I am trying to encode a video to webm for playing through a HTML5 video tag. I have these settings...
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libvpx-vp9 -b:a 128k -b:v 1M -c:a libopus output.webm
The results aren't great, video has lost lot's of it's sharpness. Looking at the original file I can see the bitrate is 1694kb/s.
Are there any settings I can add or change to improve the output? Would maybe a 2 pass encode improve things?
Try with
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libvpx-vp9 -crf 30 -b:v 0 -b:a 128k -c:a libopus output.webm
Adjust the CRF value till the quality/size tradeoff is ok. Lower values produce bigger but better files.
Try to run two passes:
ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -b:v 0 -crf 30 -pass 1 -an -f webm -y /dev/null
ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -b:v 0 -crf 30 -pass 2 output.webm
From - https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/VP9
Related
I have a couple videos that I want to encode to vp8 for video and Vorbis for audio. This is the FFmpeg command I'm currently using:
ffmpeg -y -i input.mp4 -map 0:v:0 -s 640x360 -filter:v fps=20 -c:v libvpx -crf 10 -b:v 200k -map 0:a:0 -b:a 48k -c:a libvorbis output.webm
I want to have control over output file size and limit it to 3MB without clipping the video, but instead, lose quality. so I cant use -fs 3MB.
How can I determine the file size based on video and audio bitrates and duration?
How can I limit the file size without clipping?
Example for 10 second input with an output just under 3 MB output:
3 MB * 8000 / 10 seconds - 48kb audio bitrate - 1% muxing overhead = -b:v 2328k
Encode with two passes when targeting specific output file size:
ffmpeg -y -i input.mp4 -map 0:v:0 -filter:v "scale=640:360,fps=20" -c:v libvpx -b:v 2328k -pass 1 output.webm
ffmpeg -y -i input.mp4 -map 0:v:0 -filter:v "scale=640:360,fps=20" -c:v libvpx -b:v 2328k -map 0:a:0 -c:a libvorbis -b:a 48k -pass 2 output.webm
See:
Get duration with ffprobe
FFmpeg Wiki: VP8
I can't seem to understand how to make the conversion lossless (or at least visually lossless)? The outputs have some fast moving parts at times, and the output would become blocky; I would like to keep it as lossless as possible, while still maintaining some compression. What would I have to tweak at the command line? Thanks you~
ffmpeg -c:v libvpx-vp9 -i in.webm -c:v libvpx -vf scale=400:416,hue=h=45:s=1 -auto-alt-ref 0 out.webm
According to FFmpeg Wiki: VP9, "two-pass is the recommended encoding method for libvpx-vp9 as some quality-enhancing encoder features are only available in 2-pass mode". Example of your command:
ffmpeg -c:v libvpx-vp9 -i in.webm -c:v libvpx-vp9 -vf scale=400:416,hue=h=45:s=1 -b:v 0 -crf 30 -pass 1 -an -f null /dev/null
ffmpeg -c:v libvpx-vp9 -i in.webm -c:v libvpx-vp9 -vf scale=400:416,hue=h=45:s=1 -b:v 0 -crf 30 -pass 2 -c:a copy output.webm
The CRF value can be from 0–63. Lower values mean better quality. Recommended values range from 15–35, with 31 being recommended for 1080p HD video. For more info see Google - Getting Started with VP9.
I´m working on a webcam-project. It is for generating timelapse videos of sunset/sundown.
I´m using a raspberrypi to generate them with gphoto2 + DSLR.
At the end of the day the images should get to an video, with audio and an overlay logo.
And it should be scaled to 1920 pixel.
I got a nice solution an it worked.
Producing the timelapse video an scale it:
ffmpeg -y -framerate 25 -start_number 0000001 -i /var/www/html/webcam/2020-01-05_bilder/%7d.jpg -vf scale=1920:-1 -pix_fmt yuv420p /var/www/html/webcam/2020-01-05-tag-output-1920.mp4
Taking the output of (1) and add an overlay-logo, add audio
ffmpeg -y -i '/var/www/html/webcam/2020-01-05-tag-output-1920.mp4'
-i '/var/www/html/webcam-scripts/graphics/logo.png'
-i '/var/www/html/webcam-scripts/sounds/chill_time_5.mp3'
-shortest -filter_complex '[1][0]scale2ref=h=ow/mdar:w=iw/6[#A logo][liebfrauen]; [#A logo]format=argb,colorchannelmixer=aa=0.95[#B logo transparent]; [liebfrauen][#B logo transparent] overlay=(main_w-w)-(main_w*0.05):(main_h-h)-(main_h*0.01)'
-c:v libx264 -crf 18 -preset slow -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a aac -strict -2
'/var/www/html/webcam/2020-01-05-tag-1920.mp4
I tried to combine both actions, but I get an error:
ffmpeg -y -framerate 25 -start_number 0000001 -i '/var/www/html/webcam/2020-01-05_bilder/%7d.jpg' -vf scale=1920:-1 -pix_fmt yuv420p -i '/var/www/html/webcam-scripts/graphics/logo.png' -i '/var/www/html/webcam-scripts/sounds/chill_time_5.mp3' -shortest -filter_complex '[1][0]scale2ref=h=ow/mdar:w=iw/6[#A logo][liebfrauen]; [#A logo]format=argb,colorchannelmixer=aa=0.95[#B logo transparent]; [liebfrauen][#B logo transparent] overlay=(main_w-w)-(main_w*0.05):(main_h-h)-(main_h*0.01)' -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -preset slow -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a aac -strict -2 '/var/www/html/webcam/2020-01-05-tag-1920.mp4'
Error: Filtergraph 'scale=720:-1' was specified through the -vf/-af/-filter option for output stream 0:0, which is fed from a complex filtergraph.
