[FFmpeg-user] Premiere pro compatibility with ffmpeg/libx264 encoded files.

[Moritz Barsnick]

On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 14:50:42 -0400, Kenneth Howard-Browne wrote:
> Our editors edit fine on our h264 live captures. But when I convert some of
> our older captures into h264 from prores using ffmpeg they stutter greatly.

I don't know much about the intricate details of H.264, but:

> The only differences I haven't been able to duplicate are the cabac
> reframes, live capture have 2 while ffmpeg encoded have 4.

If you think this could be the cause, you could add "-x264opts ref=1".
But x264 should be getting its profiles and levels right by itself.

> Also the audio codec of ffmpeg shows pcm_s24le (in24 / 0x34326E69)
> while the capture shows pcm_s24le (lpcm / 0x6D63706C).

As you mention, that doesn't seem to be an issue, but I think that can
be manipulated with "-tag:a lpcm".

>    3. root at pod2:/mnt/pod/drop# ffprobe
>    ../archive/_captures/services/2016/20160703_sunpm_richardmoore.mov

You can dump the x264 encoding parameters using
$ strings < file.mov | grep x264

You might also want to show us your conversion command line (which you
did) and its complete, uncut console output (but I think that won't
help much here).

Moritz