Ryan,
Is there any reason not to switch the animation.codec default to 'h264'?
I can make a PR to do this for 2.0 if you approve. (This is motivated
by my thrashing around yesterday trying to get an animation to work on
Linux and Mac. There were a variety of problems, but my impression is
that using h264 was one of the keys to success.)
Eric
Animation codecs are a nightmare.
There is STILL no one codec / container that will "just work" everywhere.
but H.264 is as close as it gets, so I say go for it.
-CHB
PS: I really wish there were a standard well supported codec well suited to
computer-drawn animations -- ideally lossless. i.e. like PNG, rather than
like JPEG. But what can you do?
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Eric Firing <efiring at hawaii.edu> wrote:
Ryan,
Is there any reason not to switch the animation.codec default to 'h264'?
I can make a PR to do this for 2.0 if you approve. (This is motivated by
my thrashing around yesterday trying to get an animation to work on Linux
and Mac. There were a variety of problems, but my impression is that using
h264 was one of the keys to success.)Eric
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Eric,
I'm happy to sign off on a PR to set better animation defaults. I'd be
happy to test here on OSX. Can anyone validate our choice on windows?
Ryan
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Eric Firing <efiring at hawaii.edu> wrote:
Ryan,
Is there any reason not to switch the animation.codec default to 'h264'?
I can make a PR to do this for 2.0 if you approve. (This is motivated by
my thrashing around yesterday trying to get an animation to work on Linux
and Mac. There were a variety of problems, but my impression is that using
h264 was one of the keys to success.)Eric
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Ping me on Github (phobson) or here with some sample code when it's ready
and I'll be happy to try it out.
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Ryan May <rmay31 at gmail.com> wrote:
Eric,
I'm happy to sign off on a PR to set better animation defaults. I'd be
happy to test here on OSX. Can anyone validate our choice on windows?Ryan
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Eric Firing <efiring at hawaii.edu> wrote:
Ryan,
Is there any reason not to switch the animation.codec default to 'h264'?
I can make a PR to do this for 2.0 if you approve. (This is motivated by
my thrashing around yesterday trying to get an animation to work on Linux
and Mac. There were a variety of problems, but my impression is that using
h264 was one of the keys to success.)Eric
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In my research for the animation chapter of my book, I also came to the
conclusion that the `mpeg4` codec in a .mp4 container was the best bet for
out-of-the-box compatibility across platforms. The one place where that
format didn't work was MS PowerPoint on Windows (but, oddly enough, it
worked on PowerPoint on MacOSX). Note, I did that test a couple of years
ago on a Windows 7 machine, so I don't know if that limitation is still
valid.
Cheers!
Ben Root
On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Paul Hobson <pmhobson at gmail.com> wrote:
Ping me on Github (phobson) or here with some sample code when it's ready
and I'll be happy to try it out.On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Ryan May <rmay31 at gmail.com> wrote:
Eric,
I'm happy to sign off on a PR to set better animation defaults. I'd be
happy to test here on OSX. Can anyone validate our choice on windows?Ryan
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Eric Firing <efiring at hawaii.edu> wrote:
Ryan,
Is there any reason not to switch the animation.codec default to
'h264'? I can make a PR to do this for 2.0 if you approve. (This is
motivated by my thrashing around yesterday trying to get an animation to
work on Linux and Mac. There were a variety of problems, but my impression
is that using h264 was one of the keys to success.)Eric
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In my research for the animation chapter of my book, I also came to the
conclusion that the `mpeg4` codec in a .mp4 container was the best bet for
out-of-the-box compatibility across platforms.
Ben -- is that H.264? It seem "mpeg 4" is not well defined. from Wikipedia:
"MPEG-4 is still an evolving standard and is divided into a number of
parts. Companies promoting MPEG-4 compatibility do not always clearly state
which "part" level compatibility they are referring to."
Sigh.
The one place where that format didn't work was MS PowerPoint on Windows
(but, oddly enough, it worked on PowerPoint on MacOSX).
That's because PPT punts to the "system" for decoding -- it has little if
any built-in support. A freakin' nightmare.
