: The dim lighting of the print shop and brothel requires high-quality encoding (like VP9/libvpx) to avoid "crushing" blacks or creating blocky artifacts in dark scenes .
-crf 24 -aq-mode 3
— you could search: "Outlander S03E06 libvpx" on Google or Reddit, or check r/Outlander or video encoding communities. outlander s03e06 libvpx
If you are just testing or need a file quickly and don't care about maximum efficiency: : The dim lighting of the print shop
Since you are using libvpx (and not libvpx-vp9 explicitly, though they are often used interchangeably in context), this guide assumes you want the modern VP9 codec for high efficiency. This command uses 2-pass encoding (essential for streaming
This command uses 2-pass encoding (essential for streaming quality) and enables the high-quality row-mt multithreading for faster encoding.
ffmpeg -i "Outlander.S03E06.source.mkv" -c:v libvpx-vp9 -crf 32 -b:v 1500k -c:a libopus -b:a 128k -row-mt 1 "Outlander.S03E06.webm"