[FFmpeg-user] How to compress .MOV file compatible to Canon camera

[Ted Park]

Hi,
> This profile is only available with VAAPI encoder, see libavcodec/vaapi_encode_h264.c
> or amfenc  encoder, see libavcodec/amfenc_h264.c
> 
> So I tried:
> $ ~/Projects/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-git-20200211-amd64-static/ffmpeg -i MVI_1324.MOV -c:a copy -c:v h264_vaapi -profile:v constrained_baseline -level 4.1 MVI_1324.mov
> ffmpeg version N-51730-gf15007afa9-static https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/  Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers
>   built with gcc 8 (Debian 8.3.0-6)
>   configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --disable-debug --disable-ffplay --disable-indev=sndio --disable-outdev=sndio --cc=gcc --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-gmp --enable-libgme --enable-gray --enable-libaom --enable-libfribidi --enable-libass --enable-libvmaf --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librubberband --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libxvid --enable-libzvbi --enable-libzimg

It looks like it was built without support? 

Also, I’m curious how you came to the conclusion that you need baseline, 4.1 level stream for it to play? Is that what is generated for preview on the camera?

Regards,
Ted Park