[FFmpeg-user] Recommended x.264 preset for live x.264 encoding

Stas Oskin stas.oskin at gmail.com
Mon Feb 13 01:21:59 CET 2012


Hi.

 ultrafast is the fastest.
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>> Thanks, but this one seems to create High profile type, not play-able on
>> mobiles.
>>
>> A lot of mobile devices have a limit to the bitrate of the video they can
> play. Ultrafast give minimal compression but high bitrate but also requires
> less processing power to decode.
>
> Using ultrafast, you can reduce the quality using qp=<value>, reducing
> resolution matters more to reduce the bitrate.
>
> Another alternative, you may use superfast, fast etc...
>
>
Thanks for the advice, I would love to give it a try, but it seems that
after recent clean-up there are no longer such presets available in tree.
Rather there are new preset format now in the "preset" tree.

So is it safe to use "old" presets, or anything new can be suggested?

Thanks again.


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