How to use ffv1 codec for transcoding

[olafberg]

Hi,
the German "nestor" academic archive specialist group recommends the ffv1 codec for long term preservation usage of video footage (see: https://d-nb.info/1159746311/34). Also various websites recommend this and state that VLC can use the ffv1 codec out-of-the-box (e.g. http://download.das-werkstatt.com/pb/mt ... codec_ffv1 or https://www.mediathek.at/digitalisierun ... iathek-dt/). If I understand right the ffv1 codec is developed by the ffmpeg group and part of their codec bundle used in VLC.
But when trying to create a transcoding profile for nestor recommendations (mkv container, ffv1.3 encoding) I can select mkv as container, but I can not find the ffv1 codec for selection in the "video" tab. What am I missing? I tried under Ubuntu Linux 18.04lts with the distros version of vlc (3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1) and with the snap-store version 3.0.14 and under MacOS X 10.10 VLC media player 3.0.14.
Thanks for any advice
Best
Olaf

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

FFv1 is indeed not listed in the transcoding wizard. It is currently only accessible via the CLI.