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| @chapter Encoders
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| @c man begin ENCODERS
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| 
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| Encoders are configured elements in Libav which allow the encoding of
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| multimedia streams.
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| 
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| When you configure your Libav build, all the supported native encoders
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| are enabled by default. Encoders requiring an external library must be enabled
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| manually via the corresponding @code{--enable-lib} option. You can list all
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| available encoders using the configure option @code{--list-encoders}.
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| 
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| You can disable all the encoders with the configure option
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| @code{--disable-encoders} and selectively enable / disable single encoders
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| with the options @code{--enable-encoder=@var{ENCODER}} /
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| @code{--disable-encoder=@var{ENCODER}}.
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| 
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| The option @code{-codecs} of the av* tools will display the list of
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| enabled encoders.
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| 
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| @c man end ENCODERS
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| 
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| @chapter Audio Encoders
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| @c man begin AUDIO ENCODERS
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| 
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| A description of some of the currently available audio encoders
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| follows.
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| 
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| @section ac3 and ac3_fixed
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| 
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| AC-3 audio encoders.
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| 
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| These encoders implement part of ATSC A/52:2010 and ETSI TS 102 366, as well as
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| the undocumented RealAudio 3 (a.k.a. dnet).
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| 
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| The @var{ac3} encoder uses floating-point math, while the @var{ac3_fixed}
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| encoder only uses fixed-point integer math. This does not mean that one is
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| always faster, just that one or the other may be better suited to a
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| particular system. The floating-point encoder will generally produce better
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| quality audio for a given bitrate. The @var{ac3_fixed} encoder is not the
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| default codec for any of the output formats, so it must be specified explicitly
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| using the option @code{-acodec ac3_fixed} in order to use it.
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| 
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| @subsection AC-3 Metadata
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| 
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| The AC-3 metadata options are used to set parameters that describe the audio,
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| but in most cases do not affect the audio encoding itself. Some of the options
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| do directly affect or influence the decoding and playback of the resulting
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| bitstream, while others are just for informational purposes. A few of the
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| options will add bits to the output stream that could otherwise be used for
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| audio data, and will thus affect the quality of the output. Those will be
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| indicated accordingly with a note in the option list below.
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| 
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| These parameters are described in detail in several publicly-available
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| documents.
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| @itemize
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| @item @uref{http://www.atsc.org/cms/standards/a_52-2010.pdf,A/52:2010 - Digital Audio Compression (AC-3) (E-AC-3) Standard}
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| @item @uref{http://www.atsc.org/cms/standards/a_54a_with_corr_1.pdf,A/54 - Guide to the Use of the ATSC Digital Television Standard}
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| @item @uref{http://www.dolby.com/uploadedFiles/zz-_Shared_Assets/English_PDFs/Professional/18_Metadata.Guide.pdf,Dolby Metadata Guide}
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| @item @uref{http://www.dolby.com/uploadedFiles/zz-_Shared_Assets/English_PDFs/Professional/46_DDEncodingGuidelines.pdf,Dolby Digital Professional Encoding Guidelines}
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| @end itemize
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| 
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| @subsubsection Metadata Control Options
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| 
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| @table @option
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| 
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| @item -per_frame_metadata @var{boolean}
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| Allow Per-Frame Metadata. Specifies if the encoder should check for changing
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| metadata for each frame.
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| @table @option
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| @item 0
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| The metadata values set at initialization will be used for every frame in the
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| stream. (default)
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| @item 1
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| Metadata values can be changed before encoding each frame.
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| @end table
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| 
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| @end table
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| 
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| @subsubsection Downmix Levels
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| 
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| @table @option
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| 
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| @item -center_mixlev @var{level}
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| Center Mix Level. The amount of gain the decoder should apply to the center
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| channel when downmixing to stereo. This field will only be written to the
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| bitstream if a center channel is present. The value is specified as a scale
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| factor. There are 3 valid values:
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| @table @option
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| @item 0.707
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| Apply -3dB gain
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| @item 0.595
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| Apply -4.5dB gain (default)
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| @item 0.500
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| Apply -6dB gain
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| @end table
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| 
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| @item -surround_mixlev @var{level}
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| Surround Mix Level. The amount of gain the decoder should apply to the surround
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| channel(s) when downmixing to stereo. This field will only be written to the
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| bitstream if one or more surround channels are present. The value is specified
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| as a scale factor.  There are 3 valid values:
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| @table @option
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| @item 0.707
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| Apply -3dB gain
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| @item 0.500
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| Apply -6dB gain (default)
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| @item 0.000
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| Silence Surround Channel(s)
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| @end table
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| 
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| @end table
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| 
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| @subsubsection Audio Production Information
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| Audio Production Information is optional information describing the mixing
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| environment.  Either none or both of the fields are written to the bitstream.
