Changes between Version 35 and Version 36 of Encode/H.264

Timestamp:

Jan 23, 2013, 12:14:55 AM (14 years ago)

Author:

llogan

Comment:

use full help option; 8-bit vs 10-bit lossless crf values; mention lossless compatibility; remove confusing bit depth section, will eventually address that better

Encode/H.264

@@ -59 +59 @@
 
 == Lossless H.264 ==
-You can use `-qp 0` or `-crf 0` to encode a lossless output.  Two useful presets for this are `ultrafast` or `veryslow` since either a fast encoding speed or best compression are usually the most important factors.
+You can use `-qp 0` or `-crf 0` to encode a lossless output. Use of `-qp` is recommended over `-crf` for lossless because 8-bit and 10-bit x264 use different `-crf` values for lossless.  Two useful presets for this are `ultrafast` or `veryslow` since either a fast encoding speed or best compression are usually the most important factors. Most non-FFmpeg based players will not be able to decode lossless, so if compatibility is an issue you should not use lossless.
 
 === Lossless Example (fastest encoding) ===
@@ -74 +74 @@
 }}}
 
-=== Bit Depth ===
-
-You can get 10 bit output by compiling libx264 with its "10 bit" configure option set, then linking your ffmpeg against that.  Then use libx264 -profile high10 or the like.  In order to get high444 profile, you'd have to make sure to pass it yuv422 type input.
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 == Overwriting default preset settings ==
 
-You can overwrite default preset settings with the `x264opts` option or by using the libx264 private options (see `libx264 AVOptions` in `ffmpeg -h`).  This is not recommended unless you know what you are doing. The presets were created by the x264 developers and tweaking values to get a better output is usually a waste of time.
+You can overwrite default preset settings with the `x264opts` option or by using the libx264 private options (see `libx264 AVOptions` in `ffmpeg -h full`).  This is not recommended unless you know what you are doing. The presets were created by the x264 developers and tweaking values to get a better output is usually a waste of time.
 
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