Converting MXF back to TIFF

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dpl
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Converting MXF back to TIFF

Post by dpl »

Hi there. Does this tool have the ability to convert a DCP (specifically the MXF wrapped J2K) back to TIFF or any other uncompressed format?
carl
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Re: Converting MXF back to TIFF

Post by carl »

Hi there,
It does not. It's not too hard to do that from the command line, if you are so inclined. What platform are you using?
dpl
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Re: Converting MXF back to TIFF

Post by dpl »

OSX or Linux
carl
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Re: Converting MXF back to TIFF

Post by carl »

I've started writing some notes on how to this here. Let me know if you try it ...
teelka
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Re: Converting MXF back to TIFF

Post by teelka »

How about windows?
Carsten
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Re: Converting MXF back to TIFF

Post by Carsten »

There is a simple way to do this with FFMPEG, I created some ProRes-Files from DCPs (MXFs) this way:


ffmpeg -i j2c.mxf -i pcm.mxf -vcodec prores -acodec pcm_s16le output.mov

However, this only works for DCPs with a 1:1 CPL-MXF relationship, that is, no offsets, etc. in the CPL for audio or video.

Uncompressed image sequence should work just as well.

- Carsten
lemgeo
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Re: Converting MXF back to TIFF

Post by lemgeo »

Hi all and freer new year

It will be usefull an export option to prores or mpeg2 in case of encrypted DCPs.
or can i convert to prores or whatelse with ffmpeg or asdcplib in case of encrypted DCPs?

Thanks