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I have a video that I would like to edit, but it's currently a mov (H.264) file, which makes frame by frame editing impossible. So, I'd like to re-encode it to a better format. I read that DV is a good format for frame by frame editing, but when I've tried to do so I find that I lose resolution. My video is 1280x720, but the DV video comes out at only 720x480.
I've been playing with mencoder, ffmpeg, and winff on a Windows machine. So many of the command line arguments are over my head! I just want to preserve the settings from the original and get out a high quality video that is good for editing frame by frame. Can you point me to the right codec (and how to install it), the best tool, and the command line arguments to use?
This worked great for AVI:
mencoder -oac pcm -ovc x264 -o myvid.avi myvid.mov
What do I need for HD and editable? Something like this?
mencoder -oac pcm -ovc ??? -o myvid.??? myvid.mov
I thought H.264 was better than MPEG2 at intra-coding? Obviously, if we're shooting for lossless, there won't be a quality distinction, but there may well be a filesize advantage. – Lukasa – 2011-06-08T18:52:56.490
1Mostly true, yes. But for really large files or high bit rates, the tradeoff between H.264 and MPEG2 is nearly nonexistent (or even inverted) -- and the much simpler MPEG2 syntax makes it a bit faster, actually. – slhck – 2011-06-08T18:54:58.020
Good to know! +1 for that alone. :) – Lukasa – 2011-06-08T18:57:31.667