Note, I did that test a couple of years ago on a Windows 7 machine, so I
don't know if that limitation is still valid.
I think H.264 is getting better and better supported.
Question: how is MPL planning to support it? Is there a
not-too-hard-to-install cross platform lib???
-CHB
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As I stated in my book:
"While I will not claim to possess anything more than a passing familiarity
with movie formats, I recognize that neither do many other people. For
those who have had experience editing and creating movies and understand
these concepts far more extensively, you can skip this section; be assured
that I could not possibly add any new knowledge. For those reading on,
there are likely to be some over-simplifications. As such, this section is
only intended to provide enough information to successfully render
animations and avoid pitfalls and should not be considered authoritative."
My quick research at the time found that while mpeg4 and h.264 weren't
strictly equivalent, for all intents and purposes they could be considered
as such. And it is my understanding that avconv and such were treating it
as the same (unless explicitly told not to). If I am wrong in this regard,
please refer to the previous paragraph and kindly file an errata for my
book.
Cheers!
Ben Root
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Benjamin Root <ben.v.root at gmail.com> > wrote:
In my research for the animation chapter of my book, I also came to the
conclusion that the `mpeg4` codec in a .mp4 container was the best bet for
out-of-the-box compatibility across platforms.Ben -- is that H.264? It seem "mpeg 4" is not well defined. from Wikipedia:
"MPEG-4 is still an evolving standard and is divided into a number of
parts. Companies promoting MPEG-4 compatibility do not always clearly state
which "part" level compatibility they are referring to."Sigh.
The one place where that format didn't work was MS PowerPoint on Windows
(but, oddly enough, it worked on PowerPoint on MacOSX).That's because PPT punts to the "system" for decoding -- it has little if
any built-in support. A freakin' nightmare.Note, I did that test a couple of years ago on a Windows 7 machine, so I
don't know if that limitation is still valid.I think H.264 is getting better and better supported.
Question: how is MPL planning to support it? Is there a
not-too-hard-to-install cross platform lib???-CHB
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It's all incredibly confusing, as the wikipedia article shows. The
first problem is the distinction between the container format and the
codec; both have to be recognized and handled properly by an
application. The file extension generally is more indicative of the
container than the codec.
MPEG-4 seems to be an umbrella that can cover a wide variety actual
codecs, one of which is h264, and that at least implies a file format
("version 2").
Specifying the mpeg4 codec in animation, with avconv or ffmpeg, seems to
result in the use of a codec "mpeg4 (Simple Profile)"--but I suspect
this might depend on how avconv or ffmpeg was built. Specifying h264
results in use of the newer and more efficient h264 encoder, which is
what I am proposing to make the default.
One problem: h264 (at least as implemented in ffmpeg and avconv) can't
handle frame dimensions that include an odd number of pixels, but mpeg4
can. Regardless of whether h264 is the default, we should trap this
error at an early stage; otherwise it leads to a non-obvious failure mode.
I need to do a little more testing before submitting any PR. I want to
identify the conditions that were leading to video files that were
completely corrupted. When I was trying to get things working I was not
keeping track of what I was doing, so I need to backtrack and make a set
of examples.
Eric
On 2016/08/15 7:38 AM, Benjamin Root wrote:
As I stated in my book:
"While I will not claim to possess anything more than a passing
familiarity with movie formats, I recognize that neither do many other
people. For those who have had experience editing and creating movies
and understand these concepts far more extensively, you can skip this
section; be assured that I could not possibly add any new knowledge. For
those reading on, there are likely to be some over-simplifications. As
such, this section is only intended to provide enough information to
successfully render animations and avoid pitfalls and should not be
considered authoritative."My quick research at the time found that while mpeg4 and h.264 weren't
strictly equivalent, for all intents and purposes they could be
considered as such. And it is my understanding that avconv and such were
treating it as the same (unless explicitly told not to). If I am wrong
in this regard, please refer to the previous paragraph and kindly file
an errata for my book.Cheers!
