DV to H264

[Panayotis]

Hi

I have just digitalized Super8mm films to DV file (via Telecinema Memory HD from Debrie)
I get file in SD 720x576 flux video 24,4Mbits/s

My goal is to watch those files on TV (french TV) and not just on PC! It is my Christmas Present for my family!

Both parents, brothers and sisters have TV which can read => codec video lu H264 (mpeg4 avc) format video lu MP4

So i need your help to encode in H264!!!

And i am lost with the bitrate, FPS, interlacing, High Profil L4.1 etc...

I have Avidemux, Handbrake, I can use Avisynth if needed!

Please note, there is no sound in the videos (Years 70/80)

Below, please find Mediainfo details of the file!


Général
Nom complet : F:\_Films Super 8\Stephane B_000.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Nom commercial : DVCPRO
Profil du format : OpenDML
Taille du fichier : 1,56 Gio
Durée : 9mn 59s
Type de débit global : Constant
Débit global moyen : 22,3 Mb/s

Vidéo
ID : 0
Format : DV
Nom commercial : DVCPRO
Identifiant du codec : dvsd
Identifiant du codec/Suggestion : Sony
Durée : 9mn 59s
Type de débit : Constant
Débit : 24,4 Mb/s
débit encodé : 28,8 Mb/s
Largeur : 720 pixels
Hauteur : 576 pixels
Format à l'écran : 4/3
Type d'images/s : Constant
Images par seconde : 18,000 Im/s
Images/s d'origine : 25,000 Im/s
Norme : PAL
Espace de couleurs : YUV
Sous-échantillonnage de la chrominance : 4:2:0
Profondeur des couleurs : 8 bits
Type de balayage : Entrelacé
Ordre de balayage : Ligne du bas d'abord
Mode de compression : Avec perte
Bits/(Pixel*Image) : 3.274
Time code de la première image : 00:00:00:00
Source du time code : Subcode time code
Taille du flux : 1,45 Gio (93%)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : PCM
Paramètres du format, Endianness : Little
Paramètres du format, Signe : Signed
Identifiant du codec : 1
Durée : 9mn 59s
Type de débit : Constant
Débit : 1 536 Kbps
Canaux : 2 canaux
Echantillonnage : 48,0 KHz
Profondeur des couleurs : 16 bits
Taille du flux : 110 Mio (7%)
Alignement : Alignée sur les interleaves
Imbrication, durée : 128 ms (2,30 images vidéo)
Imbrication, d. de pré-chargement : 767 ms

[aedipuss]

you're best bet is to make dvds out of them. if you don't know how try something like the all in one avstodvd (it's free)

[_Al_]

keep originals or smart render after editing, if you are going to edit

encode to 50p using QTGMC(), resize to square pixel 720x540 , Main@3.1 or 768x576, Main@3.2 or Main@4.0., use Avisynth, encode CRF18 at least. This way all devices will play it and also with correct aspect ratio, and nobody will see interlaced artifacts

as aedipuss says DVD's are good choice also, with H.264 you save some space (1/2)

[Panayotis]

Thanks for your answer!

When you says DVD are good choice, you mean burn DVD? My first idea was to leave files on Hdd and dont use DVD anymore!

[Richard_G]

You can create DVD format files and save in DVD folders on a HDD instead of burning to DVD. Quality will be good too, better than H264 with the wrong settings.

[_Al_]

Yes there could be VIDEO_TS folder stored on hardisk, ..., during making of some DVD there is always a choice to just store that VIDEO_TS volume on hardisk without burning it on DVD disk.

The only problem nowadays is to make sure you do not see interlace artifacts on screen using software players on PC or mobile devices. Windows Media Player is alright. But using other players you might set up deinterlace method.

Mobile devices - Default software players installed in those might just play separate VOB files, some of them might not, they might ignore DV aspect ratio (it is not square pixel). You can use something like VLC (tested Joe's VLC, make sure deinterlace is checked in settings) but manualy navigate on first VTS _XX_1.VOB. But user has to know that or to be instructed to know how to play VIDEO_TS folder. Or to use MX player, perhaps works the same way, I know it was working but do not remember exactly how.

Good idea is to use ES File Explorer and one of those players on mobile devices , all free apps, where with ES file Explorer you can navigate through smb to your videos all over your network also and after clicking found video those players will play it correctly. You can bookmark those paths etc, copy, paste over your network with ES, very good software for mobile device.

That interlace and aspect ratio not equal to 1 might give problems to users, just giving some heads up.