Mov file encoded with V210 codec

[David1105]

I have a mov file which is encoded with V210 codec.

Could someone tell me which file(s) for the codec support should be installed on my PC to play back the video and where can I download the files?

Thanks!

[sheppaul]

Can't you play the mov with quicktime?

[anrque]

Try the Windows codecs from BlackMagic Designs or Bluefish444, both are free downloads. This should solve your .mov v210 issues.

[anrque]

Also be aware that these generally have a high data rate (but not as bad as uncompressed RGB) so local playback from a single drive might look choppy. If you have a RAID 0 volume, playback should look fine.

[setarip_old]

@David1105

Hi!

Presumably, you should be able to use the same codec that you used to create the video.

What software, procedures, and codec(s) did you use to create this .MOV video?

[squid_80]

v210 is an uncompressed 10-bit YUY2 format, commonly used by professionals. Somehow I don't think it's a rule 6 violation, setarip.

[David1105]

Can't you play the mov with quicktime?

no. Only audio, video is blank.

[David1105]

@David1105

Hi!

Presumably, you should be able to use the same codec that you used to create the video.

What software, procedures, and codec(s) did you use to create this .MOV video?

No idea. The file is passed to us...

[David1105]

v210 is an uncompressed 10-bit YUY2 format, commonly used by professionals. Somehow I don't think it's a rule 6 violation, setarip.

We don't rip anything.

[squid_80]

If it's still not working try installing cineform's neo player (www.cineform.com). I'm pretty sure that includes a v210 codec for quicktime.

[avih]

No idea. The file is passed to us...
You better come up with a convincing explanation or this thread is closed.

[foxyshadis]

I don't think anyone should be under suspicion for having uncompressed 10-bit files. I mean, 2 minutes of SD footage takes up a whole DVD-5! No one without master tapes is even going to want that. (Though you should generally ask the people who passed you the tape what to do if you can't open, or ask who gave it to them, etc; it'll usually be faster than asking the internet. Unless they use macs and you don't, naturally. :p)

[Koti]

I recently had a few of these given to me by the kid at work that has a mac, we were editing tv spots for our business , 30 seconds was over 1GB

solution was to use QT pro and convert to uncompressed avi

additional files needed were
(BlueFishCodec.qtx)
(QuickTime.qts)
(QuickTimeVR.qtx)
copied to C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTComponents Folder

[shae]

VirtualDub 1.9 can decode by itself V210 in AVI.

[Blue_MiSfit]

QuickTime Pro, Compressor, MPEG Streamclip, or any number of other QuickTime powered tools should be able to convert this to something more usable on the PC. It looks like you found a solution with AVI, so good stuff.

I'd suggest encoding to ProRes to save some space, but that's just my two cents :) PhotoJPEG will also work, but it loses some quality.

~MiSfit

[Ignindy]

Could just be a corrupt file.



Or it could be that the server cant send you the codec at this time, seeing as it says there is an error downloading rather than installing. In this case, just try again later.



Might also be a problem with you not running the latest DirectX.

[chaynik]

VirtualDub 1.9 can decode by itself V210 in AVI.
That is very cool! How does it handle the extra 2 bits of precision on playback? Are they dithered or clipped?

[mp3dom]

I think BlackMagic codecs internally convert v210 to RGB before output. It's better if you use QTInput with dithering option and raw mode (this will prevent any colorspace conversion). This will output YUY2 4:2:2 8bit (with a simple rounding dithering from 10bit to 8bit). Surely this is not the 'best' method (dithering could be done in a better way) but if the source is not heavy animation/CG (flat colors, a lot of gradients, all fields where dithering is strongly necessary) then the output should look pretty good. Depending on your needs, some pro-encoders supports natively v210 files so if your final target is MPEG/AVC compression, you can feed the encoder directly with the v210 file and the encoder will dither down to 8bit. If you need to write to tape, you can use some lossy codecs (Apple ProRes HQ/Avid DNxHD etc) but I suggest you to use lossless codecs for quality reason.

[roozhou]

v210 is supported in libavcodec. It will be decoded to 16bit YUV 4:2:2.

[Biggiesized]

Don't Windows XP and Windows Vista have native VfW 8-bit 4:2:2 YUV and 10-bit 4:2:2 YUV decoders?

[chaynik]

Don't Windows XP and Windows Vista have native VfW 8-bit 4:2:2 YUV and 10-bit 4:2:2 YUV decoders?
8-bit yes, but not 10-bit.