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| 
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| @table @option
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| 
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| @item -mixing_level @var{number}
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| Mixing Level. Specifies peak sound pressure level (SPL) in the production
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| environment when the mix was mastered. Valid values are 80 to 111, or -1 for
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| unknown or not indicated. The default value is -1, but that value cannot be
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| used if the Audio Production Information is written to the bitstream. Therefore,
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| if the @code{room_type} option is not the default value, the @code{mixing_level}
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| option must not be -1.
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| 
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| @item -room_type @var{type}
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| Room Type. Describes the equalization used during the final mixing session at
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| the studio or on the dubbing stage. A large room is a dubbing stage with the
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| industry standard X-curve equalization; a small room has flat equalization.
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| This field will not be written to the bitstream if both the @code{mixing_level}
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| option and the @code{room_type} option have the default values.
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| @table @option
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| @item 0
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| @itemx notindicated
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| Not Indicated (default)
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| @item 1
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| @itemx large
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| Large Room
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| @item 2
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| @itemx small
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| Small Room
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| @end table
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| 
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| @end table
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| 
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| @subsubsection Other Metadata Options
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| 
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| @table @option
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| 
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| @item -copyright @var{boolean}
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| Copyright Indicator. Specifies whether a copyright exists for this audio.
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| @table @option
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| @item 0
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| @itemx off
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| No Copyright Exists (default)
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| @item 1
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| @itemx on
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| Copyright Exists
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| @end table
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| 
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| @item -dialnorm @var{value}
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| Dialogue Normalization. Indicates how far the average dialogue level of the
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| program is below digital 100% full scale (0 dBFS). This parameter determines a
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| level shift during audio reproduction that sets the average volume of the
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| dialogue to a preset level. The goal is to match volume level between program
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| sources. A value of -31dB will result in no volume level change, relative to
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| the source volume, during audio reproduction. Valid values are whole numbers in
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| the range -31 to -1, with -31 being the default.
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| 
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| @item -dsur_mode @var{mode}
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| Dolby Surround Mode. Specifies whether the stereo signal uses Dolby Surround
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| (Pro Logic). This field will only be written to the bitstream if the audio
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| stream is stereo. Using this option does @b{NOT} mean the encoder will actually
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| apply Dolby Surround processing.
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| @table @option
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| @item 0
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| @itemx notindicated
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| Not Indicated (default)
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| @item 1
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| @itemx off
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| Not Dolby Surround Encoded
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| @item 2
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| @itemx on
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| Dolby Surround Encoded
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| @end table
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| 
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| @item -original @var{boolean}
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| Original Bit Stream Indicator. Specifies whether this audio is from the
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| original source and not a copy.
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| @table @option
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| @item 0
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| @itemx off
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| Not Original Source
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| @item 1
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| @itemx on
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| Original Source (default)
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| @end table
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| 
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| @end table
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| 
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| @subsection Extended Bitstream Information
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| The extended bitstream options are part of the Alternate Bit Stream Syntax as
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| specified in Annex D of the A/52:2010 standard. It is grouped into 2 parts.
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| If any one parameter in a group is specified, all values in that group will be
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| written to the bitstream.  Default values are used for those that are written
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| but have not been specified.  If the mixing levels are written, the decoder
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| will use these values instead of the ones specified in the @code{center_mixlev}
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| and @code{surround_mixlev} options if it supports the Alternate Bit Stream
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| Syntax.
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| 
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| @subsubsection Extended Bitstream Information - Part 1
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| 
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| @table @option
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| 
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| @item -dmix_mode @var{mode}
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| Preferred Stereo Downmix Mode. Allows the user to select either Lt/Rt
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| (Dolby Surround) or Lo/Ro (normal stereo) as the preferred stereo downmix mode.
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| @table @option
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| @item 0
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| @itemx notindicated
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| Not Indicated (default)
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| @item 1
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| @itemx ltrt
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| Lt/Rt Downmix Preferred
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| @item 2
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| @itemx loro
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| Lo/Ro Downmix Preferred
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| @end table
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| 
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| @item -ltrt_cmixlev @var{level}
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| Lt/Rt Center Mix Level. The amount of gain the decoder should apply to the
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| center channel when downmixing to stereo in Lt/Rt mode.
