[FFmpeg-user] xyz to rgb conversion

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

betonpfeiler <betonpfeiler <at> googlemail.com> writes:

> Sometimes we want to make a quick reference movie, for 
> subtitling for example. The fastest way is to use the 
> j2ks from the MXF Container as source. I know, that 
> the 12bit DCI XYZ can't be mapped in the 8-bit RGB 
> colorspace, so the direct mapped result becomes a 
> little pale and greenish. Also you loose some 
> colorinformation, which are outside the RGB colorspace, 
> but for subtitling or audiomixes the colors are not so 
> important, even an b/w video would be enough.

You misunderstand:
The FFmpeg prores encoder does not care about 
colourinformation, RGB colourspace or bits.
It needs input data in YUVx4xxP10 (pix_fmts defined 
within FFmpeg), nothing else can be read. If your 
input data is in another format, ffmpeg (the 
application) will automatically insert a conversion 
filter (the scale filter).

If you have a xyz sample that does not get detected 
correctly by FFmpeg (tiff or other), please provide it!

Carl Eugen