I have made another working ffmpeg command line without "-target pal-dv50" as seen below, and tried here to make a video preset for CinGG , but got errors and have questions: A related example: Is it a reason why Cingg preset for DVD doesn't use "-target pal-dvd" that I have used with ffmpeg before? dv50_pal.mov mov dvvideo # cin_pix_fmt=yuv422p # cin_scale=720x576 # r=50 Shift P: FFMPEG mov Audio wrench enabled first: Didn't find simple pcm_s16le and tried dnxhr_pcm_s16.mov, but got mismatch and disabled it Video wrench: dv50p.mov Video4Linux /dev/video0 50 frames to record at a time 720 x 576 50.000 frame reate for recording r(ecording) Start record: cin Cinelerra Infinity - built: May 18 2025 05:16:59 ........ DeviceV4L2Base::v4l2_open pixels="YUYV"; res="1920x1080 1600x1200 1360x768 1280x1024 1280x960 1280x720 1024x768 800x600 720x576 720x480 640x480" v4l2 s_fmt 720x576 YUYV DeviceV4L2Base::v4l2_open VIDIOC_S_STD: Inappropriate ioctl for device int FFMPEG::init_encoder(const char*): mismatch audio/video file format: /home/terje/Videos//DV50p_pal.mov DeviceV4L2Base::v4l2_open pixels="YUYV"; res="1920x1080 1600x1200 1360x768 1280x1024 1280x960 1280x720 1024x768 800x600 720x576 720x480 640x480" v4l2 s_fmt 720x576 YUYV DeviceV4L2Base::v4l2_open VIDIOC_S_STD: Inappropriate ioctl for device [AVFormatContext @ 0x7f6aa81d0080] Requested output format 'dv50p_pal.mov' is not known. int FFMPEG::init_encoder(const char*): failed: /home/terje/Videos//DV50p_pal.mov DeviceV4L2Base::v4l2_open pixels="YUYV"; res="1920x1080 1600x1200 1360x768 1280x1024 1280x960 1280x720 1024x768 800x600 720x576 720x480 640x480" v4l2 s_fmt 720x576 YUYV DeviceV4L2Base::v4l2_open VIDIOC_S_STD: Inappropriate ioctl for device [AVFormatContext @ 0x7f6aa81ad0c0] Requested output format 'dv50p_pal.mov' is not known. int FFMPEG::init_encoder(const char*): failed: /home/terje/Videos//DV50p_pal.mov DeviceV4L2Base::v4l2_open pixels="YUYV"; res="1920x1080 1600x1200 1360x768 1280x1024 1280x960 1280x720 1024x768 800x600 720x576 720x480 640x480" v4l2 s_fmt 720x576 YUYV -------------------- ffmpeg -hide_banner -f v4l2 -i /dev/video0 -f alsa -ch_layout stereo -i hw:CARD=UHD,DEV=0 -c:v dvvideo -vf scale=720x576 -r 50 -c:a copy -t 10 -f mov dv_r50+pcm.mov Input #0, video4linux2,v4l2, from '/dev/video0': Duration: N/A, start: 538.465207, bitrate: 1990656 kb/s Stream #0:0: Video: rawvideo (YUY2 / 0x32595559), yuyv422, 1920x1080, 1990656 kb/s, 60 fps, 60 tbr, 1000k tbn Input #1, alsa, from 'hw:CARD=UHD,DEV=0': Duration: N/A, start: 1749738351.392999, bitrate: 1536 kb/s Stream #1:0: Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (rawvideo (native) -> dvvideo (native)) Stream #1:0 -> #0:1 (copy) Press [q] to stop, [?] for help [dvvideo @ 0x7f2298705c80] Only top-left chroma location is supported in DV, input value is: unspecified ---- frame= 476 fps= 50 q=-0.0 size= 135168KiB time=00:00:09.50 bitrate=116553.7kbits/s dup=0 drop=94 speed= 1x [out#0/mov @ 0x55b8598e3700] video:140625KiB audio:1875KiB subtitle:0KiB other streams:0KiB global headers:0KiB muxing overhead: 0.026882% frame= 500 fps= 50 q=-0.0 Lsize= 142539KiB time=00:00:10.00 bitrate=116767.6kbits/s dup=0 drop=98 speed=0.999x -------- du -sh dv* 140M dv_50M+pcm.mov 140M dv_r50_50M+pcm.mov 140M dv_r50+pcm.mov ----- ffprobe -hide_banner dv_r50+pcm.mov Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'dv_r50+pcm.mov': Metadata: major_brand : qt minor_version : 512 compatible_brands: qt encoder : Lavf61.7.100 Duration: 00:00:10.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 116749 kb/s Stream #0:0[0x1]: Video: dvvideo (dv5p / 0x70357664), yuv422p(progressive), 720x576 [SAR 16:15 DAR 4:3], 57600 kb/s, 50 fps, 50 tbr, 12800 tbn (default) Metadata: handler_name : VideoHandler vendor_id : FFMP encoder : Lavc61.19.101 dvvideo Stream #0:1[0x2]: Audio: pcm_s16le (sowt / 0x74776F73), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s (default) Metadata: handler_name : SoundHandler vendor_id : [0][0][0][0 -------------- mediainfo dv_r50+pcm.mov General Complete name : dv_r50+pcm.mov Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : QuickTime Codec ID : qt 0000.02 (qt ) File size : 139 MiB Duration : 10 s 2 ms Overall bit rate mode : Constant Overall bit rate : 117 Mb/s Frame rate : 50.000 FPS Writing application : Lavf61.7.100 Video ID : 1 Format : DV Codec ID : dv5p Duration : 10 s 0 ms Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 24.4 Mb/s Width : 720 pixels Height : 576 pixels Display aspect ratio : 4:3 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 50.000 FPS Original frame rate : 25.000 FPS Standard : PAL Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Original scan type : Interlaced Original scan order : Bottom Field First Compression mode : Lossy Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.179 Stream size : 29.1 MiB (21%) Writing library : Lavc61.19.101 dvvideo Audio ID : 2 Format : PCM Format settings : Little / Signed Codec ID : sowt Duration : 10 s 2 ms Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 1 536 kb/s Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel layout : L R Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Bit depth : 16 bits Stream size : 1.83 MiB (1%) Default : Yes Alternate group : 1