Customising FFMPEG encoding parameters ( version 2.087 )

[karim beyrouti]

New in SWFRenderer 2.087

You can now customize the FFMPEG encoding process from the command line or the Global Settings panel. This assumes you have some knowledge of how FFMPEG works. The default call SWF Renderer uses to convert image sequences is: 

$FPS -i $IMAGE_SEQUENCE -c:v libx264 -preset ultrafast -qp 0 $OUTPUT_FILE -y

You can replace that with your encode string provided you keep the dynamic fields SWFRenderer requires to encode videos. These are:

$FPS ---> Frames Per Second from SWF Renderer

-i $IMAGE_SEQUENCE ---> source path to image sequence generated from SWFRenderer

$OUTPUT_FILE -y ---> Path to output file. ( the -y switch is to overwrite existing files )

Failure to include ALL these variables in your custom command will cause SWFRenderer to revert to the default command. 

Currently the only video file format supported is MP4. 

You can find more information on setting custom FFMEG encodes from the CLI here:

   CLI - OSX

   CLI - Windows