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I've always said ffmpeg is one of the new wonders of the world. It powers so much, is so complex, so irreplaceable. It's crazy we get to enjoy it for free. I us

I've always said ffmpeg is one of the new wonders of the world. It powers so much, is so complex, so irreplaceable. It's crazy we get to enjoy it for free. I use it to encode my movies and tv shows to AV1/720p. & $ffmpegPath -i $_.FullName -r 23.976 -vf scale=1280:720 -c:v libsvtav1 -pix_fmt yuv420p10le -crf 30 -preset 10 -g 300 -c:a libopus -b:a 96k -ac 2 -c:s copy -map 0 $destPath

SoothingSorbet 3y ago
It's also a testament to the power of open source software. ffmpeg is in a significant amount of software touching audio/video in some way, and we are all enriched because everyone is free to use it.
- RGamma 3y ago
  Obvious xkcd 2347 mention
bharathyes 3y ago
why AV1 in 720p ? is it just for watcking in smaller devices or for archiving too? isnt AV1 encoders still very slow compared to h265 ?
- chalupa-man 3y ago
  The preferred AV1 encoder that ships with ffmpeg, SVT-AV1, is faster than any software H.265 encoder now. You can encode 1080p video in real time at preset 6 (the equivalent of 'medium' -- presets are on a scale from 0 to 13) on a $120 desktop CPU.
brnt 3y ago
Why AV1? I convert much to 720p PS3 compliant H264, for maximum device compatibility. I take an external drive with these files with me when I travel, and in 99% of the cases plugging it into hotel TVs just works.
- sergiotapia 3y ago
  I only play these files on my second monitor as background noise when I'm coding boring stuff. Day of The Dead is 696MB, and looks great on my monitor. https://files.catbox.moe/cm88w0.jpg https://files.catbox.moe/cm88w0.jpg I don't need more for this use case. 577 movies so far, at 466GB! God bless the AV1 team!
  - brnt 3y ago
    He he, I have a secret aversion to movies exceeding 1GB :) I know what you mean! I wonder what video fidelity I would gain moving to something more modern. It's just really convenient being able to playback anywhere.
    - Dylan16807 3y ago
      > I wonder what video fidelity I would gain moving to something more modern. At the very least, 1080p instead of 720p.
- Nihilartikel 3y ago
  I've found av1 and h265 handle some things better than h264 at almost any bitrate. Usually around film grain compression.

SoothingSorbet 3y ago

It's also a testament to the power of open source software. ffmpeg is in a significant amount of software touching audio/video in some way, and we are all enriched because everyone is free to use it.

RGamma 3y ago
Obvious xkcd 2347 mention

bharathyes 3y ago

why AV1 in 720p ? is it just for watcking in smaller devices or for archiving too? isnt AV1 encoders still very slow compared to h265 ?

chalupa-man 3y ago
The preferred AV1 encoder that ships with ffmpeg, SVT-AV1, is faster than any software H.265 encoder now. You can encode 1080p video in real time at preset 6 (the equivalent of 'medium' -- presets are on a scale from 0 to 13) on a $120 desktop CPU.

brnt 3y ago

Why AV1? I convert much to 720p PS3 compliant H264, for maximum device compatibility. I take an external drive with these files with me when I travel, and in 99% of the cases plugging it into hotel TVs just works.

sergiotapia 3y ago
I only play these files on my second monitor as background noise when I'm coding boring stuff. Day of The Dead is 696MB, and looks great on my monitor. https://files.catbox.moe/cm88w0.jpg https://files.catbox.moe/cm88w0.jpg I don't need more for this use case. 577 movies so far, at 466GB! God bless the AV1 team!
- brnt 3y ago
  He he, I have a secret aversion to movies exceeding 1GB :) I know what you mean! I wonder what video fidelity I would gain moving to something more modern. It's just really convenient being able to playback anywhere.
  - Dylan16807 3y ago
    > I wonder what video fidelity I would gain moving to something more modern. At the very least, 1080p instead of 720p.
Nihilartikel 3y ago
I've found av1 and h265 handle some things better than h264 at almost any bitrate. Usually around film grain compression.