[FFmpeg-user] directpred question

[Rick C.]

On Jun 7, 2012, at 2:55 AM, Lou wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 11:23:30 +0800
> "Rick C." <rickcorteza at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> With version 0.11 of FFmpeg I'm getting the following error (see output below).  I did not get this with version 10.3 (same command line).  I've seen a few issues out there with this but haven't been able to figure it out yet.  Any assistance would be great.  Thanks!
>> 
>> 
>> mahalkos-iMac:~ mahalko$ /Users/mahalko/Desktop/ffmpeg -i /Users/mahalko/Desktop/test.mov -vcodec libx264 -acodec aac -strict experimental -y -threads 0 -coder 1 -flags +loop -cmp +chroma -partitions -parti8x8-parti4x4-partp8x8-partp4x4-partb8x8 -me_method dia -subq 2 -me_range 16 -g 250 -keyint_min 25 -sc_threshold 40 -i_qfactor 0.71 -b_strategy 1 -qcomp 0.6 -qmin 10 -qmax 51 -qdiff 4 -bf 3 -refs 1 -directpred 3 -trellis 0 -flags2 -bpyramid-wpred-mixed_refs-dct8x8+fastpskip+mbtree -wpredp 2 -coder 0 -bf 0 -flags2 -wpred-dct8x8+mbtree -wpredp 0 -b 300k -ab 192k -ar 48000 -r 30000/1001 -vf scale=480:270 /Users/mahalko/Desktop/test.mp4
> 
> Is there a particular reason you are not using the libx264 preset
> option? How are you planning on using the output? Declaring each option
> is an outdated method of encoding with libx264 and some options are now
> ignored as shown by "Unrecognized option 'directpred'" in your console
> output below. Also you are declaring some options (coder, bf, wpredp)
> twice with different values. Looks like a combination of the old
> libx264-fastfirstpass.ffpreset and maybe libx264-baseline.ffpreset.
> 
> A more recent command somewhat based on your options:
> 
> ffmpeg -i input -pass 1 -c:v libx264 -preset medium -profile:v \
> baseline -b:v 300k -r 30000/1001 -vf scale=480:-1 -f mp4 -y /dev/null \
> && ffmpeg -i input -pass 2 -c:v libx264 -preset medium -profile:v \
> baseline -b:v 300k -r 30000/1001 -vf scale=480:-1 -c:a aac -strict \
> experimental -b:a 192k -ar 48000 output.mp4
> 
> Isn't that nicer?
> 
>> ffmpeg version 0.11 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
> 
> It's good that you're using recent FFmpeg.
> 
>> Unrecognized option 'directpred'
>> Failed to set value '3' for option 'directpred'
> _______________________________________________
> ffmpeg-user mailing list
> ffmpeg-user at ffmpeg.org
> http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user


Thanks Lou after I sent this email I started thinking that and you confirmed it.  I think you answered my question and I will update my methods.  Very much appreciated,

rc