[FFmpeg-user] Convert flv to mp4. Bad video quality

Gyan Doshi ffmpeg at gyani.pro
Fri May 28 19:03:28 EEST 2021



On 2021-05-28 21:19, Michael Koch wrote:
> Am 28.05.2021 um 17:18 schrieb Carl Eugen Hoyos:
>> This is (nearly) completely wrong:
>> 9 is still high quality, highest compression happens at a much higher 
>> value.
>> Old MEncoder documentation recommends not use a value lower than 2, 
>> sane values start between 5 and 10.
>
> This is an important information and should be added to the 
> documentation.
> The -q option is missing in chapter 16.16.1 in ffmpeg-all.html

16.16.1 is libxvid which is an external MPEG-4 Part 2 encoder,. The OP 
specified the native encoder, which isn't documented and is fairly low 
on my list.

Regards,
Gyan


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