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Vp9

Overview

Open source & royalty-free video codec for WebM.

libvpx-vp9

For a full list of options, run ffmpeg -h encoder=libvpx-vp9.

OptionDescription
-crf[0; 63] Constant Rate Factor, where 0 is best quality (not lossless) and 63 is worst quality possible. Use -b:v 0 to disable Constrained Quality mode.
-cpu-used[0; 5] Quality-speed tradeoff. Lower is slower. Usually use 0, or 1 if in a hurry.
-tune-contentTune content type. Use screen for screen capture content, film for film content (improves grain retention).
-row-mtEnable row based multi-threading. Improve speed by about 50%.

Constant Rate Factor

Two pass is recommended.

shell
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vcodec libvpx-vp9 -r 60 -b:v 0 -crf 50 -tune-content screen -pix_fmt yuv420p -pass 1 -f null /dev/null && \
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vcodec libvpx-vp9 -r 60 -b:v 0 -crf 50 -tune-content screen -pix_fmt yuv420p -pass 2 -cpu-used 0 output.webm

Note: Use -pix_fmt yuv420p to increase compatibility with mobile devices.