How can i replicate the encoding used in a video?

[Unknown01]

I downloaded a show and liked the quality.

The video quality was super high AND very crisp, while the file size was quite small. However, i have no idea how the show was encoded. All the video says was HEVC x265 10bit and i doubt that's enough to get the result i want.


I tried to get some info on the file using FFPROBE but i could not get any meaningful information:



So, having failed to get any important data (or maybe i got it and don't know what to do with it in FFMPEG), is there a way i can know all the necessary data to replicate how a show was encoded so i can encode other shows of higher size i have in the same way?

[davexnet]

Open the file in mediainfo and see if anything else shows up in view/text

[Unknown01]

Open the file in mediainfo and see if anything else shows up in view/text

I got this:



Would this be enough to replicate the encoding in ffmpeg?

[zing269]

In mediainfo choose the View -> Text option

You will be looking for a line in the video section call "Encoding settings" similar to this:

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : Main@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 6 frames
Format settings, GOP                     : M=1, N=48
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 23 min
Nominal bit rate                         : 2 000 kb/s
Width                                    : 848 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.205
Writing library                          : x264 core 142
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=6 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x1:0x111 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=0.40:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=96 / keyint_min=48 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=48 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=2000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=3000 / vbv_bufsize=4500 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:0.60
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Statistics Tags Issue                    : no_variable_data 1970-01-01 00:00:00 / no_variable_data 2010-02-22 21:41:29
FromStats_BitRate                        : 1990913
FromStats_Duration                       : 00:23:40.044000000
FromStats_FrameCount                     : 34047
FromStats_StreamSize                     : 353398030

It doesn't always exist, it depends on the encoder.