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| @table @option
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| @item 1.414
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| Apply +3dB gain
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| @item 1.189
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| Apply +1.5dB gain
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| @item 1.000
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| Apply 0dB gain
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| @item 0.841
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| Apply -1.5dB gain
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| @item 0.707
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| Apply -3.0dB gain
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| @item 0.595
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| Apply -4.5dB gain (default)
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| @item 0.500
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| Apply -6.0dB gain
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| @item 0.000
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| Silence Center Channel
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| @end table
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| 
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| @item -ltrt_surmixlev @var{level}
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| Lt/Rt Surround Mix Level. The amount of gain the decoder should apply to the
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| surround channel(s) when downmixing to stereo in Lt/Rt mode.
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| @table @option
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| @item 0.841
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| Apply -1.5dB gain
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| @item 0.707
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| Apply -3.0dB gain
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| @item 0.595
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| Apply -4.5dB gain
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| @item 0.500
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| Apply -6.0dB gain (default)
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| @item 0.000
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| Silence Surround Channel(s)
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| @end table
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| 
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| @item -loro_cmixlev @var{level}
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| Lo/Ro Center Mix Level. The amount of gain the decoder should apply to the
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| center channel when downmixing to stereo in Lo/Ro mode.
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| @table @option
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| @item 1.414
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| Apply +3dB gain
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| @item 1.189
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| Apply +1.5dB gain
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| @item 1.000
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| Apply 0dB gain
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| @item 0.841
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| Apply -1.5dB gain
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| @item 0.707
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| Apply -3.0dB gain
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| @item 0.595
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| Apply -4.5dB gain (default)
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| @item 0.500
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| Apply -6.0dB gain
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| @item 0.000
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| Silence Center Channel
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| @end table
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| 
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| @item -loro_surmixlev @var{level}
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| Lo/Ro Surround Mix Level. The amount of gain the decoder should apply to the
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| surround channel(s) when downmixing to stereo in Lo/Ro mode.
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| @table @option
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| @item 0.841
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| Apply -1.5dB gain
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| @item 0.707
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| Apply -3.0dB gain
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| @item 0.595
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| Apply -4.5dB gain
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| @item 0.500
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| Apply -6.0dB gain (default)
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| @item 0.000
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| Silence Surround Channel(s)
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| @end table
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| 
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| @end table
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| 
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| @subsubsection Extended Bitstream Information - Part 2
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| 
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| @table @option
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| 
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| @item -dsurex_mode @var{mode}
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| Dolby Surround EX Mode. Indicates whether the stream uses Dolby Surround EX
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| (7.1 matrixed to 5.1). Using this option does @b{NOT} mean the encoder will actually
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| apply Dolby Surround EX processing.
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| @table @option
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| @item 0
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| @itemx notindicated
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| Not Indicated (default)
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| @item 1
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| @itemx on
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| Dolby Surround EX Off
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| @item 2
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| @itemx off
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| Dolby Surround EX On
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| @end table
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| 
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| @item -dheadphone_mode @var{mode}
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| Dolby Headphone Mode. Indicates whether the stream uses Dolby Headphone
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| encoding (multi-channel matrixed to 2.0 for use with headphones). Using this
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| option does @b{NOT} mean the encoder will actually apply Dolby Headphone
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| processing.
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| @table @option
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| @item 0
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| @itemx notindicated
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| Not Indicated (default)
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| @item 1
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| @itemx on
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| Dolby Headphone Off
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| @item 2
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| @itemx off
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| Dolby Headphone On
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| @end table
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| 
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| @item -ad_conv_type @var{type}
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| A/D Converter Type. Indicates whether the audio has passed through HDCD A/D
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| conversion.
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| @table @option
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| @item 0
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| @itemx standard
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| Standard A/D Converter (default)
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| @item 1
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| @itemx hdcd
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| HDCD A/D Converter
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| @end table
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| 
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| @end table
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| 
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| @subsection Other AC-3 Encoding Options
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| 
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| @table @option
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| 
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| @item -stereo_rematrixing @var{boolean}
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| Stereo Rematrixing. Enables/Disables use of rematrixing for stereo input. This
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| is an optional AC-3 feature that increases quality by selectively encoding
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| the left/right channels as mid/side. This option is enabled by default, and it
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| is highly recommended that it be left as enabled except for testing purposes.
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| 
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| @end table
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| 
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| @subheading Floating-Point-Only AC-3 Encoding Options
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| 
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| These options are only valid for the floating-point encoder and do not exist
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| for the fixed-point encoder due to the corresponding features not being
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| implemented in fixed-point.
