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USING MPEG STREAMCLIP FOR COMPRESSING JUDGING VERSION with FCP-X or other editing platforms that do not offer custom compression settings IMPORTANT: This information is provided for your convenience only. 168 is not responsible for your final results when using these recommendations. Back in May 2019, as part of a series of articles offering advice for users of macOS Catalina on resolving issues with 32-bit applications, like MPEG Streamclip, no longer working with mac10.15, we showcased and produced a tutorial on how to use ffWorks to replace MPEG Streamclip.We have just learnt that they have released ffWorks 2 with a raft of improvements and fixes including the ability. Using MPEG Streamclip to Trim and Export the Scene as Images The next free tool you will need for this tutorial is MPEG Strteamclip. This video convertor and editor works on both Macs and PCs, and while it ha recently had issues with sound, it is a great option for trimming your scene as well as optimizing and exporting it to a series of.
1Video support in REAPER
1.3Downloads
REAPER supports inserting video items in your project. The item will display the waveform of any audio contained in the video file. For longer videos it could take a bit more time than usual to generate that overview, as the entire video file has to be traversed and its, usually compressed, audio decoded.
Video items are handled like any other item, though it is recommended you edit video items only along the frame edges, which means having a SMPTE timeruler active with the frame rate that matches that of the video.
Basic settings for video are handled in Preferences / Media / Video/REX/Misc .
Playback in Reaper 5 and 6
Reaper 5/6 supports playback of almost any video out there by using the VLC playback engine or the FFMPEG libraries. On OSX it may also use the AVFoundation libraries that come with OSX. The effect plugin 'Video processor' provides many different video effects as well. There are some online tutorials available that are just a Youtube search away.
Windows
VLC , recommended! v3.0.8 as of April 19th 2020 , FFMpeg(shared binary DLL files)or system playback(same as version Reaper v4).
Mac OSX
Video playback is provided by the AVFoundation libraries that come preinstalled in all OSX systems starting with v10.7 (Lion). This system library is a lot more efficient than the FFMPEG libraries are. The user can also use an installed VLC player to play either all or just selected video formats, such as MKV containers, WMV files or WEBM videos.
Playback in Reaper 4
Reaper v4 comes with preinstalled FFMPEG libraries that support only free formats. The user can download FFMPEG binaries that support non-free formats such as MP4 as well. The Video Lan Client player can be installed as used too, which extends the playback capabilities of Reaper considerably, but you may have to rely on an older version of VLC to work well enough in Reaper v4.
The easiest method is to simply install the Video Lan Client player on either Windows or OSX. Be sure to install the 32-bit version of the Video Lan Client (VLC) player for the 32-bit version of Reaper. Install the 64-bit version of VLC for use in the 64-bit version of Reaper. The latest version of VLC is always available here and here.
Tell Reaper to use the VLC player as a video playback method by accessing the Preferences of Reaper and selecting the video page. In the dropdown menu titled Preferred video decoding engine select VLC.
Find the most recent versions either on the main webpage of VLC
or go here for an overview of all versions for all systems.
Windows users need to remember to download 64-bit version if you're using the 64-bit version of Reaper.
FFMPEG libraries
They are required for encoding video to non-free formats on Windows. MacOS does come with an encoding library AVFoundation already, so give that a go first.
Windows users require the full ffmpeg libraries to produce non-free formats such as MP4 containers with H264 video and AAC audio. The Windows version of Reaper v6 and up supports FFMPEG v4.3.1 as of 5.1.2021 (January 5th 2021)
Downloading and installing the libraries
Visit the FFMPEG Homepage
Visit the downloads section, then the Windows section. Click on the link to the BtbN builds. They're tested to work. Feel free to try other builds.
On that webpage version, architecture and linking(static or shared) need to be chosen.
Version : Avoid the nightly builds. Pick the stable builds which will be a version number such as 4.3.1 in this case.
Architecture : Windows users, remember to choose the 64-bit or 32-bit to match the kind of Reaper version you're using.
Linking : Always choose Shared. The static build only contain the commandline executables.
