

    Posted By pandy 19th May 2024
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    Forum: Video Conversion
    by pandy Go to last post
    To be honest i can't tell - for sure NVEnc is pure HW solution where Intel offer also hybrid mode (HW+CPU) - in theory this should lead to better quality. Recent ffmpeg introduced if i recall correctly Ultra HQ setting so it may be important to use latest possible drivers and software tools.

    Based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video?useskin=vector seem CoffeLake using newer gen than SkyLake so there is chance that it will offer higher quality at the same bitrate.

    You can try to use rigaya https://github.com/rigaya tools to squeeze absolute maximum possible from both HW encoders.
    Also recent Intel GPU's (ARC series) may offer better quality (so instead replacing CPU's perhaps it could be easier to simply use Intel ARC graphic card - they offer also AV1 encoding - not so common).
  13. Quicksync quality per generation

    Posted By pandy 19th May 2024
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    Forum: Video Conversion
    by pandy Go to last post
    My personal impression is that newer hardware offer usually higher quality of video encoding - this is natural - more complex HW is able to deliver better quality.
    So if your goal is quality then or you use newest HW encoder possible (with moderate bitrate increase when compared to CPU driven encoder) or you are accepting higher bitrate and to deliver same quality on older HW encoder.
    This is always tradeoff between quality and bitrate.
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    Forum: Audio
    by pandy Go to last post
    Spectral subtraction and your ear are enough to remove most of the problems from your recording but proper methodology is key to success.

    Key points are:

    - use relatively small FFT (somewhere around 1024..4096 points), higher FFT can lead to more spectral leaks and as such various chirps
    - choose proper sample for noise profile acquisition - it should be free from complex tonal signals - search for relatively short time frame where only noise is - present, no other sound especially things like vocals or music is present
    - perform processing in chunks as in time noise profile may change in time so one acquired at the beginning of the recording may be different than noise profile in middle or at the end
    - it is useful to search for optimal threshold level to select inverted processing i.e. removing signal while keeping noise - search for such threshold where noise is unmodulated by useful signal
    - try to perform relatively mild noise removal strength - not go over 20dB - you can always repeat process multiple time to increase noise removal efficiency.
  14. Creating DVDs on PC in 2024

    Posted By pandy 15th May 2024
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    Forum: Authoring (DVD)
    by pandy Go to last post
    http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=174620

    Also HC Enc may work for you.

    btw -dc 5 is not allowed - 8 bit is minimum and 10 maximum - higher = better

    there was quite recently similar thread - can be interesting for you https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/410677-ffmpeg-non-linear-quantizer?highlight=174620
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    Forum: Camcorders (DV/HDV/AVCHD/HD)
    by pandy Go to last post
    Nowadays thermal runout can be easily verified with FLIR camera - i bet you can borrow such thing nearby or even try to buy something inexpensive.

    If this is thermal problem then freezer in spray will help to detect issue...
  15. ffmpeg input .m4a and .ac3 to video

    Posted By pandy 14th May 2024
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    Forum: Video Conversion
    by pandy Go to last post
    Well... just use nonfree ffmpeg version with libfdk compiled in ( search for "Automated nonfree builds of FFmpeg for Windows" ). AC3 is definitely way more popular and widely supported by almost all consumer decoders. I have impression that with 320kbps even generic ffmpeg aac encoder should be OK.
  16. ffmpeg input .m4a and .ac3 to video

    Posted By pandy 13th May 2024
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    Forum: Video Conversion
    by pandy Go to last post
    Yes, check this:
    https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/AudioChannelManipulation#a2monostereo

    Bellow example how it may look in ffmpeg - not tested as i have no similar source to yours - ffmpeg can be tricky in such things but definitely it is doable.


    ffmpeg -i "D:\input.mxf" -filter_complex "[0:a:0][0:a:1]join=inputs=2:channel_layout=stereo,asplit=2[audio_1][audio_2];[0:v]bwdif=mode=1[video]" -map "[video]" -c:v h264_nvenc -r 50 -cq:v 18 -aspect 16:9 -pix_fmt yuv420p -map "[audio_1]" -c:a:1 libfdk_aac -b:a:1 320k -map "[audio_2]" -c:a:2 ac3 -b:a:2 640k "D:\output.mp4"
  17. ffmpeg input .m4a and .ac3 to video

    Posted By pandy 13th May 2024
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    Forum: Video Conversion
    by pandy Go to last post
    You need to use -map functionality
    for example: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62122503/can-ffmpeg-transcode-an-audio-track-and-add-it-as-a-second-audio-track-at-the-sa
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    Forum: Camcorders (DV/HDV/AVCHD/HD)
    by pandy Go to last post
    I would check camera schematics to see if sensors require some bias current - described symptoms looks like some drift in time/temperature (my assumption is that you performed thermal grease replacement correctly).
  18. Line thickening?

