[FFmpeg-user] VBR Encoding with libopus

Werner Robitza werner.robitza at gmail.com
Sun Feb 10 22:40:13 CET 2013


libopus lets us supply -vbr with the values "off", "on" and "constrained".
In the latter two modes, how does one choose the quality level?

-q:a does not seem to have any effect, and Opus falls back to 96 kBit/s.
Without any option other than -vbr on, it also uses CBR encoding.

Furthermore, the source code (
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/master/libavcodec/libopusenc.c)
mentions a "compression_level" option, but how can I set this as a user?

-----------
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -c:a libopus -vn -vbr on out.opus
ffmpeg version 1.1.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Feb  8 2013 22:55:29 with Apple LLVM version 4.2
(clang-425.0.24) (based on LLVM 3.2svn)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/1.1.2 --enable-shared
--enable-pthreads --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-nonfree
--enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-avresample --cc=cc --host-cflags=
--host-ldflags= --enable-libx264 --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame
--enable-libxvid --enable-libfreetype --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis
--enable-libvpx --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb
--enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-ffplay --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libopus
--enable-libopenjpeg
--extra-cflags='-I/usr/local/Cellar/openjpeg/1.5.1/include/openjpeg-1.5 '
  libavutil      52. 13.100 / 52. 13.100
  libavcodec     54. 86.100 / 54. 86.100
  libavformat    54. 59.106 / 54. 59.106
  libavdevice    54.  3.102 / 54.  3.102
  libavfilter     3. 32.100 /  3. 32.100
  libswscale      2.  1.103 /  2.  1.103
  libswresample   0. 17.102 /  0. 17.102
  libpostproc    52.  2.100 / 52.  2.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'in.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    creation_time   : 2012-01-08 11:16:19
    encoder         : Lavf53.24.0
  Duration: 00:03:31.58, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2359 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p,
1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 2229 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 50 tbc
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2012-01-08 11:16:19
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo,
fltp, 125 kb/s
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2012-01-08 11:16:19
      handler_name    : SoundHandler
[libopus @ 0x7f8eb383a000] No bit rate set. Defaulting to 96000 bps.
Output #0, ogg, to 'out.opus':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    encoder         : Lavf54.59.106
    Stream #0:0(eng): Audio: opus, 48000 Hz, stereo, flt, 96 kb/s
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2012-01-08 11:16:19
      handler_name    : SoundHandler
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:0 (aac -> libopus)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
size=    2464kB time=00:03:31.59 bitrate=  95.4kbits/s
video:0kB audio:2441kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead
0.943813%


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