I use 2 here in order to keep the highest quality possible. 2 being lossless and resulting in the biggest file size.

The -q:v n parameter is responsible for quality where n can be anything from 2 - 32. This converts the source footage into a mov container with mjpeg encoded video and PCM encoded audio.

Therefore I am transcoding it with FFmpeg (a multi-media converter and more) to something more “ Resolve friendly”:įfmpeg -i GOPROxxx.MP4 -vcodec mjpeg -q:v 2 -acodec pcm_s16be -q:a 0 -f mov OUTxxx.mov In case of the GoPro footage not even the audio codec.

Resolve does not like this at all - neither the container nor the video codec. In case of the Caddx Turtle we get also a MP4 container with H.264 encoded image but this time Raw 16-bit PCM audio (I don’t care for the audio of the turtle at all - in fact I even de-soldered the mic of mine, because I simply can not stand it). In case of the GoPro Session 5 we get a MP4 container with H.264 encoded video and Mpeg-4 AAC encoded audio. But this guide will basically work with any source material you have problems opening in DaVinci Resolve. My main cameras are a GoPro Session 5 on my five inch rigs and a Caddx Turtle V2 on all smaller rigs and my brushless HD whoops. The first step after reviewing my FPV footage (and deleting what I will definitely not use) is converting it into a format that resolve can handle. DaVinci Resolve is very picky when it comes to container formats, video and audio codecs - especially in the Linux version.

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