Objective: To get the highest quality transcode possible specifically focused on ProRes film transfers.

Resources:

4K ProRes 422HQ

2K ProRes 422HQ

4K smartTV Samsung

Current Myffmpeg and ffmpeg

Results:

422 does not seem to work with myffmpeg – error
If 16:9 is not specified, then the TV shows a 4:3 with black bars
4K, 4096x2160, only works once on the TV and then the TV shows black screen
- Turning TV off and on makes it work again…only once more
- Audio works
H265 does not seem to work
What does work:
- 16x9
- H264
- AAC
- UHD 3840x2160
- 2048x1536
- MP4
AVI and MKV are supposed to work….but could not get one working maybe due to the combination of other items.

MyFFmpeg parameters:

These parameters seem to work fine with our 4K TV: