There is a while i didn't came here, and i always loved this place.

Long story short i made a free video converter based on FFmpeg which can converter to professional and standards codecs with hardware acceleration (Nvenc, QSV, AMF...)

Works on Windows, Mac and Linux.

I started this project in 2013 developing with video editor (that i am also) in broadcast companies.

Here is a link to the website & downloads : https://www.shutterencoder.com

Hope you will enjoy the software.

Happy encoding !

Paul.

echo off
title Merge Files

set /p choice="Enter path to merge to: (eg. C:\video\test.MTS)"

if "%~1"=="" exit
if not "%~1"=="" SET one=%1
if not "%~2"=="" SET two= + %2
if not "%~3"=="" SET three= + %3
if not "%~4"=="" SET four= + %4
if not "%~5"=="" SET five= + %5
if not "%~6"=="" SET six= + %6
if not "%~7"=="" SET seven= + %7
if not "%~8"=="" SET eight= + %8
if not "%~9"=="" SET nine= + %9

copy /b %one%%two%%three%%four%%five%%six%%seven%%eight%%nine% "%choice%"

echo AVCHD Joining Complete.
pause

Just copy this code into a .txt and rename into .bat. Then you can just drag and drop the files, by selecting them and drag the first one on the .bat. You will then be prompted to input a destination path and name. You can merge a total of nine files into one this way.

Cheers!

Windows - https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch/tree/master/win

Linux - https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch

Price is $29$29 USD and due to current promotion it is $23.20 USD now.

https://autokroma.com/BRAW_Studio/index.html

This includes NVENC and VCE hardware encoders. Very good idea for older computer or even top Ryzen setups.

Location:

• https://github.com/Vouk/voukoder
• https://www.voukoder.org/forum/

Turing GPUs will come with an improved NVENC video encoder that adds support for H.265 (HEVC) 8K encode at 30 FPS, while also providing up to 25% in bitrate savings for HEVC and 15% in bitrate savings for H.264 relative to the previous encoder.

Lower encode quality compared to pure CPU encoding has been an issue forcing many users to avoid using GPU encoding hardware for this very task. NVIDIA is now making the claim that their improved encoding engine offers better quality than software encoders, such as x264. That said, note that they used x264 at the "fast" setting for this comparison, which is not optimal for the highest quality by itself, though it remains fast enough for real-time encoding at 1080p. When it comes to 4K, even x264 in fast mode will result in dropped frames while NVENC will keep the CPU load low without missing any frames. So Turing should be a great choice for 4K streaming, while maximum quality offline encoding is still done best on the CPU, which is much slower, of course.

Turing's NVDEC video decoder engine has also been updated to support decoding of HEVC YUV444 at 10 and 12 bit HDR at 30 FPS, H.264 8K, and VP9 10/12b HDR.

• Hardware H.264 and H.265/HEVC encode using AMD VCE (Video Codec Engine)
• Hardware H.264 and H.265/HEVC encode using Intel QSV (Quick Sync Video)
• Hardware H.264 and H.265/HEVC encode using NVIDIA NVENC
• Software H.264 and H.265/HEVC encode
• Hardware decode
• Hardware filtering
• Up to 8 files transcoding at the same time
• Simply movie editor
• Batch transcoding and Combine transcoding
• Automatic transcoding using folder watching

http://bluesky23.yukishigure.com/en/AsVideoConv.html

• Many times faster than Apple ProRes, AVID DNxHR and of course JPEG2000. Achieve more in less time.
• Daniel2 gives you 4K, 8K, 16K+, HFR, HDR and Alpha channel. All without Quicktime and much smaller files.
• Plugin for Adobe CC import, edit and professional video output in 8, 10, 12 or 16 bit color as well as accelerated H.264 / HEVC export.

https://www.daniel2.com/

https://autokroma.com/AfterCodecs/

https://aescripts.com/aftercodecs/

The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS announces its first JPEG XS codec implementation for video production at the NAB Show in Las Vegas from April 9-12 2018. The coding specialists of Fraunhofer IIS will demonstrate the JPEG XS codec as an input format for post-production in a software plug-in for Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC with real-time playback capability of 4k60p UHD video.

With ever-increasing amounts of data from higher resolution and dynamic range in videos, long-distance transmission from coax cables in studios will soon become outdated. At the same time, production companies and studios are trying to substitute specialized cables and switches for video transmission by commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components with the introduction of simple and cost-effective IP transmission over standard Ethernet infrastructures.

JPEG XS in general is a new codec under standardization by ISO/IEC SC29 WG1 (‘JPEG committee’) for IP workflows in studio environments, local video networks and VR/AR applications which allows transferring high-resolution video data over standard Ethernet or other wired connections. The codec is optimized for the use with mezzanine compression when high image quality data has to be transferred via limited bandwidth or has to be processed with limited computing resources. The Fraunhofer IIS JPEG XS development can be used for the lowest complexity and platform-independency applications at compression ratios from 2:1 to at least 6:1.

