[Libav-user] qmin qmax settings for libx265 (HEVC) not functional

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Taha Ansari <mtaha.ansari at ...> writes:

> > > ffmpeg -i temp.mp4 -c:v libx265 -qmin 40 -qmax 41 output.mp4
> >
> > Why do you think that -qmin and -qmax are supported
> > in x265? Do you see a related option for x265?
> 
> I saw this on command line while processing output stream: 
> Stream #0:0(eng): Video: hevc (libx265) ([35][0][0][0] / 0x0023), 
> yuv420p, 640x360 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=40-41, 200 kb/s, 30 fps, 
> 15360 tbn, 30 tbc (default)
> 
> particularly: "q=40-41"
> 
> doesn't that mean qmin/qmax settings is being passed 
> over to libx265?

It means that you passed the settings to ffmpeg.

As said: Do you see a related option for the 
x265 executable?

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Carl Eugen