Hi Richard. I have been using Raffaella's excellent code at http://www.g-raffa.eu/Cinelerra/HOWTO/get_media_ready.html#_how_to_convert_your_hd_original_files_to_dnxhd which outputs AVID DNxHD video and RAW 16-bit PCM audio in a .mov container. High quality and ready for Cinelerra.
Oliver On Thu, 2012-08-16 at 00:51 +0200, Richard Rasker wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to use Cinelerra for editing and rendering of Sony-cam .MTS HD > files. Apparently, there's no direct support for the MTS file format yet > in the Cinelerra version I'm running (2.2CV in Linux Mint 13). > > I did find the following workaround, based on a lower quality proxy file > for editing and an intermediate file format for rendering: > > http://www.renomath.org/ejolson/video/avchd/ > > Generating a proxy file is no problem, but when I try creating the > intermediate file, I get several errors and messages (even when omitting > the unsupported interlace option in the above page): > > $ ffmpeg -threads 4 -i my_video.MTS -r 30000/1001 -acodec mp2 -vcodec > mpeg2video -top 1 -flags +ildct+ilme -ab 384k -b 24000k -f mpegts -y > my_video.m2t > ... > *** THIS PROGRAM IS DEPRECATED *** > This program is only provided for compatibility and will be removed in a > future release. Please use avconv instead. > ... > [mp2 @ 0x12f4340] bitrate 24000 is not allowed in mp2 > ... > Error while opening encoder for output stream #0.1 - maybe incorrect > parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height ... > > So this clearly isn't working. I also tried replacing ffmpeg with > avconv, but that didn't make much of a difference. How can I go about > creating an intermediate HD file for rendering? > Even better would be a way to load .MTS files directly in Cinelerra, of > course -- if I pull in & compile the latest CV version, would that help? > > Any tips are appreciated, > > Thanks a lot in advance, > > Best regards, > > Richard Rasker > > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > Cinelerra@skolelinux.no > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list Cinelerra@skolelinux.no https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra