Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of TheoraVorbisEncodingGuide

Timestamp:

Jun 12, 2014, 7:03:30 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

llogan

Comment:

add VP8 note

TheoraVorbisEncodingGuide

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-= Theora and Vorbis Encoding Guide =
+= A Brief Theora and Vorbis Encoding Guide =
 
-The Theora video format, Vorbis audio format, and Ogg container format were developed by [http://xiph.org/ Xiph.org] as free and open-source media formats. FFmpeg can create these formats by using the external encoding libraries libtheora and libvorbis.
+The Theora video format, Vorbis audio format, and Ogg container formats were developed by [http://xiph.org/ Xiph.org] as free and open-source media formats. `ffmpeg` can create these formats by using the external encoding libraries libtheora and libvorbis.
 
-To use these encoders make sure your ffmpeg build has been compiled with `--enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis` or see the output of `ffmpeg -codecs`. If you want to compile ffmpeg to support these encoders see the various [[CompilationGuide|FFmpeg Compilation Guides]] for detailed instructions.
+To use these encoders make sure your `ffmpeg` build has been compiled with `--enable-libtheora` and `--enable-libvorbis`, or refer to the output of `ffmpeg -codecs`. If you want to compile `ffmpeg` to support these encoders see the various [[CompilationGuide|FFmpeg Compilation Guides]] for detailed instructions.
 
-libvorbis is usually recommended over the experimental, native FFmpeg Vorbis audio encoder (`-codec:a vorbis -strict experimental`) since it does not provide comparable quality to libvorbis.
+libvorbis (`-codec:a libvorbis`) is recommended over the very experimental, native FFmpeg Vorbis audio encoder (`-codec:a vorbis -strict experimental`) since it does not provide comparable quality to libvorbis.
+
+{{{
+#!div style="border: 1pt dotted; margin: 1em; background-color: #fffff9;"
+'''Note:''' More modern alternatives like VP8 can often provide better video quality at a lower bitrate. See the [[Encode/VP8|FFmpeg and VP8 Encoding Guide]].
+}}}
 
 == Variable Bitrate (VBR) ==
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 * `-qscale:a` – audio quality. Range is 0–10, where 10 is highest quality. 3–6 is a good range to try. Default is `-qscale:a 3`.
 
-'''Note:'''  if you omit `-codec:a libvorbis` then ffmpeg will default to the native FFmpeg flac audio encoder for ogg/ogv output container.
+{{{
+#!div style="border: 1pt dotted; margin: 1em; background-color: #fffff9;"
+'''Note:''' If you omit `-codec:a libvorbis` then the native flac audio encoder will be used by default for the ogg/ogv output container.
+}}}
 
 == Other Resources ==
 * [http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Ogg_Vorbis#Recommended_Encoder_Settings Hydrogen Audio: Recommended Vorbis Encoder Settings]
-
-{{{#!comment
-Add HTML5 video info.
-}}}