    Posted By pandy 13th May 2024
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    Forum: Restoration
    by pandy Go to last post
    Search for dilation - morphological operator - as johnmeyer suggested perhaps simple kernel operand will be sufficient.
  19. AC3 to AAC conversion with DRC

    Posted By pandy 12th May 2024
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    Forum: Video Conversion
    by pandy Go to last post
    You can use ffmpeg for this.

    btw it is not clear what are you mean by applying DRC - are you interested about signal dynamics processing to get similar loudness or to copy DRC metadata embedded in AC-3?
    Also it may be important to get more details - for example if AC3 source is multichannel so downmixing must be performed to for example stereo or there is no downmixing required.
  20. Custom Hue for Silent Film

    Posted By pandy 11th May 2024
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    Forum: DVD Ripping
    by pandy Go to last post
    I overlooked information about Grayscale() behavior in case of the YUV - it works in such case similarly to ShowY() - my fault, you was OK. Sorry.
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    Forum: Computer
    by pandy Go to last post
    Sure, sure - you are simply jealous and obviously being looser - ever tried to eat 3 lunches and 4 dinners? In between have a gym, jogging and try get some yachting or golf - this is hard work and not many people can do such things for years or even whole life with smile on face...

    [/sarcasm]
  21. Custom Hue for Silent Film

    Posted By pandy 10th May 2024
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    Forum: DVD Ripping
    by pandy Go to last post
    Thanks! This worked perfectly! I increased the brightness to 25, and that looked best.
    [/QUOTE]

    Conversion from YCbCr to Y may introduce issues - it is more safe to extract Y channel from source and later convert it to RGB to apply proposed by hello_hello colorization. My goal would be to keep Y unaltered but if you are happy by modifying it then fine.
  22. Custom Hue for Silent Film

    Posted By pandy 9th May 2024
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    Forum: DVD Ripping
    by pandy Go to last post
    It was many years ago since i've used Avisynth so i can only suggest how i would perform processing:

    - split your input source on 3 planes, Y, U, V, ( https://avisynthplus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/avisynthdoc/corefilters/extract.html ?)
    - apply separately to U and V plane Limiter so signal values will be clamped to defined range ( https://avisynthplus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/avisynthdoc/corefilters/limiter.html )
    - combine modified U and V planes with unaltered Y plane ( https://avisynthplus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/avisynthdoc/corefilters/merge.html ?)

    This is probably fastest method.
  23. Custom Hue for Silent Film

    Posted By pandy 9th May 2024
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    Forum: DVD Ripping
    by pandy Go to last post
    Bellow example shows YUV statistics, as input i've used one of your pictures.


    ffprobe -f lavfi movie=sz15pq.png,signalstats -show_entries frame_tags=lavfi.signalstats.YMAX,lavfi.signalstats.YHIGH,lavfi.signalstats.YAVG,lavfi.signalstats.YLOW,lavfi.signalstats.YMIN,lavfi.signalstats.UMAX,lavfi.signalstats.UHIGH,lavfi.signalstats.UAVG,lavfi.signalstats.ULOW,lavfi.signalstats.UMIN,lavfi.signalstats.VMAX,lavfi.signalstats.VHIGH,lavfi.signalstats.VAVG,lavfi.signalstats.VLOW,lavfi.signalstats.VMIN


    and stats looks like this:


