Rob Wrote: >Is there a reason it needs to be preserved as '4K', specifically?
I would like this to be the final storage of the Family video. I record all my daughters and most of the family events in the highest quality I have access to. I would like to preserve this for as long as humanly possible. For her grandkids to see on the old fashioned TV's from way back in the 2030's.... 😊 >Perhaps those watching are more interested in the content, and would be >pleased to see it in 1080p or 720p , rather than potentially more data-hungry >4K. You are correct, I want to save everything in as close to original as possible for as long as possible, see above. >I would suggest figuring out what the throughput is from whatever your origin >(eg Plex server at home) is to whatever your endpoint is (eg grandma's >player), and target output bitrate accordingly. I would also suggest leaving a >bit >of overhead in that figure. FIOS Fiber 1Gb Up/Down - Granny is 100Mb down and I believe 25Mb up >You can operate ffmpeg on video segments shorter than the entire file time. >This is a useful way of testing changes and creating previews. Yes - I was testing on short 10 - 100 second samples. After deciding on a script, I was not satisfied with the end result and wasted 2 days encoding. _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