Download the package, unpack it by double-clicking on the file or using your preferred tool for this, such as 7-Zip for example.
The .dll files for Windows will usually be found in a directory called bin.
Locate that resource directory via the Options menu of Reaper. Choose the menu item Show Reaper resource path in explorer/finder. Copy those files in to the userplugins directory of your Reaper resource directory.
Configurable Playback Method per video format (Reaper 5 and up)
Reaper 5 supports a selectable playback method per format. The user can choose a default playback method and provide overrides for specific formats.
This is handled via a line of text entered in a box on the Video/REX/Misc page of the preferences.
Default in Reaper v5 for Windows is:
libav vlc qt:mov,qt,m4v,mp4 dshow:!mov qt
libav, vlc, qt and dshow are decoding methods. The first one is used before the second and so on.
Decoding overrides for specific formats are used like so :
method:extension-of-video,another-extension,..
Example: vlc:webm (WEBM files are decoded with VLC)
Methods can also be excluded from decoding a specific format like so :
method:!extension-of-video
Example: vlc:!mov (excludes VLC from being used to decode Quicktime files)
Rendering video
Windows, can use the preinstalled FFMPEG libraries to render to free formats and codecs. The supported codecs are DV, FFV1 (lossless) and Huffyuv (lossless).
MacOS, use the AVFoundation libraries that are preinstalled in the operating system, or use the FFMPEG libraries instead.
Install the full FFmpeg libraries to have more rendering format options.
For decoding, you'll need to first tell Reaper to use the FFMPEG libraries you just installed in the Video/REX/Misc page of the preferences, and then restart Reaper for the change to take effect.
To check whether the installation works, place a video on to the timeline and check the Source Properties of the video item (default shortcut CTRL/CMD+F2). If the FFMPEG libraries are being used to decode the video, those libaries will show up in the descriptions of the source properties, telling you what is being used for decoding.
Formats for Post Production
Quicktime container, using the PhotoJPEG codec at 40-75% quality
Quicktime or MKV container, using the Prores Proxy codec at quality 20(suggested)
These formats can easily be produced with at least two free applications
TEncoder
Free, open source and available for Windows in both installable and portable format. This program does not require Quicktime to be installed, and can produce Prores Proxy files in either a Quicktime or MKV container, both of which Reaper can play back.
MPEG Streamclip
Free and available for both MacOS and Windows. Windows users should download the 1.2.1b6 beta.
MacOS users can probably use ProRes in any case, since the AVFoundation libraries support that format.
Reaper 5+ advantages and differences for video
Note that these features may change to a small degree, but these features are part of Reaper 5.0 with a high degree of certainty, and have been tested to work at least on Windows at the time of writing.
Frame rate settings of the projects are kept in the project settings in Reaper 5 and up. Video now has its own page in the project settings.
The timeruler has been fixed to handle 29.97 dropframe video accurately. The timeruler now displays sensible values that are more useful to the user.
MacOS users can now use the AVFoundation libraries built in to OSX 10.7 and higher, which are more efficient and give the user a good batch of encoding features as well.
The video window can be docked now.
Tutorials for Reaper 4
A video tutorial on how to sync up audio recordings to a video shot with any video camera and render it out can be found at the Homebrewed Music site : http://www.homebrewedmusic.com/2010/07/15/syncing-audio-to-video-in-reaper/
More information and a discussion of the tutorial can be found here at the Reaper forums: http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=61484
REAPER uses code of FFmpeg licensed under the LGPLv2.1 and its source can be downloaded at http://reaper.fm/lgpl/
Video Playback and Exporting forum thread - Contains lots of useful links and information on setting up video playback and export in REAPER
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2012-08-20 (20/08/2012): Newbeta version compatible with Mountain Lion and YouTube:MPEGStreamclip 1.9.3b8 beta.
2012-08-20 (20/08/2012): The MPEG-2 Playback Component is still required in Lion and Mountain Lion: please read the note in this page.
