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ffmpeg compress video to MP4
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| ffmpeg -i input.mov -c:v libx264 -maxrate 20000k -bufsize 3000k -pix_fmt yuv420p -crf 24 out.mp4 | |
| # see here https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.264 | |
| # -pix_fmt may not be necessary but I use it sometimes for backwards compatibility. | |
| # -bufsize tells ffmpeg how often to check that bitrate is at the requested rate | |
| # -crf is not necessary but can get videos really small if set >30 (at the expense of quality) |
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