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Cheat Sheets And Presets-settings That Actually Work With FFmpeg 1.0?

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Answer : FFmpeg does not include text file based presets and profiles anymore for libx264, i.e. what you've used with the -vpre option. These have been depreciated and removed in favor of accessing the actual x264 presets, profiles (and tunes) with the -preset , -profile:v , and -tune options. The old text files only emulated the official x264 presets and profiles, and due to several limitations could not offer full functionality that the new system provides. It is also much easier to maintain. Additionally, many encoders have their own separate options; also called "private options". You will have to look into the audio and video encoder options for common codecs in the FFmpeg online documentation, or check the output of ffmpeg -h full for a complete list of supported options. For example, x264 lists its options under libx264 AVOptions in the full help output. If your ffmpeg supports -preset then any text file presets should not be used, and FFmpeg no longer ...