Changes between Version 54 and Version 55 of Encodings

Timestamp:

11/05/16 05:21:20 (4 years ago)

Author:

Antoine Martin

Comment:

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Encodings

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 == Choosing an Encoding ==
-The defaults should be good enough in most cases and will adapt to changing bandwidth conditions.
+The default mode is automatic and should be the best option in most cases: it will adapt to changes in both bandwidth conditions and content.
 But if you have specific needs, the best thing to do is to try them all and choose the one that provides the best results.
 
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 * if you have the required hardware, use [/wiki/Encodings/nvenc NVENC]
 * on LANs with 100Mbps or higher: {{{rgb}}} + zlib/lz4 should give you the best latency possible (whilst consuming quite a lot of bandwidth in the process..)
-* to save a little bit of bandwidth at the expense of framerate and latency, use lossless encodings: {{{png}}} or {{{webp}}}
-* otherwise, choose {{{h264}}} and tune the speed/quality to suit your needs (see below)
-* {{{VP9}}} is a good alternative to {{{h264}}} (only usable with version 0.15 onwards - too slow with older versions)
+* to save a little bit of bandwidth at the expense of framerate and latency but keep a lossless picture, try {{{png}}} or {{{webp}}}
+* otherwise, choose {{{h264}}}, {{{vp8}}} or {{{vp9}}} and tune the speed/quality to suit your needs (see below)
 
 The other encodings are somewhat less useful:
-* [/wiki/Encodings/vpx vpx : VP8] is similar to {{{h264}}} but it does not support all speed and quality tuning, it also subsamples colours which leads to visual degradation.
 * {{{h265}}} via {{{x265}}} is far too slow to encode
 * {{{jpeg}}} gives lower size/quality than other lossy encodings, use this if the video encodings are not available and you need better compression than {{{png}}} or {{{webp}}} can give you
-* [/wiki/Encodings/webp webp] (lossy mode) is a single image subset of {{{vpx}}}, and therefore lacks [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intra-frame intra-frame] compression - but latency is decent
 }}}
 
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 == Tuning ==
-The best way to choose the right options is through [/wiki/Testing].
+The best way to choose the right option is through [/wiki/Testing].
 Though you may find some [http://alax.info/blog/1394 good illustrations] online to give you an idea of the trade offs.
 (ie: [http://blog.malayter.com/2010/12/presets-versus-quality-in-x264-encoding.html fps vs noise], [http://blogs.motokado.com/yoshi/2011/06/25/comparison-of-x264-presets/ fps vs size])
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 * #616 {{{HEVC}}} (single frame)
 * #454 daala - unlikely
-* #455 and #464: vp9 and libvpx improvements
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