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How do I encode videos into h.264 at 8k resolution?

Are you sure the 8k videos on your computer are actually h.264, and not h.265? The max resolution of h.264 level 5.2 is still 4096x2305. To convert beyond that in Premiere, you need to chose HEVC (h....
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How can I convert .MTS file (AVCHD) to .mp4 by ffmpeg without re-encoding H264 video stream?

As per this ffmpeg bug Interlaced H.264 packets are split causing MP4 STTS when remuxing a mpeg-ts containing interlaced H.264 into mp4, both fields of each video frame are split into seperate ...
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How do I encode videos into h.264 at 8k resolution?

FFmpeg can use x264 to output to 8K. Basic template: ffmpeg -i 4KfromPremiere.mp4 -vf scale=7680x4320 -crf 20 out.mp4
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.mkv file not playing in HEVC/H.265 supported player

Both files that don't play feature Opus as the audio codec. As per this site, Opus is not one of the supported audio codecs. Transcode the audio: ffmpeg -i in.mkv -c:v copy out.mkv
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What is the size of 1 minute video at 1920 x 1080 (60 fps)?

Try those calculators, they should do the trick. http://www.digitalrebellion.com/webapps/videocalc
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Davinci Resolve 12 (Editing)

In the Media View window, select all the clips you want to change. Right click one of the selected clips and choose "Clip Attributes". In the Video portion of the Clip Attributes, tell Resolve what ...
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Camera configuration - Should I select an AVCHD interlaced format over MP4?

AVCHD as a format is a combination of containers, file naming conventions, and directory structure. It is not inherently better or worse than any other container types. Interlaced video is a thing of ...
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Camera configuration - Should I select an AVCHD interlaced format over MP4?

I will answer only to the 'interlaced' part. Yes, it's a thing from the past. Deinterlaced video always will be looking worse than progressive. It's like shooting through the cracked lens and then ...
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Is there a way to split up an AVCHD file into smaller files (Sony HXR-NX5R)

You should use the segment muxer for this. ffmpeg -i "input.m2ts" -map 0:v -map 0:a -c copy -f segment -segment_time 02:00 -reset_timestamps 1 output_%04d.m2ts This will create a sequence of ...
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Canon Vixia HF R600 - MP4 vs AVCHD

Generally, MP4 is better for compatibility, whereas AVCHD provides the better quality. MP4 (which by the way can mean a million different things, in this case it probably refers to MPEG-4 Part 14) ...
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How to prepare AVCHD on a PC for Mac use later?

Don't do anything to the files, Premiere Pro should be able to handle them. Just copy them to a USB drive and hand them off to your editor. NEVER convert your video files prior to editing. You'll ...
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proper way to undo AVCHD mess?

It's possible that with certain Panasonic or MTS-specific software, the associated files are useful. I've heard of situations where Premiere won't import the footage correctly without the full folder ...
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MP4 Playback Compatibility Issues on files with Chapters

After a bunch of further testing and investigation, I've come to the following conclusions: The file format Adobe Premiere uses is a function of their MainConcept codec/encoder. It's the file format ...
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Transcoding from AVC to ProRes: Are there any negatives that would happen to the footage?

Cons: There will be a small loss of quality due to transcription error, but it's likely to be negligible and not worth worrying about. it will take up way more drive space. Only a problem if you're ...
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Do I really need to keep CPI file from AVCHD container?

None of the editing tools I know of uses any files other than MTS/M2TS. Supposedly, these CPI files can be used by a Blu-ray player when it plays the content of a card - which is why the structure of ...
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Can I reproduce video in 1440×1080 12M MP4 on a Full HD TV?

You don't mention either how (or IF?) you are editing anything here, or what forms of storage, distribution, archiving, etc you anticipate? You are probably correct that MP4 is a more compatible ...
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Canon Vixia HF R600 - MP4 vs AVCHD

I have Lumix G6 with same options (MP4 and AVCHD). Some things about AVCHD: It brake video into multiple files, but since you gonna edit them in Premiere, you can handle this. Sometimes Adobe ...
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Convert MTS AVCHD files into a more sharable format, such as mp4

I used ffmpeg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFmpeg, http://ffmpeg.org/) to exchange the container format while keeping the original video and audio data. You can also use it to transcode the video, ...
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Premier Pro CS5 makes AVCHD footage jagged and bad

Incase anyone comes across the same problem, here's the solution I used. Once you've imported the footage, right click on the clip, go to 'Modify' then 'Interpret Footage': A window should pop up. ...
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