MPEG Streamclip is a powerful high-quality videoconverter, player, editor for MPEG, QuickTime, transport streams, iPod.And now it is a DivX editor and encoding machine, and even a streamand YouTube downloader. You can use MPEG Streamclip to: open most movie formatsincluding MPEGfiles or transport streams; play them at full screen; edit them withCut, Copy, Paste, and Trim; set In/Out points and convert them intomuxed or demuxed files, or export them to QuickTime, AVI, DV and MPEG-4files with more than professional quality, so you can easily importthem in Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Toast 6, 7, 8, and use them withmany other applications or devices. Supported input formats: MPEG, VOB, PS, M2P, MOD,VRO, DAT, MOV, DV, AVI, MP4, TS, M2T,MMV, REC, VID, AUD, AVR, VDR, PVR, TP0, TOD, M2V, M1V, MPV, AIFF, M1A,MP2,MPA, AC3, ..
DownloadMPEGStreamclip 1.9.2 for Mac OS X This version is not compatiblewith YouTube: if you want to download movies from YouTube,please use the beta version below.
To install MPEG Streamclip, simply drag it into your Applicationsfolder.A complete user's guide is included in the application. You can read itwith the Help menu. Versionchanges (click to show)
Mpeg Streamclip Catalina
new option to add a textual watermark
choice of format for YouTube videos (MP4 or FLV)
fixed compatibility with Google Video and Yahoo! Video
added video playback and download from Veoh
fixed a sound problem with some DivX movies
fixed compatibility with Perian 1.1
DownloadMPEGStreamclip 1.9.3b8 beta for Mac OS X This beta version iscompatible withYouTube. This beta version has not been fully tested. Please do not link to this beta file: it may be removed in the future.Do not publish it to version sites. Versionchanges (click to show) 1.9.3b8
compatible with Mountain Lion
fixed compatibility with YouTube
1.9.3b7
fixed compatibility with YouTube
1.9.3b6
fixed compatibility with YouTube
fixed drag & drop of DVDs in Lion
1.9.3b5
Mpeg Streamclip 1.2 For Windows
fixed compatibility with YouTube and Dailymotion
1.9.3b4
once again, fixed compatibility with YouTube
support for YouTube 1080p movies
1.9.3b3
Using Mpeg Streamclip
fixed the no sound issue in MPEG files with Mac OS X 10.6.3 orQuickTime 7.6.6
again, fixed compatibility with YouTube and Dailymotion
brand new deinterlacer
better compatibility with Snow Leopard
drag & drop of video URLs from Firefox
1.9.3b2
fixed compatibility with YouTube and Dailymotion
drag & drop of video URLs from Safari
fixed a bug in Open URL
1.9.3b1
support for Matroska MKV files
selection of multiple audio/video tracks in movies
save single audio/video tracks of movies
multiplexing of one audio and one video track
aspect ratio and rotation in edit menu
support for YouTube HD movies
fixed compatibility with Yahoo! Video and Dailymotion
improved deinterlacer
The installer of the MPEG-2 PlaybackComponent may refuse to install the component in Lion and Mountain Lion. Apple states thecomponent is unnecessary in Lion and Mountain Lion, however MPEG Streamclip still needsit. To install the component in Lion or Mountain Lion, please download MPEG Streamclip 1.9.3b8 betaabove; inside the disk image you will find the Utility MPEG2Component M. Lion: use it to install the MPEG-2 Playback Component inLion or Mountain Lion. Theoriginal installer's disk image (QuickTimeMPEG2.dmg) is required. The current versions of MPEG Streamclip cannot take advantage of thebuilt-in MPEG-2 functionality of Lion and Mountain Lion. For MPEG-2 files you still needto install the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component, which is not preinstalled in Lion and Mountain Lion. You don'thave to install QuickTime 7. Also read the information for Snow Leopard below.
