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VoD Quality Preset Configurations

VoD Quality Presets	VOD_STANDARD	VOD_HIGH_QUALITY
adaptiveQuantizationMode	AUTO_VARIANCE	VARIANCE
adaptiveQuantizationMotion	-	false
adaptiveQuantizationStrength	-	1
allowedRADLBeforeIDR	-	0
analyzeSourceFramePixels	-	false
asymetricMotionPartitionsAnalysis	false	false
bAdapt	FULL	FULL
bframeBias	-	0
bframes	4	4
blurComplexity	-	20
blurQuants	-	0.5
codingUnitLossless	-	false
constrainedIntraPrediction	-	false
copyPicture	-	true
cutree	true	true
dynamicRateDistortionStrength	-	0
earlySkip	false	true
encodingMode	TWO_PASS	THREE_PASS
evaluationOfIntraModesInBSlices	false	false
fastSearchForAngularIntraPredictions	false	false
forceFlush	-	DISABLED
gopLookahead	-	0
grainOptimizedRateControl	-	false
ipRatio	-	1.4
levelHighTier	-	true
limitModes	false	true
limitReferences	DEPTH_AND_CU	DEPTH_AND_CU
limitSao	-	false
limitTransferUnitDepthRecursion	DISABLED	LEVEL_4
limitTransformUnitDepthRecursion	DISABLED	LEVEL_4
lookaheadSlices	8	0
lowpassDct	-	false
maxCTUSize	64	64
maxMerge	2	4
maximumTransferUnitSize	-	MTU_32x32
maximumTransformUnitSize	-	MTU_32x32
minCodingUnitSize	MCU_8x8	MCU_8x8
motionSearch	HEX	HEX
motionSearchRange	57	57
noiseReductionInter	-	0
pbRatio	-	1.3
pixelFormat	YUV420P	YUV420P
profile	main	main
psyRateDistortionOptimization	-	2
psyRateDistortionOptimizedQuantization	-	1
qpOffsetChromaCb	-	0
qpOffsetChromaCr	-	0
qpStep	-	4
quantizationGroupSize	-	QGS_32x32
quantizerCurveCompressionFactor	-	0.6
rateDistortionLevelForModeDecision	3	4
rateDistortionLevelForQuantization	DISABLED	LEVELS_AND_CODING_GROUPS
rateDistortionPenalty	-	DISABLED
rcLookahead	20	25
rectangularMotionPartitionsAnalysis	false	false
recursionSkip	true	true
refFrames	3	5
refineRateDistortionCost	-	false
sao	true	true
saoNonDeblock	-	false
sceneCutThreshold	40	40
scenecutBias	-	5
signHide	true	true
skipSplitRateDistortionAnalysis	-	false
slices	-	1
ssimRateDistortionOptimization	-	false
strongIntraSmoothing	-	true
subMe	2	4
temporalMotionVectorPredictors	-	true
transformSkip	-	NONE
tuInterDepth	1	1
tuIntraDepth	1	1
wavefrontParallelProcessing	-	true
weightPredictionOnBSlice	false	false
weightPredictionOnPSlice	true	true

- means that the default value of the codec configuration is used. Please see the API reference for the respective value.

