David Esp Video Technical Blog

Playing with AvsPmod, tried the [Tools > Save to MP4] option.  It prompted for a path to x264.exe.  Searched for one on my system – but there was none.  Searched in this blog but, although I’ve downloaded it before, I obviously didn’t blog it.  Web-search etc revealed http://x264.nl/ where for my context and purposes the 32-bit app of 8-bit depth worked fine (the other variants did not)

Research:

• Google: [x264]
  • http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html
    • x264 is a free software library and application for encoding video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format, and is released under the terms of the GNU GPL.
    • Download from here is just the master-source – whereas I want a Windows exe.
  • http://www.videohelp.com/tools/x264_Encoder
    • It installed a Codec but no executable (such as “x264.exe”).  So I uninstalled it again.]
• Google: [x264.exe]
  • http://x264.nl/
    • Has download links for x264.exe in a few varieties
      • App:(32-bit, 64-bit) X Depth:(8-bit, 10-bit)
      • For use in AvsPmod on my system, only the 32-bit version worked.
      • For the result to be usable in my NLEs, it needs to be 8-bit depth (not 10-bit)
      • Regarding the 10-bit variant:
        • I briefly tried the 10-bit depth version (32-bit app) but it didn’t play correctly in either Sony Vegas 10e or Avid Media Composer 5.5.2 (AMA or Import).
        • Its usefulness is explained at http://x264.nl/x264/10bit_01-ateme_pierre_larbier_422_10-bit.pdf
    • The 32-bit app with 8-bit depth worked fine.

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