# transpersonal stories (video re-enactments) Created: 2023-09-26 13:28 Updated: 2023-09-26 13:28 Type: #instrument Tags: #music #luthiery #wood ## **Brief Description:** --- ## Status #Active **Tasks:** --- ## Goals **Requirements:** **Key Objectives:** --- ## Budget **Expenses:** **Materials:** --- ## Timeline **2023-09-18:** Project Started **2023-09-20:** First raw footage shot **2023-09-26:** Initial media import and documentation --- ## Project Log ### 2023-09-26 13:49 importing raw footage #TAGS: #log **Notes:** Doesnt seem to be working, audio is ok, but video not playing. Dylan says its working for him in final cut and vlc. sent this video to help. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-dwLs9juzWw?si=Ph_HietJAlz5uJ3t" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> Installed [[ffmpeg-ffprobe|ffmpeg]] and [ffprobe](https://ffmpeg.org/ffprobe.html) [mediainfo](https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo) returns the following: - General - Complete name: `D:\Videos\999-personal\transpersonal-stories\SONY INTERVIEWS\C2450.MP4` - Format: XAVC - Codec ID: XAVC (XAVC/mp42/iso2) - File size: 8.13 GiB - Duration: 11 min 11 s - Overall bit rate mode: Variable - Overall bit rate: 104 Mb/s - Frame rate: 23.976 FPS - Encoded date: 2023-09-20 22:51:54 UTC - Tagged date: 2023-09-20 22:51:54 UTC XAVC is a Sony codec. better transcode it to... Resnick says... [Prores](https://ottverse.com/ffmpeg-convert-to-apple-prores-422-4444-hq/). using: 4:2:2 10bit and Matroska (mkv) container. `ffmpeg -i .\C2450.MP4 -c:v prores_ks -profile:v 3 -vendor ap10 -bits_per_mb 8000 -pix_fmt yuv422p10le proRes-video-1.mkv` hm, video worked but not audio. media info says: - Audio (all 4 are the same) - ID: 2 - Format: PCM - Format settings: Big / Signed - Codec ID: ipcm - Duration: 1 min 53 s - Bit rate mode : Constant - Bit rate: 1 152 kb/s - Channel(s): 1 channel - Sampling rate: 48.0 kHz - Bit depth: 24 bits i think `ffmpeg -formats` says we want s24be PCM signed 24-bit big-endian ``` alaw PCM A-law f32be PCM 32-bit floating-point big-endian f32le PCM 32-bit floating-point little-endian f64be PCM 64-bit floating-point big-endian f64le PCM 64-bit floating-point little-endian mulaw PCM mu-law s16be PCM signed 16-bit big-endian s16le PCM signed 16-bit little-endian s24be PCM signed 24-bit big-endian s24le PCM signed 24-bit little-endian s32be PCM signed 32-bit big-endian s32le PCM signed 32-bit little-endian s8 PCM signed 8-bit u16be PCM unsigned 16-bit big-endian u16le PCM unsigned 16-bit little-endian u24be PCM unsigned 24-bit big-endian u24le PCM unsigned 24-bit little-endian u32be PCM unsigned 32-bit big-endian u32le PCM unsigned 32-bit little-endian u8 PCM unsigned 8-bit ``` this worked: `ffmpeg -i .\C2451.MP4 -c:v prores_ks -profile:v 3 -vendor ap10 -bits_per_mb 8000 -pix_fmt yuv422p10le -acodec pcm_s24be proRes-video-2.mkv` ### 2023-09-21 23:02 Email from dylan #TAGS: #log #email #files **Notes:** Dylan said: _"Hey friends I am uploading all of the raw footage. I really am liking what we captured. I should also say that all of the Sony footage has 4 tracks of audio, tracks 1 and 2 are the lav mic track 3 is the shotgun mic track 4 is blank. talk soon!"_ ### 2023-09-20 Second meeting at free play arcade (Fort Worth) #TAGS: #log #dylan #grant #meeting I went with Dylan to Aledo on a shoot, and we met up with Grant in the near southside at what used to be Live Oak and is now a barcade. we played some DDR and a few games, and then recorded video on the roof of us telling some stories. ### 2023-09-19 Initial meeting at Grapevine mills #TAGS: #log #dylan #grant #meeting **Notes:** we met and discussed some ideas for a project, landing on initially recording some personal experiences, then each treating one or more of the stories with re-enactment, animation, montage to produce something together. suggestions: might be cool to do real-time/touchdesigner might be shown at a fall festival run by [AHK](https://shirtalog.com/) ### 2023-09-18 Surprise encounter with Grant at recycled records in denton #TAGS: #log #coincidence #grant #meeting Purchased: [Halcyon - Ron Regé Jr](https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/ron-rege-jr/products/halcyon) [Eros and Magic in the Renaissance ](https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo5966662.html)- [Ioan P. Couliano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioan_Petru_Culianu) --- ## Code: **github repository:** https://github.com/wtkns/ --- ## Meeting Notes and Agenda --- ## Resources raw footage @ `D:\Videos\999-personal\transpersonal-stories` ### Contacts ### Links ### Bibliography