The Snow Leopard upgrade DVD released on August 28, 2009 may wipe thecontentofthe /System/Library/QuickTime folder during the upgrade process, anddelete your MPEG-2 Playback Component installed in that folder.To use MPEG-2 files with MPEG Streamclip you have to reinstall theMPEG-2 component or restore it from a backup copy. If you are going to upgrade to SnowLeopard Open the /System/Library/QuickTime folder and drag theQuickTimeMPEG2.component file to your desktop to make a copy of it.Then upgrade to Snow Leopard. When the upgrade is complete, open the/System/Library/QuickTime folder again and move theQuickTimeMPEG2.component file from the desktop to the/System/Library/QuickTime folder (enter your administrator password ifnecessary). If you already upgraded to Snow Leopard You have to reinstall or restore your MPEG-2 Playback Component. If you have a Time Machine backup of your System folder, then open the/System/Library/QuickTime folder, enter Time Machine and go back intime until you see the QuickTimeMPEG2.component file; select that fileand then click Restore. If you purchased the MPEG-2 Playback Component from the Apple OnlineStore, then you probably still have the DMG file that contains theinstaller. Use Spotlight to search for 'QuickTimeMPEG2.dmg': if youfind a file with that name, double-click it and then in the disk image,double-click the installer package for Intel Macs. If you purchased the MPEG-2 Playback Component from the Apple OnlineStore but you can't find the QuickTimeMPEG2.dmg file, you can downloadthe file again from the Apple Online Store if you remember the Apple IDused when you originally purchased it (if you forgot your Apple ID thengo to Apple iforgot). Visitthe Apple Online Store, click on 'Account' in thestore menu, then click 'Downloadable Software Purchases,' enter yourApple ID and password, and click the link to the QuickTime MPEG-2Playback Component to download it again. If you obtained the MPEG-2 Playback Component from the installation ofFinal Cut Studio, then you can reinstall it again from the Final CutStudio DVD. Insert the DVD and use the Finder's Go menu > Go ToFolder.. command to get to the /Volumes/Final CutStudio/Installer/Packages/ folderinside the DVD. Locate the QuickTimeMPEG2.pkg or theQuickTimeMPEG2Pro.pkg installer: double-click it to reinstall theMPEG-2 component.
This free software requires at least Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) andQuickTime 6. It is also compatible with Mac OS X 10.3.x (Panther), MacOS X 10.4.x (Tiger), Mac OS X 10.5.x (Leopard), Mac OS X 10.6.x (SnowLeopard), OS X Lion, OS X Mountain Lion, and QuickTime 7. Itworks with PowerPC and Intelbased Macs. For MPEG-2 playback and conversion, you need the QuickTime MPEG-2Playback Component. You can buy it from Apple(www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2).If you have either Final Cut Pro orDVD Studio Pro, then the component is already installed and you don'thave to buy it; but you may need to download the latest version fromApple.If you bought an olderversion of the component, you can update it to the latest version(www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/update).Note that the MPEG-2 componentis neither required nor useful for MPEG-1 or MPEG-4 files. But it isrequired for VOB files and transport streams, because they are MPEG-2files. For DivX playback and editing, you have to install DivX (www.divx.com/divx/mac). You can also install another codec like 3ivx (www.3ivx.com)or XviD(n.ethz.ch/student/naegelic),but only with DivX 6.5 and later (or DivX 5.2.1) you canencode DivX files with MP3audio. For FLV playback and export, you can download and install Perian (www.perian.org). For WMV playback, you can install Flip4Mac WMVPlayer (www.flip4mac.com/wmv.htm).If you also need to export WMV files to another format you have to buyFlip4Mac WMV Player Pro. IMPORTANT NOTE FOR WMV EXPORT: if you want to export to WMV with Exportto Other Formats, the free Flip4MacWMV Player stops at 30 seconds; for full length export you have to buyFlip4Mac WMV Studio (www.flip4mac.com/wmv_studio.htm).