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| 
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| @table @option
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| 
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| @item -channel_coupling @var{boolean}
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| Enables/Disables use of channel coupling, which is an optional AC-3 feature
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| that increases quality by combining high frequency information from multiple
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| channels into a single channel. The per-channel high frequency information is
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| sent with less accuracy in both the frequency and time domains. This allows
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| more bits to be used for lower frequencies while preserving enough information
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| to reconstruct the high frequencies. This option is enabled by default for the
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| floating-point encoder and should generally be left as enabled except for
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| testing purposes or to increase encoding speed.
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| @table @option
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| @item -1
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| @itemx auto
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| Selected by Encoder (default)
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| @item 0
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| @itemx off
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| Disable Channel Coupling
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| @item 1
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| @itemx on
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| Enable Channel Coupling
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| @end table
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| 
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| @item -cpl_start_band @var{number}
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| Coupling Start Band. Sets the channel coupling start band, from 1 to 15. If a
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| value higher than the bandwidth is used, it will be reduced to 1 less than the
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| coupling end band. If @var{auto} is used, the start band will be determined by
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| the encoder based on the bit rate, sample rate, and channel layout. This option
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| has no effect if channel coupling is disabled.
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| @table @option
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| @item -1
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| @itemx auto
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| Selected by Encoder (default)
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| @end table
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| 
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| @end table
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| 
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| @section libwavpack
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| 
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| A wrapper providing WavPack encoding through libwavpack.
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| 
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| Only lossless mode using 32-bit integer samples is supported currently.
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| The @option{compression_level} option can be used to control speed vs.
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| compression tradeoff, with the values mapped to libwavpack as follows:
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| 
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| @table @option
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| 
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| @item 0
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| Fast mode - corresponding to the wavpack @option{-f} option.
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| 
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| @item 1
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| Normal (default) settings.
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| 
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| @item 2
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| High quality - corresponding to the wavpack @option{-h} option.
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| 
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| @item 3
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| Very high quality - corresponding to the wavpack @option{-hh} option.
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| 
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| @item 4-8
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| Same as 3, but with extra processing enabled - corresponding to the wavpack
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| @option{-x} option. I.e. 4 is the same as @option{-x2} and 8 is the same as
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| @option{-x6}.
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| 
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| @end table
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| 
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| @c man end AUDIO ENCODERS
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| 
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| @chapter Video Encoders
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| @c man begin VIDEO ENCODERS
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| 
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| @section libwebp
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| 
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| libwebp WebP Image encoder wrapper
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| 
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| libwebp is Google's official encoder for WebP images. It can encode in either
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| lossy or lossless mode. Lossy images are essentially a wrapper around a VP8
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| frame. Lossless images are a separate codec developed by Google.
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| 
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| @subsection Pixel Format
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| 
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| Currently, libwebp only supports YUV420 for lossy and RGB for lossless due
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| to limitations of the format and libwebp. Alpha is supported for either mode.
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| Because of API limitations, if RGB is passed in when encoding lossy or YUV is
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| passed in for encoding lossless, the pixel format will automatically be
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| converted using functions from libwebp. This is not ideal and is done only for
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| convenience.
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| 
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| @subsection Options
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| 
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| @table @option
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| 
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| @item -lossless @var{boolean}
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| Enables/Disables use of lossless mode. Default is 0.
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| 
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| @item -compression_level @var{integer}
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| For lossy, this is a quality/speed tradeoff. Higher values give better quality
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| for a given size at the cost of increased encoding time. For lossless, this is
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| a size/speed tradeoff. Higher values give smaller size at the cost of increased
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| encoding time. More specifically, it controls the number of extra algorithms
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| and compression tools used, and varies the combination of these tools. This
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| maps to the @var{method} option in libwebp. The valid range is 0 to 6.
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| Default is 4.
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| 
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| @item -qscale @var{float}
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| For lossy encoding, this controls image quality, 0 to 100. For lossless
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| encoding, this controls the effort and time spent at compressing more. The
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| default value is 75. Note that for usage via libavcodec, this option is called
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| @var{global_quality} and must be multiplied by @var{FF_QP2LAMBDA}.
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| 
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| @item -preset @var{type}
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| Configuration preset. This does some automatic settings based on the general
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| type of the image.
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| @table @option
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| @item none
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| Do not use a preset.
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| @item default
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| Use the encoder default.
