[FFmpeg-user] What is the usage for -cgop/+cgop and -g options.

[Hongyi Zhao]

On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 10:52 AM pdr0 <pdr0 at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> Hongyi Zhao wrote
> > I noticed there are -cgop/+cgop and -g options used by ffmpeg. But I
> > really can't figure out the usage of them. Any hints will be highly
> > appreciated.
>
> -g is the maximum gop length (the maximum keyframe interval) . Some
> codecs/settings have adaptive GOP and I frame placement, but it will never
> exceed that value

I've tried to search through the whole source code repo and still
can't find any definitive explanation about this parameter.

> cgop is for specifying closed GOP

Same for this one.

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