VoD Speed Preset Configurations

VoD Speed Presets	VOD_SPEED	VOD_HIGH_SPEED	VOD_VERYHIGH_SPEED	VOD_EXTRAHIGH_SPEED	VOD_SUPERHIGH_SPEED	VOD_ULTRAHIGH_SPEED
adaptiveQuantizationMode	AUTO_VARIANCE	AUTO_VARIANCE	AUTO_VARIANCE	AUTO_VARIANCE	DISABLED	DISABLED
adaptiveQuantizationMotion	-	-	-	-	-	-
adaptiveQuantizationStrength	-	-	-	-	-	-
allowedRADLBeforeIDR	-	-	-	-	-	-
analyzeSourceFramePixels	-	-	-	-	-	-
asymetricMotionPartitionsAnalysis	false	false	false	false	false	false
bAdapt	FULL	NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE
bframeBias	-	-	-	-	-	-
bframes	4	4	4	4	3	3
blurComplexity	-	-	-	-	-	-
blurQuants	-	-	-	-	-	-
codingUnitLossless	-	-	-	-	-	-
constrainedIntraPrediction	-	-	-	-	-	-
copyPicture	-	-	-	-	-	-
cutree	true	true	true	true	true	true
dynamicRateDistortionStrength	-	-	-	-	-	-
earlySkip	false	false	true	true	true	true
encodingMode	SINGLE_PASS	SINGLE_PASS	SINGLE_PASS	SINGLE_PASS	SINGLE_PASS	SINGLE_PASS
evaluationOfIntraModesInBSlices	false	false	false	false	false	false
fastSearchForAngularIntraPredictions	false	true	true	true	true	true
forceFlush	-	-	-	-	-	-
gopLookahead	-	-	-	-	-	-
grainOptimizedRateControl	-	-	-	-	-	-
ipRatio	-	-	-	-	-	-
levelHighTier	-	-	-	-	-	-
limitModes	false	false	false	false	false	false
limitReferences	DEPTH_AND_CU	DEPTH_AND_CU	DEPTH_AND_CU	DEPTH_AND_CU	DISABLED	DISABLED
limitSao	-	-	-	-	-	-
limitTransferUnitDepthRecursion	DISABLED	DISABLED	DISABLED	DISABLED	DISABLED	DISABLED
limitTransformUnitDepthRecursion	DISABLED	DISABLED	DISABLED	DISABLED	DISABLED	DISABLED
lookaheadSlices	8	8	8	8	8	8
lowpassDct	-	-	-	-	-	-
maxCTUSize	64	64	64	64	32	32
maxMerge	2	2	2	2	2	2
maximumTransferUnitSize	-	-	-	-	-	-
maximumTransformUnitSize	-	-	-	-	-	-
minCodingUnitSize	MCU_8x8	MCU_8x8	MCU_8x8	MCU_8x8	MCU_8x8	MCU_16x16
motionSearch	HEX	HEX	HEX	HEX	HEX	DIA
motionSearchRange	57	57	57	57	57	57
noiseReductionInter	-	-	-	-	-	-
pbRatio	-	-	-	-	-	-
pixelFormat	YUV420P	YUV420P	YUV420P	YUV420P	YUV420P	YUV420P
profile	main	main	main	main	main	main
psyRateDistortionOptimization	-	-	-	-	-	-
psyRateDistortionOptimizedQuantization	-	-	-	-	-	-
qpOffsetChromaCb	-	-	-	-	-	-
qpOffsetChromaCr	-	-	-	-	-	-
qpStep	-	-	-	-	-	-
quantizationGroupSize	-	-	-	-	-	-
quantizerCurveCompressionFactor	-	-	-	-	-	-
rateDistortionLevelForModeDecision	3	2	2	2	2	2
rateDistortionLevelForQuantization	DISABLED	DISABLED	DISABLED	DISABLED	DISABLED	DISABLED
rateDistortionPenalty	-	-	-	-	-	-
rcLookahead	20	15	15	15	10	5
rectangularMotionPartitionsAnalysis	false	false	false	false	false	false
recursionSkip	true	true	true	true	true	true
refFrames	3	3	2	2	1	1
refineRateDistortionCost	-	-	-	-	-	-
sao	true	true	true	true	false	false
saoNonDeblock	-	-	-	-	-	-
sceneCutThreshold	40	40	40	40	40	0
scenecutBias	-	-	-	-	-	-
signHide	true	true	true	true	true	false
skipSplitRateDistortionAnalysis	-	-	-	-	-	-
slices	-	-	-	-	-	-
ssimRateDistortionOptimization	-	-	-	-	-	-
strongIntraSmoothing	-	-	-	-	-	-
subMe	2	2	1	2	1	0
temporalMotionVectorPredictors	-	-	-	-	-	-
transformSkip	-	-	-	-	-	-
tuInterDepth	1	1	1	1	1	1
tuIntraDepth	1	1	1	1	1	1
wavefrontParallelProcessing	-	-	-	-	-	-
weightPredictionOnBSlice	false	false	false	false	false	false
weightPredictionOnPSlice	true	true	true	true	false	false

- means that the default value of the codec configuration is used. Please see the API reference for the respective value.

