Starting 'Export' the audio mode changes automatically to 'None'

[abs-praxis]

Starting ‘Export’ the audio mode changes automatically from ‘copy’ to ‘None’. After that I have tried to convert sound - always the same problem.
My system is Windows 11, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX with Radeon Graphics 3.30 GHz & Nvidia RTX Studio.
Input is SD (720x576) progressive 50fps - output is 4k 50fps, VP9, profile good, bitrate auto, container mp4 or mkv - the audio mode changes to ‘none’ every time I start ‘Export’.
logsForSupport.tar.gz (6.9 MB)

how can I do to keep audio?

Thanx for helping - Peter

P.S.:I choose VP9 because I still have to edit the clips in Edius

[menditsa]

Change audio from auto to convert - AAC

[abs-praxis]

I tried so - same effect. When I click export audio immediately changes to ‘no audio’

[menditsa]

Can you run mediainfo on the source file and provide the info about that file.

[abs-praxis]

[menditsa]

According to what you have shown from mediainfo that file does not have any audio !!

[abs-praxis]

Wouw!
I know that the original file does have audio. (see screenshot Mediainfo)
First thing I did was deinterlacing with Staxrip, converting to FFV1 .mov to get a good material to start in Topaz.
That is my way to use the ‘Iris’ AI-model in Topaz to get best results with these old Videos.

Do you have an idea what went wrong?

Thank you for very good supporting: Peter!

[menditsa]

Don’t use stax all that often but check this says Copy/Mux not No Audio

[abs-praxis]

Thanx - so I try with these settings:

[menditsa]

I wouldn’t use svt-av1 if you going to process the video further after using stax.
Use either prores or FFV1 in a mov container.

svt-av1 is for final encoding.

[abs-praxis]

Thank you very much - this information is very valuable to me - I am not so familiar with these things. ProRes brings too much data to 90 minutes of video. Mov is more Apple - but I’ll be happy to use it with Windows 11. May I also ask which export settings I should choose for Topaz if I want to edit the video in Edius afterwards? Thank you once again, Peter

[Akila]

you can use the lossless FFV1 with avi or mkv format (default - avi). in my experience it generates smaller file size then ProRes.

[abs-praxis]

Thank you - but I cannot choose FFV1 in Topaz output…
I like to know what Topaz output format is usefull if I want to edit the video inEdius afterwords
Thanx for an answer

[menditsa]

FYI mov extension is also supported.

[menditsa]

locate video-encoders.json in C:\ProgramData\Topaz Labs LLC\Topaz Video AI\models
after the first [ you can add this below

{
“id”: “ffv1-8bit-420-win”,
“encoder”: “FFV1”,
“profile”: “8-bit (4:2:0)”,
“ffmpegOpts”: “-c:v ffv1 -coder 0 -context 0 -g 1 -level 3 -slices 4 -slicecrc 1 -pix_fmt yuv420p”,
“ext”: [
“mov”,
“mkv”
],
“transcode”: “pcm_s24le”,
“os”: “windows”,
“minSize”: [2,2],
“maxSize”: [8192,8192],
“maxBitDepth”: 8
},
{
“id”: “ffv1-8bit-422-win”,
“encoder”: “FFV1”,
“profile”: “8-bit (4:2:2)”,
“ffmpegOpts”: “-c:v ffv1 -coder 0 -context 0 -g 1 -level 3 -slices 4 -slicecrc 1 -pix_fmt yuv422p”,
“ext”: [
“mov”,
“mkv”
],
“transcode”: “pcm_s24le”,
“os”: “windows”,
“minSize”: [2,2],
“maxSize”: [8192,8192],
“maxBitDepth”: 8
},
{
“id”: “ffv1-8bit-444-win”,
“encoder”: “FFV1”,
“profile”: “8-bit (4:4:4)”,
“ffmpegOpts”: “-c:v ffv1 -coder 0 -context 0 -g 1 -level 3 -slices 4 -slicecrc 1 -pix_fmt yuv444p”,
“ext”: [
“mov”,
“mkv”
],
“transcode”: “pcm_s24le”,
“os”: “windows”,
“minSize”: [2,2],
“maxSize”: [8192,8192],
“maxBitDepth”: 8
},
{
“id”: “ffv1-10bit-422-win”,
“encoder”: “FFV1”,
“profile”: “10-bit (4:2:2)”,
“ffmpegOpts”: “-c:v ffv1 -coder 0 -context 0 -g 1 -level 3 -slices 4 -slicecrc 1 -pix_fmt yuv422p10le”,
“ext”: [
“mov”,
“mkv”
],
“transcode”: “pcm_s24le”,
“os”: “windows”,
“minSize”: [2,2],
“maxSize”: [8192,8192],
“maxBitDepth”: 10
},
{
“id”: “ffv1-10bit-444-win”,
“encoder”: “FFV1”,
“profile”: “10-bit (4:4:4)”,
“ffmpegOpts”: “-c:v ffv1 -coder 0 -context 0 -g 1 -level 3 -slices 4 -slicecrc 1 -pix_fmt yuv444p10le”,
“ext”: [
“mov”,
“mkv”
],
“transcode”: “pcm_s24le”,
“os”: “windows”,
“minSize”: [2,2],
“maxSize”: [8192,8192],
“maxBitDepth”: 10
},

[abs-praxis]

Thank you so much - can I copy this from your answer with all the spaces & lines to fill in at video-encoders-json?

[menditsa]

the file starts with [
you must add after this.

[Akila]

@abs-praxis

Thank you so much - can I copy this from your answer with all the spaces & lines to fill in at video-encoders-json?

you can download the script from my original post as a txt file. it also includes “mov”

[Tutorial] Adding Lossless (FFV1) codec in Video AI UI (v3.3.1 or above)

Hi all. Topaz changed the encoders UI starting from version 3.3.1. that also means they changed the “json” files structure. pre v3.3.1 , everything was under encoders.json file as a flat file. starting from v3.3.1 Topaz split the encoding into two separated files: video-encoders.json - everything to do with video codecs audio-codecs.json - everything to do with the transcoding / converting of audio (not relevant if selected in the UI “copy” audio) Both files are located at: %programdata…

[abs-praxis]

Thank you, but…
I’m not so familiar with these things - I think,it will be easier for me to use VP9 with .mkv for my Topaz output ( and Edius input).
Why is there no option for ffp1 to find in the updated Topaz app?

[Akila]

@abs-praxis

Why is there no option for ffp1 to find in the updated Topaz app?

No idea why.
But Topaz providing us with a relative easy facility to add codecs ourselves as we see fit (within the ffmpeg limitations of course).