Changes between Version 21 and Version 22 of x264EncodingGuide

Timestamp:

09/12/2012 12:05:47 AM (9 months ago)

Author:

rogerdpack

Comment:

note baseline

x264EncodingGuide

@@ -120 +120 @@
 libx264 offer a "-tune zerolatency" option see See the [[StreamingGuide]].
 
+=== Compatibility ===
+
+If you want your videos to have highest "compatibility" with target players (for instance, with older iOS devices) then you'll want to specify 
+{{{
+-profile baseline
+}}}
+which removes some advanced features but is more compatible.  Typically you may not need this setting.  Also if you do use this setting, it increases the bit rate quite a bit, so you might get as good of compression (and possibly increased encoding speed) by just using the mpeg4 video codec instead.
+
 === Pre-testing your settings ===
 Encode a random section instead of the whole video with the `-ss` and `-t` options to quickly get a general idea of what the output will look like.