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Constant quality (CRF 20)
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Constant quality (CRF 20)
ffmpeg -i input.mov -c:v libx264 -crf 20 -preset medium -c:a aac -b:a 128k output-crf20.mp4Size varies with content. This is what you want for archival and VOD masters.
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