05-10-2019, 12:53 PM | #1 |
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I'm running v5.977 x64.
When rendering a video file, I select format = QT/MOV/MP4 and video codec MJPEG. Does this include H.264? Or do I have to download H.264 from another source? I want to compress long files and not loose resolution. Thanks |
05-10-2019, 01:11 PM | #2 |
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If you use macOS, then you have built-in encoder for it. Otherwise you should render the video to loseless format and then convert it using Handbrake.
Here is a better instruction: https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=82459 |
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Reaper uses the ffmpeg render library and h264 should be in there by default. At least on windows.
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05-11-2019, 02:15 AM | #4 |
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It would be great to be able to customize the ffmpeg command line parameters from the render settings window.
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For format QT/MOV/MP4, video codec shows up as MJPEG (with no options) in latest Reaper v5.977 x64. Maybe I can assume this includes/involves H.264? |
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05-11-2019, 09:15 AM | #7 |
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No it does not!
Buster, your descriptions are too vague. Are you on Mac or Windows? Do you have VLC installed or not? On my Windows 7 installation h264 is default inside the mp4 preset. Its the most common codec and allows to encode videos nearly lossless with higher quality values. So yeah, it would be the best option for you. If you are on a Mac, I can't help you. But others will, that's for sure. If you are in Windows, you probably have to install a newer version of ffmpeg. But first we need to know more about your problem.
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It also means that Reaper cannot even open/read MP4 files with h264 codec by default on clean system !! which is shame (at least h264 codec could be included). |
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Okay, that's an important information because I never had this problem. It could be because I already had VLC installed or it could be because I already had the full ffmpeg installed and not only the spartan Reaper ffmpeg.
So now I need to know if one of you has VLC already installed and still doesn't get h264. If yes, both of you should download the newest full ffmeg. Instructions will follow if we have sorted it out.
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05-11-2019, 05:53 PM | #10 |
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Clean system here, no VLC player, FFMPEG or other codec packs installed. Using exclusively portable applications only, including Reaper.
I have no problem with unavailibility of the codecs in Reaper. I just wanted to make it clear that h264 is not available by default in Reaper. Most of users here have VLC or codecs installed in system so it can lead to confusion when sorting such questions about codecs in clean Reaper. |
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https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/wi...n64-shared.zip Hope that helps Eli
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I put all the ffmpeg stuff straight into the user-plugins dir. So the dll files are not in a sub directory. Greetings from Cologne Eli
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07-19-2020, 05:07 PM | #15 |
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i'm running windows 10 64 bit and have installed the 64bit vlc, 64 bit ffmpeg shared dlls and still don't have the H.264 option in my render dialog.
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Does adding the additional formats via ffmpeg work on Mac and Linux too or is it limited to Windows?
Would add that to my Ultraschall-Api as well, so creating renderformat-strings support these additional formats too.
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07-22-2020, 08:59 AM | #18 |
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i don't have mac but i thought mac natively supports h.264 codec so I would think it wouldn't require the ffmpeg?
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07-22-2020, 11:10 AM | #19 |
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ffmpeg does add h.264 encoding to reaper on mac but its slower than the avfoundation one built-in.
"Would add that to my Ultraschall-Api as well, so creating renderformat-strings support these additional formats too. " Should work
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@jzucker
I know that already(and have added functions to generate these specific render-format-strings a while ago), but I didn't know, if Reaper excepts also FFMPEG on Mac and Linux as well. As FFMPEG has FLV-support as well, which isn't existing on Mac natively, adding that would complete things as well. @EpicSounds Great to hear, so I the only question still open is, is it possible on Linux as well(probably is, but can't test it myself... :/ ) I could add these functions anyway, but writing in the docs for my functions, if it's on all platforms or only on some would be helpful as an indicator.
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07-30-2020, 10:55 AM | #21 |
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On Mac you would probably use the AVFoundation selection not the ffmpeg one for hi def work. Then you can also export to ProRes (!!).
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08-17-2020, 03:27 PM | #22 |
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I use AVFoundation and I have to say is very nice option.
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08-18-2020, 01:22 AM | #23 |
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Windows doesn't have this option.
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08-18-2020, 04:36 AM | #24 |
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Linux neither
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BTW: How does one add FFMPEG-video-rendering to the linux version of Reaper? Which file must be copied where so I have at least the FFMPEG-formats available supported by Reaper?
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Here's the info from preferences->video about the FFMPEG I have in Mint (Ubuntu-based). It was probably installed during the distro's install when I selected "install extra codecs", or possibly while installing something else that required them as a dependency. Reaper found it on its own.
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Loaded from: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavcodec.so.58 ffmpeg/libav configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=1ubuntu0.1 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --arch=amd64 --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-avresample --disable-filter=resample --enable-avisynth --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librsvg --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-nvenc --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-shared --enable-version3 --disable-doc --disable-programs --enable-libaribb24 --enable-liblensfun --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libtesseract --enable-libvo_amrwbenc |
09-02-2020, 04:03 AM | #28 |
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Not Such a Large File ...
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I've been trying different formats and %s and can't find a way for a good image result/weight. I've try to render and convert later, and that's fine but sometime files are too large ( about 40Gb ) This is the setting that I'm using: https://ibb.co/VYnnsnf I also watch a Jon's video and he's using h.264 enconder... Could that one works for what I need ? I case it does ... Where can I have access to it ? Thanks a lot ¡¡¡ |
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