    TAG:lavfi.signalstats.YMIN=18
  24. Custom Hue for Silent Film

    Posted By pandy 9th May 2024
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    Forum: DVD Ripping
    by pandy Go to last post
    Probably easiest way will be read Cb and Cr values of tint (should be constant) from red tint source and later set fixed value for whole Cb and Cr correspondingly to red tint source values - my assumption is - source is black&white (grayscale) so only Y channel carry information, Cb and Cr normally for grayscale video should be equal to Cb=128, Cr=128 - in case of red tint Cb and Cr should have constant value different than 128.
  25. Compress VIDEO_TS

    Posted By pandy 7th May 2024
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    Forum: Newbie / General discussions
    by pandy Go to last post
    This is very wide question - depends on your source, sometimes removing PID 0x1FFF may reduce significantly size of your stream.
    • Replies: 9
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    Forum: Restoration
    by pandy Go to last post
    It is obvious - unknown format and codec used to perform capture - recently more and more newly opened threads imply use of some lossy, interframe video codec - in such case to get linear access to every video frame is to export whole sequence as series of pictures - also this depends on editor possibilities - for NLE it is probably easier to navigate and export and later substitute single pictures but for linear editors with limited functionality (mostly limited to split, cut, combine) whole series of the separate pictures may be easier to control.
  26. Separate Vocals by Voice Actor

    Posted By pandy 6th May 2024
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    Forum: Newbie / General discussions
    by pandy Go to last post
    Perhaps some machine learning (AI) based solution - something for automatic speaker recognition and separation .
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 1,714
    Forum: DVD & Blu-ray Players
    by pandy Go to last post
    For working solution search for Logitech programmable remotes - they are expensive but at least fully programmable also you can download pre-configured setup for your device (brand) over USB. Perhaps something listed here suit your expectations:
    https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-universal-remotes,review-4464.html
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    Forum: Restoration
    by pandy Go to last post
    You can export captured video as images, edit few of them and later import whole sequence.
  27. Is lossless really necessary?

    Posted By pandy 1st May 2024
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    Forum: Capturing
    by pandy Go to last post
    Works for me - i suggest check your Chrome configuration - perhaps popups are disabled by default or there is some other protection active (maybe AI driven to release you from pain of talking decisions and protect you from your own actions - yes, this was intentionally a bit sarcastic)
  28. About YUV Videos

    Posted By pandy 27th Apr 2024
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    Forum: Newbie / General discussions
    by pandy Go to last post
    FFV1 is lossless but conversion from YUV 4:4:4 10b to YUV 4:2:0 8b is lossy - colors can be the same or similar (within 8 bit accuracy) - depends on your YUV 4:4:4 10b source - if your source is 8 bit converted to 10 bit and after back to 8 bit then there is chance that in overall conversion will be lossless.
  29. 4K YouTube to MP3

    Posted By pandy 26th Apr 2024
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    Forum: Audio
    by pandy Go to last post
    Console or you can create batch and use it from console and/or GUI.
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    Forum: Newbie / General discussions
    by pandy Go to last post
    GIF can't be lossless, also it is highly questionable if 256 colors can provide "visually lossless" quality - of course you can create more than 256 colors (using GIF syntax or for example performing temporal dithering) but this is highly dependent on your GIF viewer capabilities.

    Quality of GIF depends mostly on color quantization quality - error diffusion can help but color selection is most important - there is not many good color quantization algorithms - my favorite are NeuQuant and SColorQ - also color space can be important - technically you need algorithm matched with human vision - this is similar area to automatic subjective image/video quality measurement - all methods are still very simplistic when compared to human vision.

    https://bisqwit.iki.fi/jutut/colorquant/
    https://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/quantize/

    This may be also interesting for you https://bisqwit.iki.fi/story/howto/dither/jy/ - more about dithering topic .

    And short reply - IMHO GIF is not even close to be visually lossless.
  30. Looping Videos

    Posted By pandy 25th Apr 2024
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    Forum: Newbie / General discussions
    by pandy Go to last post
    Well, there is example with looping source:


    ffmpeg -loop 1 -framerate 2 -i input.png -i audio.m4a -c:v libx264 -preset medium -tune stillimage -crf 18 -c:a copy -shortest -pix_fmt yuv420p output.mkv

    so to modify it for looping 3 seconds into 10 hours you need to modify it in such way:


    ffmpeg -loop 12000 -i inputfile -c:v libx264 -preset ultrafast -crf 18 -c:a aac -b:a 160k outputfile.mkv
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