ffmpeg encoding command

encode.sh

# good info:
# https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.264

# assuming the input files are 1920x1080
ffmpeg -i full_1080p/transformation_full.%04d.png -c:v libx264 -preset veryslow -crf 2 -pix_fmt yuv420p -framerate 25 output.mov

# or with padding (1080x1080 input)
ffmpeg -i movie_frames/frame1024_%04d.png -vf 'pad=width=1920:x=420:color=white'  -c:v libx264 -preset veryslow -crf 2 -pix_fmt yuv420p -framerate 25 output_square.mov

# downsize to 720
ffmpeg -i full_1080p/transformation_full.%04d.png -vf scale=1280:720 -c:v libx264 -preset veryslow -crf 2 -pix_fmt yuv420p -framerate 25  output.mov

# compress and re-encode 1080
ffmpeg -i My\ Movie.mp4 -vf scale=1280:720 -c:v libx264 -b:v 1000k -pix_fmt yuv420p -strict -2 test.mp4