Old 05-10-2019, 12:53 PM   #1
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I'm running v5.977 x64.

When rendering a video file, I select format = QT/MOV/MP4 and video codec MJPEG.

Does this include H.264? Or do I have to download H.264 from another source?

I want to compress long files and not loose resolution.

Thanks
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Old 05-10-2019, 01:11 PM   #2
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If you use macOS, then you have built-in encoder for it. Otherwise you should render the video to loseless format and then convert it using Handbrake.
Here is a better instruction: https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=82459
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I'm running v5.977 x64.

When rendering a video file, I select format = QT/MOV/MP4 and video codec MJPEG.

Does this include H.264? Or do I have to download H.264 from another source?

I want to compress long files and not loose resolution.

Thanks
Does it not show up like this?



Reaper uses the ffmpeg render library and h264 should be in there by default. At least on windows.
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Old 05-11-2019, 02:15 AM   #4
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It would be great to be able to customize the ffmpeg command line parameters from the render settings window.
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Old 05-11-2019, 02:36 AM   #5
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It would be great to be able to customize the ffmpeg command line parameters from the render settings window.
Long dreamed about it, it would be great!
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Does it not show up like this?



Reaper uses the ffmpeg render library and h264 should be in there by default. At least on windows.

For format QT/MOV/MP4, video codec shows up as MJPEG (with no options) in latest Reaper v5.977 x64. Maybe I can assume this includes/involves H.264?
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No it does not!

Buster, your descriptions are too vague.

Are you on Mac or Windows? Do you have VLC installed or not? On my Windows 7 installation h264 is default inside the mp4 preset. Its the most common codec and allows to encode videos nearly lossless with higher quality values. So yeah, it would be the best option for you.

If you are on a Mac, I can't help you. But others will, that's for sure. If you are in Windows, you probably have to install a newer version of ffmpeg. But first we need to know more about your problem.
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No it does not!

Buster, your descriptions are too vague.

Are you on Mac or Windows? Do you have VLC installed or not? On my Windows 7 installation h264 is default inside the mp4 preset. Its the most common codec and allows to encode videos nearly lossless with higher quality values. So yeah, it would be the best option for you.

If you are on a Mac, I can't help you. But others will, that's for sure. If you are in Windows, you probably have to install a newer version of ffmpeg. But first we need to know more about your problem.
I am running Windows 10. I have not installed VLC whatever that is. Where do I get a newer version of ffmpeg and how/where do I install it? Thanks in advance.
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I am running Windows 10. I have not installed VLC whatever that is. Where do I get a newer version of ffmpeg and how/where do I install it? Thanks in advance.
Download and put the inside of the downloaded archive into the directory "user plugins" in Reaper. (Menu: Options/Show Reaper resource path -> User plugins!)

https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/wi...n64-shared.zip

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Old 05-11-2019, 01:08 PM   #10
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Reaper uses the ffmpeg render library and h264 should be in there by default. At least on windows.
I can confirm that in clean system (Win 7) the Reaper does not offer h264 etc. Only MJPEG for QT/MOV/MP4 and lossless for other variations of containers are available :-(

It also means that Reaper cannot even open/read MP4 files with h264 codec by default on clean system !! which is shame (at least h264 codec could be included).
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Okay, that's an important information because I never had this problem. It could be because I already had VLC installed or it could be because I already had the full ffmpeg installed and not only the spartan Reaper ffmpeg.

So now I need to know if one of you has VLC already installed and still doesn't get h264. If yes, both of you should download the newest full ffmeg. Instructions will follow if we have sorted it out.
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Old 05-11-2019, 05:53 PM   #12
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Clean system here, no VLC player, FFMPEG or other codec packs installed. Using exclusively portable applications only, including Reaper.

I have no problem with unavailibility of the codecs in Reaper. I just wanted to make it clear that h264 is not available by default in Reaper. Most of users here have VLC or codecs installed in system so it can lead to confusion when sorting such questions about codecs in clean Reaper.
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