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What's special about Apple-device generated HEVC files that (apparently) x265 can't produce?

Well. Turns out that if you read this guide for HLS streams, it gives a bunch of details on how the actual video formats should be set up. In particular, for HEVC, it says: 1.10. You SHOULD use ...
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Are ffmpeg prores files reliable enough to be used in production/broadcast environment?

I've had no problems producing prores 422 HQ .mov files with ffmpeg on my Windows machine for Mac-encumbered clients, including delivery to TV Networks for broadcast. I have had some problems with ...
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How do Apple do this? (iPhone 4 commercial)

It's a still. For commercial beauty shots like those, you hire a hand model and freeze frame the video once the phone is held. The screen is obviously just a Greenscreen or simply black so it can be ...
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FCPX 10.1.3 - How Do I Copy Project?

To freeze your current state of work you need to load a Library and right click on a Project. Important is you need to choose Duplicate as Snapshot. Only then you make a protected copy of your current ...
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Imovie 10.1.9 clips turn solid black in Final Cut Pro X 10.3.4 after "Send Movie To Final Cut Pro"

Sorry for panic. Answer has been found. Problem: Final Cut Pro X was unable to see 4k 60fps videos captured by iOS devices. Reason: Unknown. Solution: Need to update Final Cut Pro X to 10.4.1 ...
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AAC and AC3 audio tracks in M4V file

I've found solution. To achieve this I used MP4Box and group audio tracks, so I've put AAC tracks in group 1 and AC3 tracks in group 2. mp4box -add "track1.h264:fps=24.000:delay=0:lang=en:name=Video" ...
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