MPEG Streamclip lets you play and edit QuickTime, DV, AVI, MPEG-4,MPEG-1; MPEG-2 or VOB files or transport streams with MPEG, PCM, or AC3audio (MPEG-2 playback component required); DivX (with DivX 6) andWMV (with Flip4Mac WMV Player). MPEG Streamclip can export all theseformats to QuickTime, DV/DV50, AVI/DivX and MPEG-4 with high qualityencoding and even uncompressed or HD video. Video conversion is performed in the YUV color space; you can choose toscale video to any frame size using a professional 2D-FIR scaler(better than bicubic) but you can also leave it unscaled. Otheroptional video processing features include a powerful motion-adaptivedeinterlacer, a field dominance converter, a chroma reinterlacer and anoption to perform interlaced scaling instead of progressive scaling.Audio can be converted to uncompressed or to IMA, AAC, MP2 or AMR usingthe high-quality MP1/MP2/AC3/PCM built-in decoders of MPEG Streamclip;it is also kept in perfect sync with video using a timekeeping system. MPEG Streamclip can save edited movies as MOV files, and (whenpossible) as AVI or MP4 files. Edited MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 files are savedas MPEG or TS files. MPEG Streamclip (with or without the MPEG-2 Playback Component) canalso convert MPEG-2 transport streams into muxed MPEG-2 files, forimmediate burning at full quality with Toast 6 or 7 and Sizzle; it canalso demux MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files and transport streams with MPEG,AC3, PCM audio to M2V and AIFF (or M1A or AC3) files, for immediateburning at full quality with DVD Studio Pro or Toast 6 and 7. A specialdemuxing option is available for Final Cut Pro 4/5: this applicationdoes not work well with M2V files, but MPEG Streamclip can write aspecial 'unscaled' M2V file that preserves full video quality whenimported into Final Cut Pro. MPEG Streamclip can handle files and streams larger than 4 GB, split inany number of segments, or with multiple audio tracks, and can alsooptionally handle timecode breaks. It is compatible with MPEG-1 andMPEG-2 video, MPEG layer 1/2 (MP1/MP2) audio, AC3/A52 audio, and PCMaudio. The player included in MPEG Streamclip lets you preview the files andtransport streams before doing the conversion; it also lets youvisually set the In and Out points for the conversion so you canconvert just the part of the file you are interested in, and also cutcommercials and other unwanted parts, or edit the stream and join twostreams with Cut/Copy/Paste. MPEG Streamclip supports batch processing: just drag some files in thebatch list, choose a conversion and a folder, click the Go button andMPEG Streamclip will automatically convert all your files.
MPEG Streamclip supports the DreamBox DM7000/DM5620/DM500 and theDM7020 (www.dream-multimedia-tv.de),and the TopfieldTF5000PVR/TF5000PVRt/TF5500PVR (www.topfield.co.kr),two importantfamilies of DVB set-top boxes (all digital satellite receivers, exceptthe TF5000PVRt which is terrestrial and supports DVB-T); two powerfulconnection tools for these devices have been developed and included inMPEG Streamclip. You'll no longer need to use FTP, mount SMB disks, oruse MacTF to download and upload files: MPEG Streamclip does this foryou. For the Topfield, you can even upload TAP files (you can find TAPshere: www.topfield.cc).And for the DreamBox DM7000, there is also amultiboot tool that lets you install firmware images in an external USBstick. MPEG Streamclip is also compatible with most MPEG-2 devices that useprogram or transport stream files, including FireWire MPEG-2 deviceslike Sony IP7/MicroMV, Sony HDR-FX1 (www.sony.com)and JVC GR-HD1camcorders; DVHSrecorders; FireWire/Ethernet/USB set-top boxes or digital videorecorders, like EyeTV (www.elgato.com),ReplayTV, the Samsung SIR-T16,the Humax PVR-8000, the Homecast, the Technisat S2 and the Siemens M740AV; USB cameras like Panasonic SV-AV100, Sony T1 and JVC Everio(www.jvc.com);DVDcamcorders like Panasonic VDR-M70 and HitachiDZ-MV230. MPEG Streamclip is also compatible with most DVD recorders,since it can open and convert unencrypted VOB or VRO files, andsupports AC3 audio. You can import transport stream files from FireWire MPEG-2 devicesusing DVHSCap or VirtualDVHS, two free applications available fromApple as part of the FireWire SDK 20(developer.apple.com/sdk).NOTE: the latest FireWire SDK is not publicly available, please scrolldown the list until you find the FireWire SDK 20, or click this directdownload link from Apple: FireWireSDK 20. Install the package and you will find DVHSCap andVirtualDVHS in /Developer/FireWireSDK20/Applications/.