Question about the FAQ's Q14.4

[Chainmax]

I thought that CCE only gave issues when trying to encode from an interlaced YV12 source, but after reading the FAQ I'm not so sure. If I have a progressive source and the Helix codecs installed, can I make an intermediary Lagarith YV12 file and feed that to CCE or will it give me issues?

[manono]

Hi Chainmax-

I don't know anything about Helix. I make Lagarith AVIs all the time for feeding to CCE. BUT, I make them in YUY2, as that's what CCE accepts.

But having said that, as long as it's progressive, I don't think that letting CCE do the conversion to YUY2 will hurt anything. I guess you have your own reasons for keeping it as YV12. Maybe your filters need it. But there's nothing wrong with doing the YUY2 conversion at the end of your script. Not sure I answered your question.

Edit: I just now read the FAQ. I dump progressive YV12 into CCE all the time and have never noticed any problems.

[Chainmax]

That's great news. I usually put the ConvertToYUY2() line at the end of the script, but I don't have the HDD space to do that this time, which is why I'm turning to lossless YV12. Thanks for the answer :).