ffmpegX 0.0.9n released

[major]

http://homepage.mac.com/major4/
ffmpegX 0.0.9n - Aug 4, 2004

What's new:

- Added video encoding to MOV mpeg-4 (libavc) with ffmpeg engine.
- Added video encoding to MOV XviD with ffmpeg engine.
- Added audio encoding to AAC with ffmpeg engine for use with MOV or 3GP encoding.
- added "MOV mpeg-4" quick preset using ffmpeg engine, to encode to Quicktime .mov format using the libavc mpeg-4 codec and AAC sound.
• This preset allows you to encode with the speed of ffmpeg, the quality of the libavc mpeg4 codec, and to read and edit the resulting .mov files natively in Quicktime Player and other Quicktime applications like Final Cut Pro, even without installing additional DivX codecs.
• All usual ffmpeg options like "High quality", "Two pass", "b-frames", and quantizers are enabled.
• You can also use "MOV XviD" instead of "MOV mpeg-4".
• Attention, the MOV format may not be playable on PCs or DivX-hardware players, so for such compatibility you must use AVI mpeg-4.
• To edit in Final Cut Pro without need of rendering, encode with the option "Use only I-frames" (big files, use the bitrate calculator "Best" button to set bitrate) and set the "mpeg-4" codec in the timeline settings of Final Cut.
• This preset uses a small Keyframe interval of 12 in order to improve seeking in Quicktime applications.
• Use this preset to convert your mpeg/vob files to an editable format with a small file size, so as to edit them, or archive them without needing terabytes of storage.
• Use this preset to convert your big .DV captures into very small, and still editable files (enable "Deinterlace" when converting .dv files).
• Use this preset if you don't need PC/DivX hardware players compatibility and prefer to keep your movies in a Quicktime MOV container and play them back with Quicktime, taking advantage of all Quicktime features and Quicktime-based applications.
- Faster ffmpeg engine encoding on biprocessor machines.
- The bitrate calculator now takes into account the "Use only I-frames" ffmpeg mpeg-4 option.
- "Decode with mplayer" temporary data (stream.yuv and audiodump.wav) are now stored in the current home folder, in order to avoid permission problems.
- Restored "Hide ffmpegX" choice in the menu which was disabled in the previous version.
- Some minor updates to ffmpegX Progress.
- Updated to ffmpeg CVS of July 30, 2004.

[Thomas-MacFreak]

Thanks for an other great update Now we can hide ffmpegX again! hehe... it was possible to hide version 0.0.9m too, but then you had to option-click on the desktop.

Still, every time I check the "deblock" or "dering" option when using mencoder xvid/divx, mencoder crashes. Is something wrong with these binaries, or is it my iMac? In earlier versions of the mencoder binaries, everything worked as it should. This is the mencoder crash log:

hundred-line log edited by major

[major]

I'll check again whether "dering" and "deblock" have any issues. If anyone has the same problem please report it.

[Thomas-MacFreak]

"hundred-line log edited by major"
LOL hahahah! I liked that one.

I have now tested encoding on a Cube G4, and it works great on that one. No problems with "deblock" or "dering" there. Does it have anything to do with G3 processors?

[ykz]

http://homepage.mac.com/major4/
ffmpegX 0.0.9n - Aug 4, 2004

greetings,

would it be possible to reactivate x(s)vcd profiles with ffmpeg mpeg 1/2 encoding? my standalone doesnt' like the other profiles and i need to demux and remux as x(s)vcd in order to make it work. another alternative would be the unmuxed mpeg with "Decode with Quicktime" disabled.

thanks

[Krevinek]

Nice to see MOV support has been added, although it would be great to see MP4 support added (if it isn't already and I am just smoking something). Also interesting to see that XviD/MOV uses the recent libavc patch I submitted. Hey, that means someone other than me found it useful!