[FFmpeg-user] Is "-q:v" the same as "-qscale:v"?

[Paul B Mahol]

On 10/25/13, A Commuter <acommuter at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Is "-q:v" the same as "-qscale:v"?
>
> I ask because based on the page below, "-qscale:v 10" provides the highest
> quality video, yet when I use "-q:v 10" in my command line, the resulting
> file size is smaller than if I use "-q:v 5".
>
> http://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/TheoraVorbisEncodingGuide

In same page you mentioned above, it is said '-q:v' is an alias for '-qscale:v'.

>
> Thanks, James.
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