Ben RootOn Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov > <mailto:chris.barker at noaa.gov>> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Benjamin Root <ben.v.root at gmail.com > <mailto:ben.v.root at gmail.com>> wrote:
In my research for the animation chapter of my book, I also came
to the conclusion that the `mpeg4` codec in a .mp4 container was
the best bet for out-of-the-box compatibility across platforms.Ben -- is that H.264? It seem "mpeg 4" is not well defined. from
Wikipedia:"MPEG-4 is still an evolving standard and is divided into a number
of parts. Companies promoting MPEG-4 compatibility do not always
clearly state which "part" level compatibility they are referring to."Sigh.
The one place where that format didn't work was MS PowerPoint
on Windows (but, oddly enough, it worked on PowerPoint on MacOSX).That's because PPT punts to the "system" for decoding -- it has
little if any built-in support. A freakin' nightmare.Note, I did that test a couple of years ago on a Windows 7
machine, so I don't know if that limitation is still valid.I think H.264 is getting better and better supported.
Question: how is MPL planning to support it? Is there a
not-too-hard-to-install cross platform lib???-CHB
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This is all a huge pain! So thanks so much Eric! Sounds like you have a
good plan.
-CHB
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Eric Firing <efiring at hawaii.edu> wrote:
It's all incredibly confusing, as the wikipedia article shows. The first
problem is the distinction between the container format and the codec; both
have to be recognized and handled properly by an application. The file
extension generally is more indicative of the container than the codec.MPEG-4 seems to be an umbrella that can cover a wide variety actual
codecs, one of which is h264, and that at least implies a file format
("version 2").Specifying the mpeg4 codec in animation, with avconv or ffmpeg, seems to
result in the use of a codec "mpeg4 (Simple Profile)"--but I suspect this
might depend on how avconv or ffmpeg was built. Specifying h264 results in
use of the newer and more efficient h264 encoder, which is what I am
proposing to make the default.One problem: h264 (at least as implemented in ffmpeg and avconv) can't
handle frame dimensions that include an odd number of pixels, but mpeg4
can. Regardless of whether h264 is the default, we should trap this error
at an early stage; otherwise it leads to a non-obvious failure mode.I need to do a little more testing before submitting any PR. I want to
identify the conditions that were leading to video files that were
completely corrupted. When I was trying to get things working I was not
keeping track of what I was doing, so I need to backtrack and make a set of
examples.Eric
On 2016/08/15 7:38 AM, Benjamin Root wrote:
As I stated in my book:
"While I will not claim to possess anything more than a passing
familiarity with movie formats, I recognize that neither do many other
people. For those who have had experience editing and creating movies
and understand these concepts far more extensively, you can skip this
section; be assured that I could not possibly add any new knowledge. For
those reading on, there are likely to be some over-simplifications. As
such, this section is only intended to provide enough information to
successfully render animations and avoid pitfalls and should not be
considered authoritative."My quick research at the time found that while mpeg4 and h.264 weren't
strictly equivalent, for all intents and purposes they could be
considered as such. And it is my understanding that avconv and such were
treating it as the same (unless explicitly told not to). If I am wrong
in this regard, please refer to the previous paragraph and kindly file
an errata for my book.Cheers!
Ben RootOn Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov >> <mailto:chris.barker at noaa.gov>> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Benjamin Root <ben.v.root at gmail.com >> <mailto:ben.v.root at gmail.com>> wrote:
In my research for the animation chapter of my book, I also came
to the conclusion that the `mpeg4` codec in a .mp4 container was
the best bet for out-of-the-box compatibility across platforms.Ben -- is that H.264? It seem "mpeg 4" is not well defined. from
Wikipedia:"MPEG-4 is still an evolving standard and is divided into a number
of parts. Companies promoting MPEG-4 compatibility do not always
clearly state which "part" level compatibility they are referring to."Sigh.
The one place where that format didn't work was MS PowerPoint
on Windows (but, oddly enough, it worked on PowerPoint on MacOSX).That's because PPT punts to the "system" for decoding -- it has
little if any built-in support. A freakin' nightmare.Note, I did that test a couple of years ago on a Windows 7
machine, so I don't know if that limitation is still valid.I think H.264 is getting better and better supported.
Question: how is MPL planning to support it? Is there a
not-too-hard-to-install cross platform lib???-CHB
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