How to specify audio and video bitrate
Problem
I have a mov file with the following media information: And I would like to use FFmpeg to convert that MOV file to an AVI file. I know i can specify audio and video bit rate (from this article): But for my case, if I want to keep the original quality, what should be my audio and video bit rate?
Error Output
Stream 0 Type: Video Codec: H264-MPEG-4 AVC (part 10)avc1 Language: English Resolution: 1280x720 Frame rate: 24 Stream 1 Type: Audio Codec: MPEG AAC Audio (mp4a) Language: English Channels: Stereo Sample rate: 44100HZ
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Fix for: How to specify audio and video bitrate
In order to specify the target bitrate for video and audio, use the and options, respectively. You can use abbreviations like for kBit/s and for MBit/s. For example: But before you just run it like this, note the following: This is a simple one-pass encode that tries to reach the specified bitrate at the end. This will likely lead to wrong bitrate estimations for the video part — and the final file size may be off. The output quality might be bad. It's recommended to use a two-pass encoding mod…
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