ffmpeg_video_codec

• Type: Discrete Strings
• Range / Valid values: mpeg1 (ffmpeg-0.4.8 only), mpeg4, msmpeg4, swf, flv, ffv1, mov
• Default: mpeg4
• Option Topic

Codec to be used by ffmpeg for the video compression. Timelapse mpegs are always made in mpeg1 format independent from this option.

• mpeg1 - gives you mpeg1 files with extension .mpg. It is only supported by the old ffmpeg version 0.4.8. The ffmpeg team decided no longer to support non-standard framerates for mpeg1 from ffmpeg version 0.4.9pre1.
• mpeg4 - gives you mpeg4 files with extension .avi
• msmpeg4 - also gives you mpeg4 files. It is s recommended for use with Windows Media Player because it requires with no installation of codec on the Windows client.
• swf - gives you a flash film with extension .swf
• flv - gives you a flash video with extension .flv
• ffv1 - FF video codec 1 for Lossless Encoding (experimental)
• mov - QuickTime (since 3.2.10).

This option does not affect the timelapse feature. Timelapse is always recorded in mpeg1 format because we need to be able to append to an existing file. mpeg4 does not easily allow this.

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