H.265 Video Issues

[Wrice4]

So I usually record in 4k h.264 at 60 fps, but I recorded two flights the other day at 4k h.265 30fps. Both flights footage is smooth but the videos are messed up. Throughout the whole video the colors are adjusted constantly. It will go from light to dark, and it will draw lines in the video where one side will look over saturated and the other wont. Sometimes one side of the video is red tinted, the other is green or blue..

Anyone run into this?


*note* this was viewing the videos in premiere pro 2017

 

[Tomas Wangen]

So I usually record in 4k h.264 at 60 fps, but I recorded two flights the other day at 4k h.265 30fps. Both flights footage is smooth but the videos are messed up. Throughout the whole video the colors are adjusted constantly. It will go from light to dark, and it will draw lines in the video where one side will look over saturated and the other wont. Sometimes one side of the video is red tinted, the other is green or blue..

Anyone run into this?


*note* this was viewing the videos in premiere pro 2017

This sounds very odd. If you are on windows, you can check the footage in Windows Media Player (which supports h265). There are probably some players on Mac as-well.

If footage is fine in other player, you can for instance transcode to Prores to make it editable.

 

[Wrice4]

This sounds very odd. If you are on windows, you can check the footage in Windows Media Player (which supports h265). There are probably some players on Mac as-well.

If footage is fine in other player, you can for instance transcode to Prores to make it editable.

Well I should have waited til I posted this thread, as I got upset and deleted the videos last night. It was very odd, as the colors of the video kept changing in different parts. I'll see if I can replicate the issue next time I use h.265.

 

[Tomas Wangen]

Well I should have waited til I posted this thread, as I got upset and deleted the videos last night. It was very odd, as the colors of the video kept changing in different parts. I'll see if I can replicate the issue next time I use h.265.

You can always just fire up the drone indoors (without the props) and do a short test-recording.

I would not record actual footage before verifying it works.

 

[Wrice4]

You can always just fire up the drone indoors (without the props) and do a short test-recording.

I would not record actual footage before verifying it works.

I mostly fly in my backyard so it's just as easy, but thank you for the help. If I have time today I'll give it a shot. If it happens again then I'll post a video.

 

[F3honda4me]

It sounds like your computer can't handle the H265 video. My H265 videos look awful on my high end computer, regardless of if I play them in PP or windows media player etc. It takes a crazy good machine to play back 4k H265 video without issue. I'm running a core i7 6700k, 32gb ram, and a GTX 980 Ti video card.

Did you try doing the proxy ingest and use lower quality proxies in your timeline and see if it looked normal? My guess is, it would have been normal and fine.

 

[Wrice4]

It sounds like your computer can't handle the H265 video. My H265 videos look awful on my high end computer, regardless of if I play them in PP or windows media player etc. It takes a crazy good machine to play back 4k H265 video without issue. I'm running a core i7 6700k, 32gb ram, and a GTX 980 Ti video card.

Did you try doing the proxy ingest and use lower quality proxies in your timeline and see if it looked normal? My guess is, it would have been normal and fine.

Video playback was fine....smooth. the colors were just constantly wacky. I'll have to retest this with a proxy next time. My pc setup is:
I5-4690k over clocked to 4.8ghz
6 fan water cooling system
16gb 3200 ram
Gtx 970
SSD hard drives

Have had to proxy the 4k 60fps but the colors have never done this. It seemed corrupted the way it was acting.

 

[F3honda4me]

My playback is fine and smooth too, but the colors are all jacked and I get tearing and artifacts etc. Yet the footage is fine. Computer just can't handle the H265. Most can't.

 

[Wrice4]

My playback is fine and smooth too, but the colors are all jacked and I get tearing and artifacts etc. Yet the footage is fine. Computer just can't handle the H265. Most can't.

Oh so you have the same problem that I mentioned in my original post? Good to hear, but are you sure that's a pc issue? Why would the footage be so smooth if the pc was having a hard time viewing it?

 

[Matchlock]

Did you have the white balance accidently set to "Auto"?

Bud

So I usually record in 4k h.264 at 60 fps, but I recorded two flights the other day at 4k h.265 30fps. Both flights footage is smooth but the videos are messed up. Throughout the whole video the colors are adjusted constantly. It will go from light to dark, and it will draw lines in the video where one side will look over saturated and the other wont. Sometimes one side of the video is red tinted, the other is green or blue..

Anyone run into this?


*note* this was viewing the videos in premiere pro 2017

 

[Wrice4]

Do you have the white balance accidently set to "Auto"?

Bud

It was during that flight.

 

[Matchlock]

Could that have been the problem or do you think it runs deeper than that?

Bud

It was during that flight.

 

[Wrice4]

Could that have been the problem or do you think it runs deeper than that?

Bud

It's a possibility but I won't know until I get a chance to do more testing. Good idea.

 

[Matchlock]

I hope that's all it is and I wish you the best on your next flight. Good luck.

Bud

It's a possibility but I won't know until I get a chance to do more testing. Good idea.

 

[chrisking]

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