-vf/-af/-filter and -filter_complex cannot be used together for the same stream.
Isn`t it possible to combine these inputs and scale it? Or ... Where is my misunderstanding?
Don't mix -vf and -filter_complex. Do all filtering in one filtergraph.
ffmpeg -y -framerate 25 -i '/var/www/html/webcam/2020-01-05_bilder/%7d.jpg' -i '/var/www/html/webcam-scripts/graphics/logo.png' -i '/var/www/html/webcam-scripts/sounds/chill_time_5.mp3' -filter_complex '[0]scale=1920:-2[v0];[1][v0]scale2ref=h=ow/mdar:w=iw/6[#A logo][liebfrauen]; [#A logo]format=argb,colorchannelmixer=aa=0.95[#B logo transparent]; [liebfrauen][#B logo transparent] overlay=(main_w-w)-(main_w*0.05):(main_h-h)-(main_h*0.01),format=yuv420p' -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -preset slow -c:a aac -shortest '/var/www/html/webcam/2020-01-05-tag-1920.mp4'
No need for -strict -2. It does nothing for modern ffmpeg.
I replaced -pix_fmt yuv420p with format=yuv420p so it is more organized.
-start_number 0000001 is not needed because 1 is the default.
THE INPUT FILES
An overlay image that has is being updated every 5 seconds by a Python script
A small MP4 file that will be looped by a concat input
An MP3 file as audio source
THE COMMAND (UPDATED)
This is the command I'm currently using to combine and stream the inputs.
ffmpeg -re -i music.mp3 -f concat -i videoincludes.txt
-r 1 -loop 1 -f image2 -i overlay.png
-c:v libx264 -c:a aac -shortest -crf 23 -pix_fmt yuv420p
-maxrate 2500k -bufsize 2500k -preset ultrafast -r 30 -g 60 -b:v 2000k -b:a 192k -ar 44100
-filter_complex "[1:v][2:v] overlay=0:0" -map 0:a -strict -2
-f flv rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/{key}
Als tried using -framerate 1 instead of -r 1
THE ISSUE
So the issue is that the image doesn't always update. Sometimes it does update every couple seconds at the start but it stops updating after 10-20 seconds without any difference in log output and sometimes it just doesn't update.
I can however confirm that the image is being updated by the Python script but FFmpeg is just not picking this up.
I read setting the input format of the image to image2 should allow it to update so I am not sure what is wrong or what I can do to improve it.
I'm working on the same task, and finally, I think, I found the answer.
Because streams different from each other we must reset their timestamps with setpts=PTS-STARTPTS to have them begin in the same zero timestamp . And, also, try to use image2pipe instead of image2.
This is your code with timestamp reset:
ffmpeg -re -i music.mp3 -f concat -i videoincludes.txt
-r 1 -loop 1 -f image2pipe -i overlay.png
-c:v libx264 -c:a aac -shortest -crf 23 -pix_fmt yuv420p
-maxrate 2500k -bufsize 2500k -preset ultrafast -r 30 -g 60 -b:v 2000k -b:a 192k -ar 44100
-filter_complex "[1:v]setpts=PTS-STARTPTS[out_main]; [2:v]setpts=PTS-STARTPTS[out_overlay]; [out_main][out_overlay]overlay=0:0" -map 0:a -strict -2
-f flv rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/{key}
p.s and I think, there is no need in -r or -framerate anymore
This code works fine for some audio files (makes a slideshow of JPG pictures with a PNG watermark and MP3 audio, while maintaining aspect ratio) but for this audio file, the pictures are not showing for the first two seconds or so of the video:
ffmpeg -y -framerate 1/12 -i "media/%03d.jpg" -i "media/audio.mp3" -loop 1 -i "media/watermark.png" -filter_complex "[0:v]scale=iw*min(3840/iw\,2160/ih):ih*min(3840/iw\,2160/ih), pad=3840:2160:(3840-iw)/2:(2160-ih)/2[ss]; [ss][2:v] overlay=main_w-overlay_w-10:main_h-overlay_h-10:shortest=1[out]" -map "[out]" -map 1:a -c:v libx264 -r 24 -preset veryfast -tune stillimage -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a copy -map_metadata -1 "media/video.mkv" -report
I tried converting the audio into different formats of MP3, tried changing bitrates, changed audio to stereo, and even tried converting it to a WAV. None of these things worked.
Here are the report results for when I run this command.
If it makes a difference, I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and FFmpeg version N-77455-g4707497 (latest version).
This command should work, but I consider this bizarre behaviour as FFmpeg should be automatically padding frames as per output spec
ffmpeg -y -framerate 1/12 -i "media/%03d.jpg" -i "media/audio.mp3" -loop 1 -i "media/watermark.png" -filter_complex "[0:v]scale=iw*min(3840/iw\,2160/ih):ih*min(3840/iw\,2160/ih), pad=3840:2160:(3840-iw)/2:(2160-ih)/2,fps=24[ss]; [ss][2:v] overlay=main_w-overlay_w-10:main_h-overlay_h-10:shortest=1[out]" -map "[out]" -map 1:a -c:v libx264 -r 24 -preset veryfast -tune stillimage -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a copy -map_metadata -1 "media/video.mkv"