Fwd: yuv4mpeg from ffmpeg?

Jay Thompson <[email protected]> Tue, 7 Aug 2007 14:57:29 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.gephex.devel
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Hi everyone... I tried to post to the user list but it doesn't seem  
to be responding so I am forwarding my question to the development  
list. Please let me know if I shouldn't send my noob questions to  
this list.

Thanks,
jt

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> From: Jay Thompson <[email protected]>
> Date: August 7, 2007 2:22:07 PM PDT (CA)
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: yuv4mpeg from ffmpeg?
>
> Hi All... I posted originally to the devel list accidently but it's  
> probably better if I use the user list. I've been trying to find a  
> way to get a live signal from my DV camcorder into Gephex. I've  
> been making progress using ffmpeg but also had trouble getting it  
> to read the camera. So now I am using dvgrab piped to ffmpeg and  
> that seems to work well. If I write to a MP4 the process soaks up  
> about 15% of my cpu and writing to YUV takes up about 6% (combined  
> dvgrab and ffmpeg). Both are acceptable.
>
> What I'm trying to accomplish is a yuv4mpeg stream from ffmpeg that  
> Gephex can read. It seems ffmpeg will do this but I'm going in  
> circles and could use some advice. I've read many things on the  
> web, man pages, readme's, etc... but am missing something. Does the  
> Gephex yuv4mpeg module read from a fifo file or is the stream piped  
> from ffmpeg to Gephex? The Gephex y4m module won't even see any of  
> my mkfifo files. With other attempts Gephex just shows a green  
> screen - I probably need to convert the video from 4:1:1 to 4:2:2  
> or 4:2:0 er something. This doesn't really matter at this point  
> because mostly I get unrecognized header errors.
>
> To be a little more concise - To get a yuv4mpeg stream into Gephex  
> from ffmpeg:
> Do I use a pipe or a fifo?
> How would I create a pipe or fifo from ffmpeg that Gephex will read.
>
> Thanks!
> jt


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<HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; =
-khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi everyone... I tried to post =
to the user list but it doesn't seem to be responding so I am forwarding =
my question to the development list. Please let me know if I shouldn't =
send my noob questions to this list.<DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks,</DIV><DIV>jt<BR><DIV>=
<BR><DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>From: =
</B></FONT><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica">Jay Thompson &lt;<A =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A>&gt;</F=
ONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: =
#000000"><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">August 7, 2007 2:22:07 PM PDT =
(CA)</FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: =
#000000"><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><A =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]<=
/A></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: =
#000000"><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><B>yuv4mpeg from =
ffmpeg?</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; =
"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi All... I posted originally to =
the devel list accidently but it's probably better if I use the user =
list. I've been trying to find a way to get a live signal from my DV =
camcorder into Gephex. I've been making progress using ffmpeg but also =
had trouble getting it to read the camera. So now I am using dvgrab =
piped to ffmpeg and that seems to work well. If I write to a MP4 the =
process soaks up about 15% of my cpu and writing to YUV takes up about =
6% (combined dvgrab and ffmpeg). Both are acceptable.</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">What I'm =
trying to accomplish is a yuv4mpeg stream from ffmpeg that Gephex can =
read. It seems ffmpeg will do this but I'm going in circles and could =
use some advice. I've read many things on the web, man pages, readme's, =
etc... but am missing something. Does the Gephex yuv4mpeg module read =
from a fifo file or is the stream piped from ffmpeg to Gephex? The =
Gephex y4m module won't even see any of my mkfifo files. With other =
attempts Gephex just shows a green screen - I probably need to convert =
the video from 4:1:1 to 4:2:2 or 4:2:0 er something. This doesn't really =
matter at this point because mostly I get unrecognized header =
errors.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">To be a little more concise - To get a yuv4mpeg =
stream into Gephex from ffmpeg:</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Do I use a =
pipe or a fifo?</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">How would I create a pipe or =
fifo from ffmpeg that Gephex will read.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">Thanks!</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">jt</DIV> =
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