[ffmpeg] How do I create a PAL DV .mov for broadcasting?

[orangered]

I have been tasked with creation of a PAL DV .mov with ffmpeg matching the following specifications:

General
Complete name                            : sample.mov
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : QuickTime
Codec ID                                 : qt  
File size                                : 2.01 GiB
Duration                                 : 1mn 42s
Overall bit rate                         : 167 Mbps
Writing library                          : Apple QuickTime

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : YUV
Codec ID                                 : 2vuy
Duration                                 : 1mn 42s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 166 Mbps
Width                                    : 703 pixels
Original width                           : 720 pixels
Height                                   : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 25.000 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:2
Compression mode                         : Lossless
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 16.387
Stream size                              : 1.99 GiB (99%)
Language                                 : English
Color primaries                          : BT.601 PAL
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.601

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : PCM
Format settings, Endianness              : Little
Format settings, Sign                    : Signed
Codec ID                                 : sowt
Duration                                 : 1mn 42s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 1 536 Kbps
Channel count                            : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Stream size                              : 18.8 MiB (1%)
Language                                 : English

Other
ID                                       : 3
Type                                     : Time code
Format                                   : QuickTime TC
Duration                                 : 1mn 42s
Time code of first frame                 : 01:00:00:00
Time code settings                       : Striped
Language                                 : English

I would like to keep the output as close to the specifications above for broadcasting purposes. I created two samples with -format mov -target pal-dv -r pal and -format mov -target dvvideo -r pal, but both files were rejected by Adobe Media Encoder.

[Cornucopia]

That's like saying, "I want to create a SQUARE with these requirements: constant radius from centerpoint (aka CIRCLE)." It's an oxymoron. It cannot be done.

Your "DV" MOV file is not a DV-type file, it is a losslessly-compressed YUV4:2:2 MOV file (of unknown codec). Could be Apple, Aja Kona, Drastic...
You want something more like: -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt uyvy422 -vtag 2vuy.

But if you are inputting to AME anyway, why the requirement now? Both are encoders with outputs - why not output what your intended output from AME is supposed to be and bypass 1 generation of encoding? (or do you not have AME yourself?)

BTW, that LPCM audio is backwards-endian for a normal MOV (most normal LPCM MOVs are "twos" Big Endian). Another strangeness in your request.

Scott

[orangered]

That's like saying, "I want to create a SQUARE with these requirements: constant radius from centerpoint (aka CIRCLE)." It's an oxymoron. It cannot be done.

Your "DV" MOV file is not a DV-type file, it is a losslessly-compressed YUV4:2:2 MOV file (of unknown codec). Could be Apple, Aja Kona, Drastic...
You want something more like: -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt uyvy422 -vtag 2vuy.

But if you are inputting to AME anyway, why the requirement now? Both are encoders with outputs - why not output what your intended output from AME is supposed to be and bypass 1 generation of encoding? (or do you not have AME yourself?)

BTW, that LPCM audio is backwards-endian for a normal MOV (most normal LPCM MOVs are "twos" Big Endian). Another strangeness in your request.

Scott

Thank you for responding. -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt uyvy422 -vtag 2vuy is exactly what I was looking for, but how do I define the color primaries in the metadata through ffmpeg?

Color primaries : BT.601 PAL

Also, I was unable to find the -vtag switch in the ffmpeg documentation. Could you please point me to a list of all acceptable switches?

I was loading the files in AME to check for general compatibility. The end product from ffmpeg will not be fed to AME.

[Cornucopia]

Here are 2 quick places:http://www.ffmpeg.org/faq.html#How-do-I-encode-Xvid-or-DivX-video-with-ffmpeg_003f
and
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/MPEG-4
From what I can see, there isn't full documentation on FourCC options, as that is external to ffmpeg (used primarily with AVIs & MOVs).

Not sure about metadata for 601, but I'm guessing that, since your size is SD PAL, 601 is used by default whether it is flagged in metadata or not.

Scott