UPLOADED! - NEW UPGRADE - 2017-10-20 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam AUDIO and VIDEO

[TheBang]

Originally Posted by TheBang

Thanks, Matt. I looked over the 30 fps Facebook video, and it actually has a 25 fps signal inside. The frames are encoded in the following repeating cadence: ABCDEE

So, one second of video would look like this:

ABCDEE FGHIJJ KLMNOO PQRSTT UVWXYY

So, if you drop the duplicated frames, you end up with a smooth 25 fps. So, hopefully your software dropped the correct frames when converting to 25 fps, otherwise, there's going to be some judder. I'll take a look at what happened with your encode once I've finished downloading it.

So, the bad news is that the software resolved the 30 fps to 25 fps conversion by blending frames (blending two frames into one). Which would have been fine if it had blended the duplicate frames (two identical frames blended into one would have looked exactly the same). Unfortunately, it did not choose those, so instead you get a lot of frames that have ghosting artifacts. This is especially apparent on fast moves. I've attached an example of what the ghosting looks like on a single frame. (The vpro footage came out perfect, btw.)

Unfortunately, I'm not sure how to designate the correct cadence to Vegas, or if it can even do it. This will require more research.

[Badger]

ok ...right I think Ive got a code line that I can use with ffmpeg to remove the duplicate frames...I'll put up a small clip from this convert if you can check it?

the line code is : ffmpeg -i input.mkv -vf decimate=cycle=6,setpts=N/25/TB output.mkv

[Badger]

Here is the link for the 4min test clip of the new convert....could you have a look at this The Bang and see if this looks ok and correct?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4e1vikw8u6...utx01.mp4?dl=0

[Badger]

Todd, you get a chance to check this new clip?

[TheBang]

Yes, it looks good. I'll send you an e-mail to follow up on a couple things to do.

[Badger]

Ok cool, thanks

[Badger]

I can get to work on it this weekend then if you give me those pointers

[stimpee]

I am seeding the audio for this.

[Badger]

Just did a bit more digging and when you use the filters in ffmpeg (like the decimate filter) it re-encodes the video.

Thats a bit annoying as that will lose a bit of quality and then i'll have to re-encode again when putting the pieces together in Vegas.

Not sure there is a way round this. After a bit of research it doesnt appear like you can remove duplicate frames without re-encoding.

Any one else have some video editing knowledge of maybe another way of dealing with this?

(getting the 30FPS video down to the correct 25FPS and without losing quality)??