[FFmpeg-user] CRF and Preset in H265, am I loosing it?

2020-05-02 Thread Bouke / VideoToolShed
I’ve always thought that setting -crf [x] determines the output quality, while (in the same line) -preset [x] affected the output file size. (Where faster speeds result in bigger output files at the same quality. But now this: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.265

Re: [FFmpeg-user] Problem with recorded YouTube stream

2020-05-02 Thread Carl Zwanzig
On 5/1/2020 3:18 PM, H wrote: So you are saying that despite knowing the settings youtube-dl used when recording the file, it is not possible to use that knowledge when using ffmpeg to play the file back (barring damage while recording the file which I have no evidence for)? You may know certain

[FFmpeg-user] Using -bitexact option to avoid File Explorer bug when creating Matroska files

2020-05-02 Thread Rick Maschmann
I discovered and logged a bug with Windows File Explorer related to the matroska files and the metadata fields "Data rate" (for video track) and "Bit rate" (for audio track). The matroska muxer generates a random number for Track UID and when that number happens to be greater than the max

Re: [FFmpeg-user] Using -bitexact option to avoid File Explorer bug when creating Matroska files

2020-05-02 Thread Carl Eugen Hoyos
Am Sa., 2. Mai 2020 um 23:16 Uhr schrieb Rick Maschmann : > > I discovered and logged a bug with Windows File Explorer related to the > matroska files and the metadata fields "Data rate" (for video track) and "Bit > rate" (for audio track). The matroska muxer generates a random number for >