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| @item picture
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| Digital picture, like portrait, inner shot
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| @item photo
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| Outdoor photograph, with natural lighting
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| @item drawing
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| Hand or line drawing, with high-contrast details
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| @item icon
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| Small-sized colorful images
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| @item text
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| Text-like
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| @end table
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| 
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| @end table
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| 
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| @section libx264
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| 
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| x264 H.264/MPEG-4 AVC encoder wrapper
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| 
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| x264 supports an impressive number of features, including 8x8 and 4x4 adaptive
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| spatial transform, adaptive B-frame placement, CAVLC/CABAC entropy coding,
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| interlacing (MBAFF), lossless mode, psy optimizations for detail retention
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| (adaptive quantization, psy-RD, psy-trellis).
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| 
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| The Libav wrapper provides a mapping for most of them using global options
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| that match those of the encoders and provides private options for the unique
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| encoder options. Additionally an expert override is provided to directly pass
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| a list of key=value tuples as accepted by x264_param_parse.
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| 
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| @subsection Option Mapping
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| 
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| The following options are supported by the x264 wrapper, the x264-equivalent
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| options follow the Libav ones.
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| 
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| @multitable @columnfractions .2 .2
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| @item b                 @tab bitrate
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| Libav @code{b} option is expressed in bits/s, x264 @code{bitrate} in kilobits/s.
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| @item bf                @tab bframes
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| Maximum number of B-frames.
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| @item g                 @tab keyint
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| Maximum GOP size.
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| @item qmin              @tab qpmin
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| @item qmax              @tab qpmax
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| @item qdiff             @tab qpstep
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| @item qblur             @tab qblur
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| @item qcomp             @tab qcomp
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| @item refs              @tab ref
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| @item sc_threshold      @tab scenecut
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| @item trellis           @tab trellis
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| @item nr                @tab nr
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| Noise reduction.
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| @item me_range          @tab merange
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| @item me_method         @tab me
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| @item subq              @tab subme
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| @item b_strategy        @tab b-adapt
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| @item keyint_min        @tab keyint-min
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| @item coder             @tab cabac
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| Set coder to @code{ac} to use CABAC.
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| @item cmp               @tab chroma-me
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| Set to @code{chroma} to use chroma motion estimation.
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| @item threads           @tab threads
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| @item thread_type       @tab sliced_threads
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| Set to @code{slice} to use sliced threading instead of frame threading.
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| @item flags -cgop       @tab open-gop
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| Set @code{-cgop} to use recovery points to close GOPs.
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| @item rc_init_occupancy @tab vbv-init
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| Initial buffer occupancy.
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| @end multitable
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| 
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| @subsection Private Options
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| @table @option
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| @item -preset @var{string}
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| Set the encoding preset (cf. x264 --fullhelp).
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| @item -tune @var{string}
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| Tune the encoding params (cf. x264 --fullhelp).
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| @item -profile @var{string}
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| Set profile restrictions (cf. x264 --fullhelp).
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| @item -fastfirstpass @var{integer}
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| Use fast settings when encoding first pass.
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| @item -crf @var{float}
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| Select the quality for constant quality mode.
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| @item -crf_max @var{float}
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| In CRF mode, prevents VBV from lowering quality beyond this point.
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| @item -qp @var{integer}
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| Constant quantization parameter rate control method.
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| @item -aq-mode @var{integer}
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| AQ method
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| 
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| Possible values:
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| @table @samp
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| @item none
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| 
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| @item variance
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| Variance AQ (complexity mask).
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| @item autovariance
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| Auto-variance AQ (experimental).
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| @end table
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| @item -aq-strength @var{float}
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| AQ strength, reduces blocking and blurring in flat and textured areas.
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| @item -psy @var{integer}
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| Use psychovisual optimizations.
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| @item -psy-rd @var{string}
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| Strength of psychovisual optimization, in <psy-rd>:<psy-trellis> format.
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| @item -rc-lookahead @var{integer}
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| Number of frames to look ahead for frametype and ratecontrol.
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| @item -weightb @var{integer}
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| Weighted prediction for B-frames.
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| @item -weightp @var{integer}
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| Weighted prediction analysis method.
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| 
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| Possible values:
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| @table @samp
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| @item none
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| 
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| @item simple
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| 
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| @item smart
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| 
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| @end table
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| @item -ssim @var{integer}
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| Calculate and print SSIM stats.
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| @item -intra-refresh @var{integer}
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| Use Periodic Intra Refresh instead of IDR frames.
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| @item -bluray-compat @var{integer}
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| Configure the encoder to be compatible with the bluray standard.
