H.264 encoder for PLAYBACK on sanyo xacti hd1000

[iubo]

Hey all,

I've got the Sanyo xacti hd1000, loving the camera and have finally worked out a good workflow for editing etc.

I can encode back out to 720p/1080i fine after editing using staxrip and other encoders, however these files don't playback on the camera when copied back over. I think this is because sanyo use a proprietary h.264 codec or something.

Just wondering if anyone knows of any encoder that will output a h.264 hd file that will playback on the xacti hd1000 camera. So I can playback the edited video on my tv in hd without burning to blu-ray etc


Cheers
Joe

[Baldrick]

Could you post all the video details of a camera video file? Use for example MediaInfo.

[bertoa]

It's not an easy job to encode your video so it
fit's within the camera's playback structure.
See also:
https://forum.videohelp.com/topic351586.html
I am still busy to get the job done trying to
analyse the way thumbnails are working together
with the videofiles.
Panasonic or Sanyo is not of a difference, i think.

[iubo]

Hey, thanks for the replies. Here's the output from MediaInfo:

General
Complete name : F:\My Stuff\Irvine\SANY0441.MP4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 345 MiB
Duration : 3mn 58s
Overal bit rate : 12.1 Mbps
Movie name/More : SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA HD1000
Encoded date : UTC 2008-06-21 14:58:29
Tagged date : UTC 2008-06-21 14:58:29
Origin : Digital Camera

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L3.2
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Duration : 3mn 58s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 12.0 Mbps
Width : 1280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 59.940 fps
Original frame rate : 29.970 fps
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.217
Stream size : 341 MiB
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2008-06-21 14:58:29
Tagged date : UTC 2008-06-21 14:58:29

Audio
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 3mn 58s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 3.62 MiB
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2008-06-21 14:58:29
Tagged date : UTC 2008-06-21 14:58:29

[flywitness]

i'm also trying to find out about this problem. I'm trying to get avisynth to recognise files from the xacti hd700. the mediainfo output is exactly the same as the op's.

dgavcindex gives errors and DirectShowSource() also fails.

[poisondeathray]

@iubo - you probably have to use the same specs for playback, i.e. AVC, Baseline Profile, level 3.1 or lower - this means no trellis, no CABAC, no b-frames, no I8x8

@flywitness - I can confirm both DGAVCdec and DirectShowSource() work fine with HD1000 for encoding, or did you mean for playback on the camera? If so, just emulate the settings upon encoding and it should work

Do you have a recent avisynth install? h264 decoder (e.g. libavcodec turned on in the ffdshow configuration or coreavc pro installed)?

If you still can't get it to work (clarify if you meant for playback or for encoding), can you post a HD700 clip to a free hosting site, such as mediafire or megaupload

[Red Hat]

Don't use DirectShowSource, all it does is desync the video and I wouldn't except a video camera to playback files that it didn't create.

[flywitness]

i want to playback the material with avisynth and pipe it to avidemux via wine and avsproxy.

i am running ubuntu linux. I've installed ffdshow under wine. i am trying to get mediaplayer classic to play some files but so far no luck. i don't know if it's because my setup is wrong of if its because my computer just can't handle the files.

the only success i had so far is using mp4camtoavi to convert my material to avi and than i can use AVISource() to open it fine. This is all well and good but i want to know why i can't index it with dgavcindex? ive done it before on m2ts files.

[poisondeathray]

It might be a WINE and/or Linux issue. You might have better luck asking in the Linux section

Did you "turn on" h264 in ffdshow configuration (set to "libavcodec")?

Do you have a .mp4 splitter installed (e.g. haali media splitter, or gabest)?