Encode TIFF image using H.265 (HEVC) codec

Question

Is it possible to encode image within TIFF file using HEVC codec?

Command:

./TAppEncoderStatic -i cubeImag.tif -wdt 1296 -hgt 1296 -cf 400 -fr 1 -f 1 -c ../cfg/encoder_intra_main_rext.cfg

But I am unable to do it. Any ideas?

Answer 1

I believe TAppEncoderStatic is the JVM HEVC Reference Encoder. From what I remember, reference encoders expect the input to be in YUV format. In order to encode TIFF using HEVC codec, I recommend to do the following

1. Decode TIFF Image to YUV. You can use ffmpeg with the following command

   ffmpeg -i input.tiff -f rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p output.yuv

2. Encode YUV using JVM Encoder.