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| It is a shorthand for setting "bluray-compat=1 force-cfr=1".
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| @item -b-bias @var{integer}
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| Influences how often B-frames are used.
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| @item -b-pyramid @var{integer}
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| Keep some B-frames as references.
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| 
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| Possible values:
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| @table @samp
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| @item none
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| 
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| @item strict
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| Strictly hierarchical pyramid.
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| @item normal
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| Non-strict (not Blu-ray compatible).
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| @end table
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| @item -mixed-refs @var{integer}
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| One reference per partition, as opposed to one reference per macroblock.
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| @item -8x8dct @var{integer}
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| High profile 8x8 transform.
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| @item -fast-pskip @var{integer}
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| @item -aud @var{integer}
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| Use access unit delimiters.
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| @item -mbtree @var{integer}
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| Use macroblock tree ratecontrol.
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| @item -deblock @var{string}
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| Loop filter parameters, in <alpha:beta> form.
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| @item -cplxblur @var{float}
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| Reduce fluctuations in QP (before curve compression).
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| @item -partitions @var{string}
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| A comma-separated list of partitions to consider, possible values: p8x8, p4x4, b8x8, i8x8, i4x4, none, all.
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| @item -direct-pred @var{integer}
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| Direct MV prediction mode
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| 
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| Possible values:
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| @table @samp
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| @item none
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| 
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| @item spatial
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| 
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| @item temporal
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| 
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| @item auto
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| 
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| @end table
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| @item -slice-max-size @var{integer}
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| Limit the size of each slice in bytes.
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| @item -stats @var{string}
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| Filename for 2 pass stats.
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| @item -nal-hrd @var{integer}
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| Signal HRD information (requires vbv-bufsize; cbr not allowed in .mp4).
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| 
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| Possible values:
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| @table @samp
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| @item none
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| 
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| @item vbr
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| 
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| @item cbr
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| 
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| @end table
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| @item -x264-params @var{string}
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| Override the x264 configuration using a :-separated list of key=value parameters.
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| @example
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| -x264-params level=30:bframes=0:weightp=0:cabac=0:ref=1:vbv-maxrate=768:vbv-bufsize=2000:analyse=all:me=umh:no-fast-pskip=1:subq=6:8x8dct=0:trellis=0
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| @end example
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| @end table
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| 
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| Encoding avpresets for common usages are provided so they can be used with the
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| general presets system (e.g. passing the @code{-pre} option).
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| 
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| @section ProRes
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| 
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| Apple ProRes encoder.
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| 
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| @subsection Private Options
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| 
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| @table @option
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| @item profile @var{integer}
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| Select the ProRes profile to encode
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| @table @samp
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| @item proxy
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| @item lt
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| @item standard
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| @item hq
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| @item 4444
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| @end table
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| 
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| @item quant_mat @var{integer}
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| Select quantization matrix.
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| @table @samp
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| @item auto
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| @item default
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| @item proxy
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| @item lt
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| @item standard
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| @item hq
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| @end table
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| If set to @var{auto}, the matrix matching the profile will be picked.
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| If not set, the matrix providing the highest quality, @var{default}, will be
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| picked.
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| 
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| @item bits_per_mb @var{integer}
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| How many bits to allot for coding one macroblock. Different profiles use
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| between 200 and 2400 bits per macroblock, the maximum is 8000.
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| 
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| @item mbs_per_slice @var{integer}
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| Number of macroblocks in each slice (1-8); the default value (8)
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| should be good in almost all situations.
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| 
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| @item vendor @var{string}
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| Override the 4-byte vendor ID.
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| A custom vendor ID like @var{apl0} would claim the stream was produced by
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| the Apple encoder.
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| 
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| @item alpha_bits @var{integer}
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| Specify number of bits for alpha component.
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| Possible values are @var{0}, @var{8} and @var{16}.
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| Use @var{0} to disable alpha plane coding.
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| 
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| @end table
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| 
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| @subsection Speed considerations
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| 
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| In the default mode of operation the encoder has to honor frame constraints
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| (i.e. not produc frames with size bigger than requested) while still making
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| output picture as good as possible.
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| A frame containing a lot of small details is harder to compress and the encoder
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| would spend more time searching for appropriate quantizers for each slice.
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| 
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| Setting a higher @option{bits_per_mb} limit will improve the speed.
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| 
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| For the fastest encoding speed set the @option{qscale} parameter (4 is the
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| recommended value) and do not set a size constraint.
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| 
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| @c man end VIDEO ENCODERS
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