Live Quality Preset Configurations

Live Quality Presets	LIVE_HIGH_QUALITY
adaptiveQuantizationMode	VARIANCE
adaptiveQuantizationMotion	false
adaptiveQuantizationStrength	1
allowedRADLBeforeIDR	0
analyzeSourceFramePixels	false
asymetricMotionPartitionsAnalysis	false
bAdapt	FULL
bframeBias	0
bframes	4
blurComplexity	20
blurQuants	0.5
codingUnitLossless	false
constrainedIntraPrediction	false
copyPicture	true
cutree	true
dynamicRateDistortionStrength	0
earlySkip	true
encodingMode	TWO_PASS
evaluationOfIntraModesInBSlices	false
fastSearchForAngularIntraPredictions	false
forceFlush	DISABLED
gopLookahead	0
grainOptimizedRateControl	false
ipRatio	1.4
levelHighTier	true
limitModes	true
limitReferences	DEPTH_AND_CU
limitSao	false
limitTransferUnitDepthRecursion	LEVEL_4
limitTransformUnitDepthRecursion	LEVEL_4
lookaheadSlices	8
lowpassDct	false
maxCTUSize	64
maxMerge	2
maximumTransferUnitSize	MTU_32x32
maximumTransformUnitSize	MTU_32x32
minCodingUnitSize	MCU_8x8
motionSearch	HEX
motionSearchRange	57
noiseReductionInter	0
pbRatio	1.3
pixelFormat	YUV420P
profile	main
psyRateDistortionOptimization	2
psyRateDistortionOptimizedQuantization	0
qpOffsetChromaCb	0
qpOffsetChromaCr	0
qpStep	4
quantizationGroupSize	QGS_32x32
quantizerCurveCompressionFactor	0.6
rateDistortionLevelForModeDecision	3
rateDistortionLevelForQuantization	LEVELS_AND_CODING_GROUPS
rateDistortionPenalty	DISABLED
rcLookahead	20
rectangularMotionPartitionsAnalysis	false
recursionSkip	true
refFrames	3
refineRateDistortionCost	false
sao	true
saoNonDeblock	false
sceneCutThreshold	40
scenecutBias	5
signHide	true
skipSplitRateDistortionAnalysis	false
slices	1
ssimRateDistortionOptimization	false
strongIntraSmoothing	true
subMe	2
temporalMotionVectorPredictors	true
transformSkip	NONE
tuInterDepth	1
tuIntraDepth	1
wavefrontParallelProcessing	true
weightPredictionOnBSlice	false
weightPredictionOnPSlice	true

- means that the default value of the codec configuration is used. Please see the API reference for the respective value.

Live Low Latency Preset Configurations

Live Low Latency Presets	LIVE_LOW_LATENCY
adaptiveQuantizationMode	VARIANCE
adaptiveQuantizationMotion	false
adaptiveQuantizationStrength	1
allowedRADLBeforeIDR	0
analyzeSourceFramePixels	false
asymetricMotionPartitionsAnalysis	false
bAdapt	FAST
bframeBias	0
bframes	3
blurComplexity	20
blurQuants	0.5
codingUnitLossless	false
constrainedIntraPrediction	false
copyPicture	true
cutree	true
dynamicRateDistortionStrength	0
earlySkip	true
encodingMode	SINGLE_PASS
evaluationOfIntraModesInBSlices	false
fastSearchForAngularIntraPredictions	true
forceFlush	DISABLED
gopLookahead	0
grainOptimizedRateControl	false
ipRatio	1.4
levelHighTier	true
limitModes	false
limitReferences	DEPTH_AND_CU
limitSao	false
limitTransferUnitDepthRecursion	DISABLED
limitTransformUnitDepthRecursion	DISABLED
lookaheadSlices	8
lowpassDct	false
maxCTUSize	64
maxMerge	2
maximumTransferUnitSize	MTU_32x32
maximumTransformUnitSize	MTU_32x32
minCodingUnitSize	MCU_8x8
motionSearch	HEX
motionSearchRange	57
noiseReductionInter	0
pbRatio	1.3
pixelFormat	YUV420P
profile	main
psyRateDistortionOptimization	2
psyRateDistortionOptimizedQuantization	0
qpOffsetChromaCb	0
qpOffsetChromaCr	0
qpStep	4
quantizationGroupSize	QGS_32x32
quantizerCurveCompressionFactor	0.6
rateDistortionLevelForModeDecision	2
rateDistortionLevelForQuantization	DISABLED
rateDistortionPenalty	DISABLED
rcLookahead	10
rectangularMotionPartitionsAnalysis	false
recursionSkip	true
refFrames	2
refineRateDistortionCost	false
sao	true
saoNonDeblock	false
sceneCutThreshold	40
scenecutBias	5
signHide	true
skipSplitRateDistortionAnalysis	false
slices	1
ssimRateDistortionOptimization	false
strongIntraSmoothing	true
subMe	2
temporalMotionVectorPredictors	true
transformSkip	NONE
tuInterDepth	1
tuIntraDepth	1
wavefrontParallelProcessing	true
weightPredictionOnBSlice	false
weightPredictionOnPSlice	true

- means that the default value of the codec configuration is used. Please see the API reference for the respective value.

H265 Presets

VoD Quality Preset Configurations

VoD Speed Preset Configurations

Live Quality Preset Configurations

Live Low Latency Preset Configurations

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