FFMpeg commands for various video encoding

video_encode.sh

#    val vrTranscodeMp4Args = AppConfigLib.getConfig[String]("CONTENT_VERIFY_TRANSCODE_MP4_ARGS").getOrElse(
#        "-movflags faststart -c:v libx264 -s 1920x1080 -b:v 6M -c:a aac -b:a 128k -loglevel warning -y -nostats")

#      val vrTranscodeWebmArgs = AppConfigLib.getConfig[String]("CONTENT_VERIFY_TRANSCODE_WEBM_ARGS").getOrElse(
#        "-c:v libvpx -s 1920x1080 -crf 20 -b:v 6M -c:a libvorbis -slices 2 -threads 4 -loglevel warning -y -nostats")

#      val mvrTranscodeMp4Args = AppConfigLib.getConfig[String]("CONTENT_VERIFY_TRANSCODE_MVR_MP4_ARGS").getOrElse(
#        "-movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -profile:v main -level 4.1 -c:v libx264 -s 1280x720 -b:v 2M -c:a aac -b:a 128k -loglevel warning -y -nostats")

#      val mvrTranscodeWebmArgs = AppConfigLib.getConfig[String]("CONTENT_VERIFY_TRANSCODE_MVR_WEBM_ARGS").getOrElse(
#        "-c:v libvpx -s 1280x720 -crf 20 -b:v 4M -c:a libvorbis -slices 2 -threads 4 -loglevel warning -y -nostats")



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#### BELOW FROM BEFORE (2018?)
cd /tmp

echo;echo;echo '== h264 1100'
ffmpeg -y -i "$1" -movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx264 -b:v 1100k -pass 1 -c:a aac -b:a 128k -f mp4 /dev/null && \
ffmpeg -i "$1" -movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx264 -b:v 1100k -pass 2 -c:a aac -b:a 128k "$1--h264-1100.mp4"

echo;echo;echo '== h264 1600'
ffmpeg -y -i "$1" -movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx264 -b:v 1600k -pass 1 -c:a aac -b:a 128k -f mp4 /dev/null && \
ffmpeg -i "$1" -movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx264 -b:v 1600k -pass 2 -c:a aac -b:a 128k "$1--h264-1600.mp4"

echo;echo;echo '== h264 2200'
ffmpeg -y -i "$1" -movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx264 -b:v 2200k -pass 1 -c:a aac -b:a 128k -f mp4 /dev/null && \
ffmpeg -i "$1" -movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx264 -b:v 2200k -pass 2 -c:a aac -b:a 128k "$1--h264-2200.mp4"

echo;echo;echo '== h264 3600'
ffmpeg -y -i "$1" -movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx264 -b:v 3600k -pass 1 -c:a aac -b:a 128k -f mp4 /dev/null && \
ffmpeg -i "$1" -movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx264 -b:v 3600k -pass 2 -c:a aac -b:a 128k "$1--h264-3600.mp4"

#echo;echo;echo '== h265 1100'
#ffmpeg -y -i "$1" -movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx265 -b:v 1100k -x265-params pass=1 -c:a aac -b:a 128k -f mp4 /dev/null && \
#ffmpeg -i "$1" -movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx265 -b:v 1100k -x265-params pass=2 -c:a aac -b:a 128k "$1--h265-1100.mp4"
#
#echo;echo;echo '== h265 1600'
#ffmpeg -y -i "$1" -movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx265 -b:v 1600k -x265-params pass=1 -c:a aac -b:a 128k -f mp4 /dev/null && \
#ffmpeg -i "$1" -movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx265 -b:v 1600k -x265-params pass=2 -c:a aac -b:a 128k "$1--h265-1600.mp4"
#
#echo;echo;echo '== h265 2200'
#ffmpeg -y -i "$1" -movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx265 -b:v 2200k -x265-params pass=1 -c:a aac -b:a 128k -f mp4 /dev/null && \
#ffmpeg -i "$1" -movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx265 -b:v 2200k -x265-params pass=2 -c:a aac -b:a 128k "$1--h265-2200.mp4"
#
#echo;echo;echo '== h265 3600'
#ffmpeg -y -i "$1" -movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx265 -b:v 3600k -x265-params pass=1 -c:a aac -b:a 128k -f mp4 /dev/null && \
#ffmpeg -i "$1" -movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx265 -b:v 3600k -x265-params pass=2 -c:a aac -b:a 128k "$1--h265-2200.mp4"

#echo;echo;echo '== webm 1600avg'
#ffmpeg -i "$1" -c:v libvpx-vp9 -minrate 600k -b:v 1100k -maxrate 1400k "$1--webm-11avg.webm"
#
#echo;echo;echo '== webm 1600avg'
#ffmpeg -i "$1" -c:v libvpx-vp9 -minrate 1000k -b:v 1600k -maxrate 2000k "$1--webm-16avg.webm"
#
#ffmpeg -y -i "$1" -c:v libvpx-vp9 -b:v 1600k -pass 1 -speed 4 -c:a libopus -f webm /dev/null && \
#ffmpeg -y -i "$1" -c:v libvpx-vp9 -b:v 1600k -pass 2 -speed 1 -c:a libopus "$1--webm-1600.webm"
#
#ffmpeg -y -i "$1" -c:v libvpx-vp9 -b:v 2200k -pass 1 -speed 4 -c:a libopus -f webm /dev/null && \
#ffmpeg -y -i "$1" -c:v libvpx-vp9 -b:v 2200k -pass 2 -speed 1 -c:a libopus "$1--webm-2200.webm"
#
#ffmpeg -y -i "$1" -c:v libvpx-vp9 -b:v 3600k -pass 1 -speed 4 -c:a libopus -f webm /dev/null && \
#ffmpeg -y -i "$1" -c:v libvpx-vp9 -b:v 3600k -pass 2 -speed 1 -c:a libopus "$1--webm-3600.webm"

• H264 is good as above.

• VP9 is very slow to encode (0.002 x) ... could drop to VP8 instead ...

• H265 using the above commands doesn't work well in Quicktime/VLC (maybe need to check if pix_fmt yuv420p should be removed for H265)