MPEG-2 export preset - video does not work

[ejmillan]

If the edit is for archive, there are lossless codecs implemented in the export menu in Shotcut.
FFV1
H.264
HuffYUV
UTVideo

Ffv1 or lossless x264 for archival storage

Hello, I’ve ~TB of old video footage which is captured from VHS/Hi8 (PAL) sources and kept as *.DV. ffmpeg -i gives e.g.: `Input #0, dv, from 'test.dv': `Preformatted text`Metadata:` `timecode : 00:00:00:00` `Duration: 02:42:54.12, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 28800 kb/s` `Stream #0:0: Video: dvvideo, yuv420p, 720x576 [SAR 16:15 DAR 4:3], 25000 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc` `Stream #0:1: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1024 kb/s` `Stream #0:2: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, …

Suggested codecs/file formats for editing (speed, reduced lagging)

Hi GIS, I’ve studied this question quite a bit lately. I tend to not use ProRes in ffmpeg-based programs because of encode/decode speed and because of file size. ProRes is a 10-bit format but Shotcut is a mostly 8-bit editor. So there is some disk space lost representing colors that may never be seen. The prores_ks encoder is also slower than other encoders by a factor of 3 on my computer. These are the four codecs I would recommend, each for a different reason: HuffYUV (4:2:2 8-bit only…