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VP9 Tips

Encoding Modes and Recommended Command Line Options

  1. Configure libvpx with no parameters (works on most platforms):

    configure

    If you encounter any issues, use:

    configure --disable-unit-tests

  2. Build

    make -j16


Encoding


Control bitrate mode (achieves a given target bitrate):

vpxenc <input_y4m> -o <out_filename_vp9> --codec=vp9 --cpu-used=0 \
  --target_bitrate=<bitrate_in_kbps> --kf-max-dist=<max_kf_distance_in_frames>

Constant quality mode (achieves a given quality level):

vpxenc <input_y4m> -o <out_filename_vp9> --codec=vp9 --cpu-used=0 \
  --end-usage=3 --cq-level=<desired quality in quant scale 0-63> \
  --kf-max-dist=<max_kf_distance_in_frames>

Constrained Quality mode (Achieves a given quality level subject to an upper bound on bitrate):

vpxenc <input_y4m> -o <out_filename_vp9> --codec=vp9 --cpu-used=0 \
  --end-usage=2 --cq-level=<desired quality in quant scale 0-63> \
  --target-bitrate=<max_bitrate_constraint_in_kbps> --kf-max-dist=<max_kf_distance_in_frames>

Decoding


vpxdec --progress --codec=vp9 -o /tmp/football_vp9.y4m /tmp/football.webm


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