[x264-devel] Encoding parameters for streaming

[Jason Garrett-Glaser]

In Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Ivan Alen Fernandez
<ivan.alen at uclouvain.be> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am using .264 files for streaming with the live555 library.
> When i play the videos locally in vlc it works fine.
> But when i stream, depending in the encoding parameters, the playback gets
> totally stuck or plays but not fluently.
> I usually achieve the best results using the configuration options:
> pass 1 and bitrate fixed to 1000 /  crf 13

Bitrate and CRF are mutually exclusive options.

If you want to do streaming, you need to cap the local bitrate using
VBV bufsize and maxrate.

Don't use pass 1 unless you intend to run a second pass.

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