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Detect full or limited range and alpha mode with FFmpeg colordetect

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For editors and technical checkers who need to know whether a clip is full or limited range and whether its alpha is straight or premultiplied. You end with a determination you can use to tag or convert the clip. Based on the FFmpeg manual and not run; the manual does not say where the result is reported.

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Detect full or limited range and alpha mode with FFmpeg colordetect

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For editors and technical checkers who need to know whether a clip is full or limited range and whether its alpha is straight or premultiplied. You end with a determination you can use to tag or convert the clip. Based on the FFmpeg manual and not run; the manual does not say where the result is reported.

Example

A hypothetical camera clip mis-tagged as limited range, checked with the filter; nothing was run, so no result was seen.

Useful starting points

  • A clip that shows nothing may simply stay inside the limited range or have no alpha, which can be the true answer.
  • A short or dark clip may not reveal full range, so test a longer sample.
  • If a false full-range result appears, try raising the threshold so more clear evidence is required.
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