JPEG XS enables a simple integration in all existing hardware or software systems, such as cameras and extenders, due to its high granularity of parallelism in the algorithm. The codec is designed to take advantage of the SMPTE 2110 transmission layer system over IP.

At NAB Fraunhofer IIS will demonstrate the JPEG XS codec as an input format in a software-plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro CC for use in post-production with real-time playback capability of 4k60p UHD. The demonstrator runs on Windows and uses a NVIDIA graphic card to accelerate the decoding.

See our demonstration at NAB Las Vegas Convention Center South Upper hall booth 4916

Making music video I started with FCPX which I love but crippled in some ways. No clear multi-track editing, not good communication with After Effects (which is my daily main tool), not a lot of plugin available... So I making the switch to Premiere, however I experienced troubles with FCPX original importted medias which are AVCHD file rewrapped to .mov. Don't have the MTS anymore... It's a known bug by Adobe, Premiere doesn't like this 32 bits container for native editing, basically render takes FOREVER (CPU saturated, slooooow scrubbing). No need to mention that I have a monster beast as a computer and everything is working fine with every others player. MTS high bitrate files from other projects works great in Premiere, in case if you're in doubt. I tried a tool called "remux" for mac but couldn't rewrap my clips in something other that MKV. These MKV will plays fine in VLC and Premiere but no sound in the last one.... too bad I was so close !

I searched through adobe forums and they made it clear : MOV and AVCHD in Premiere is not a good team for editing in Premiere, better stick with native MTS wrapper.... that I don't have anymore as I noticed before :'(

If someone knows a good workaround for rewrapping AVCHD's .mov files in something other that Premiere understand.... You will save my day :^)

Cheers mates.

I wrote a little Tool called WinRewrap. It will Batch Process MTS Files to MP4/MOV and adjust References to the MTS accordingly in your XML File. It uses ffmbc. ( http://code.google.com/p/ffmbc/ ) I wrote it primarily for exchange between the new Sony Vegas Pro 12 and DaVinci Resolve. But it can be used for any Batch rewrapping task of MTS.

Of course, this is a very early version, so please let me know any problems that may occur. Note: Audio was converted to AAC in v0.1. Later version keeps the audio stream.

I hope you can use it as well as I can. Ideas, suggestions and Bug Reports, please post here.

regards

FatPig

Homepage: http://www.fatpigtures.com/software/

The Homepage is still in development. Anybody who would like to donate a small amount is appreciated :)

WinRewrap v 0.4

Changelog 0.4:

• Added Cancel Option while ReWrapping
• Added PCM and No Audio option

Changelog 0.3:

• Added Option to Convert Audio to AAC
• Added Check for 0-byte Files (returns error now)

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Requirements:

• ffmbc.exe (Release was tested with version 0.7.1 rc7) put it in the same folder as the WinRewrap exe.

• Windows 7 / Vista Users may experience errors related to writing permissions.

Fix: Turn up your UAC to "always notify". if you turn it to not notifying, some applications are automatically denied access. like winrewrap.

to fix those, copy WinRewrap and ffmbc.exe to your Project Folder. (Tip: WinRewrap starts with its containing Folder under the Browse Dialog, If its your project Folder you can just click OK.)

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Features:

support for rewrapping .MTS Files to .MP4 and .MOV using ffmbc.exe

this is essentially a frontend for ffmbc, designed for batch processing project folders containing multiple MTS Files and optionally an XML.

This enables project export from The New Sony Vegas Pro 12 to DaVinci Resolve, and can also be used for normal batch processing of entire Folders from GH2, etc.

It will automatically replace the MTS extensions to your new Container inside the XML, so you can automatically use it with the rewrapped files.

Known Issues:

Big Endian PCM Audio is not supported in Stream Copy Mode as of Version 0.4 (AF100) WinRewrap can, however convert to little Endian PCM Audio.

Bug reports please in the dedicated thread on personal-view.com

http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/4775/winrewrap-batch-process-mts-to-mp4mov-with-xml-adjustment

regards

FatPig

Just wanted to share some test I did today about noise, conversion and profiles. I went outside and shoot few takes all with the same camera settings(iso 160, 1/100, F5.6), using Driftwood's amazing new Cluster X S2 - 1GOP Intra Moon T5 settings. Also, I did a few tests with profiles few days ago and what I could find is that Vibrant has the least amount of noise, while Smooth(that I was using all the time) was the worst, for me at least.

So here you can see 3 profiles used, Vibrant, Smooth, Cinema, all to -2, wanted to test them once again and make sure, plus convert the files to ProRes and CineForm and see the difference. Scaled at 400%

As ProRes looked more/less the same as the raw MTS file, I decided to push them even further and scale them to 800% and compare only CineForm and raw MTS files.

I know I'll be always converting files to CineForm before edit from now on, and never again use Smooth profile. Also because a weird amount of blockiness in 25p mode I'll probably just go with 24p when ever I can. Need to test 25p a bit more with this new Moon settings though.

Cheers!

For example, GH5 offers [4K/8bit/150M/60p] Long GOP setting. At 150Mbps, can it be trusted that motion will always be captured and reproduced well? Or could there be problems like stuttering or macroblocking, especially when there are lots of details in the image?

It has free and paid editions.

http://www.videoartifact.com/va/

Program helps you to prepare footages from consumer or professional video cameras, digicams and V-DSLR.

It can remove MJPEG, MPEG, H.264, H.265 compression artifacts and digital noise, improves sharpness and color resolution up to 16 bit 4:4:4.

Restoration features:

• Script-based to work with unique cases. You can use many filters in any combination.
• 50+ specialized restoration filters work in Y, U, V separately in 8/16 bit.
• Possibility to use dozens of different type denoisers for different noise type.
• Accurate denoising that keeps micro details with no "plastic" effect.
• Removing of sharping halos.
• Linear color high quality spline-based resize to resize up to 4K. Resize halos can be removed.
• Precise halo-free radius-dependent sharping.
• Film grain emulation and 3D LUT grading.
• 4:2:0 8 bit to 4:2:2/4:4:4 16 bit chroma reconstruction.

It can be used in a post-production workflow if you use V-DSLR or consumer cameras.
Currently 50+ camera models supported and hundreds of compatible models.

Special features:

• Batch processing without GPU. Very fast: 5 fps for typical V-DSLR AVCHD source and 2 fps for 4K.
• Automatic joining of MTS, MOV and MP4 spans and renaming to yyyymmdd_hhmmss.mov format.
• Non-standard 16-255 to TV 16-235 levels conversion.
• ITU-R BT.601 ↔ BT.709 floating point conversion.
• NLE and DaVinci Resolve compatible workflow.
• Mastering to webm VP9/Opus or mp4 H.264/AAC 1080p/720p/360p/240p.

Examples with various restoration methods are available at http://www.videoartifact.com/examples/

Some samples:

The "main" NLEs won't do it. I tried TMPGEnc Smart Renderer and that didn't work. I expect it's beyond VideoReDo and Womble.

I have heard that Cyberlink PowerDirector tries it but there are glitches in the result from version 12 (reported at http://www.avsforum.com/forum/161-camcorders/1533217-cambridge-uk-4k.html ). Unfortunately the version 13 trial version doesn't support 4k so it would mean spending $80 on the program to test it.

I also notice that Corel VideoStudio Pro X7 features "4k smart rendering" and there is a fully-functional trial version but it's 800MB.

What's everybody using for their export settings these days for YouTube? (and Vimeo for those interested there too)

Well, it turns out to be pretty simple. It seems that when the GH2 is power cycled, it makes a new playlist in the AVCHD structure (you can tell because there are multiple .MPL files in PRIVATE/AVCHD/BDMV/PLAYLIST/), and FCPX only sees clips from the most recent playlist with no way to switch to another playlist.

After a little hunting with a hex editor, I found that PRIVATE/AVCHD/BDMV/INDEX.BDM tells the importing software (at least in the case of FCPX) which playlist to look at. There is a number at the end that matches the number of the most recent playlist file (eg 00001) for 00001.MPL. So if you import the visible footage, you can then backup INDEX.BDM and use a hex editor to change that last number in it to the number of the previous playlist. You're just changing a single byte! Save, then open the FCPX import window again (maybe you need to relaunch FCPX? - don't remember) and the clips that were missing will probably be there. I assume you could repeat the process if you had 3 or more AVCHD playlist files on the card.

for a free hex editor on mac, I recommend Hex Fiend: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/22589/hex-fiend

Don't use a normal text editor – more than that single byte will probably change and you'll be sorry.

So to summarize

If missing clips in FCPX import:

• import what you can see
• check for the presence of multiple .MPL files
• change the 5 digit number (eg 00001) in INDEX.BDM to refer to a different .MPL file
• import again in FCPX - missing clips should show up

attached are some screenshots of changing the contents of INDEX.BDM.

Hope this tidbit of knowledge helps some people out. I wish I had discovered it a year ago – would have saved me some aggravation for sure.

I have uneven back light in my TV and it would be nice to have a masked correction for display faults. Corner color and contrast are also fading when watching very close. A mask correction would help for that too.