VoD Quality Preset Configurations

VoD Quality Presets	VOD_STANDARD	VOD_QUALITY	VOD_HIGH_QUALITY
adaptiveQuantizationMode	VARIANCE	VARIANCE	VARIANCE
adaptiveQuantizationStrength	1	1	1
adaptiveSpatialTransform	FALSE	FALSE	TRUE
bAdaptiveStrategy	FAST	FULL	FULL
bPyramid	NORMAL	NORMAL	NORMAL
bframes	3	3	8
cabac	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE
deblockAlpha	0	0	0
deblockBeta	0	0	0
encodingMode	TWO_PASS	THREE_PASS	THREE_PASS
fastSkipDetectionPFrames	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE
macroblockTreeRatecontrol	-	TRUE	TRUE
mixedReferences	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE
motionEstimationMethod	HEX	HEX	UMH
mvPredictionMode	SPATIAL	SPATIAL	SPATIAL
mvSearchRangeMax	16	24	24
nalHrd	NONE	NONE	NONE
partitions	"P8X8,B8X8,I8X8,I4X4"	"I4X4,I8X8,P8X8,B8X8,P4X4"	"I4X4,I8X8,P8X8,B8X8,P4X4"
profile	MAIN	MAIN	HIGH
psyRateDistortionOptimization	1	1	1
psyTrellis	0	0	0
quantizerCurveCompression	0.6	0.6	0.6
rcLookahead	40	60	60
refFrames	3	4	16
sceneCutThreshold	0	0	0
slices	-	1	1
subMe	RD_ALL	RD_ALL	RD_REF_ALL
trellis	ENABLED_FINAL_MB	ENABLED_ALL	ENABLED_ALL
weightedPredictionBFrames	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE
weightedPredictionPFrames	SMART	SMART	SMART

- 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	VARIANCE	VARIANCE	VARIANCE	VARIANCE	VARIANCE	DISABLED
adaptiveQuantizationStrength	1	1	1	1	1	0
adaptiveSpatialTransform	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE
bAdaptiveStrategy	FAST	FAST	FAST	FAST	FAST	NONE
bPyramid	NORMAL	NORMAL	NORMAL	NORMAL	NORMAL	NORMAL
bframes	3	3	3	3	3	0
cabac	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	FALSE
deblockAlpha	0	0	0	0	0	0
deblockBeta	0	0	0	0	0	0
encodingMode	SINGLE_PASS	SINGLE_PASS	SINGLE_PASS	SINGLE_PASS	SINGLE_PASS	SINGLE_PASS
fastSkipDetectionPFrames	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE
macroblockTreeRatecontrol	TRUE	-	-	-	-	-
mixedReferences	TRUE	TRUE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE
motionEstimationMethod	HEX	HEX	HEX	HEX	DIA	DIA
mvPredictionMode	SPATIAL	SPATIAL	SPATIAL	SPATIAL	SPATIAL	SPATIAL
mvSearchRangeMax	16	16	16	16	16	16
nalHrd	NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE
partitions	"I4X4,I8X8,P8X8,B8X8"	"P8X8,B8X8,I8X8,I4X4"	"P8X8,B8X8,I8X8,I4X4"	"P8X8,B8X8,I8X8,I4X4"	"I8X8,I4X4"	NONE
profile	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH
psyRateDistortionOptimization	1	1	1	1	1	1
psyTrellis	0	0	0	0	0	0
quantizerCurveCompression	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
rcLookahead	50	30	10	20	0	0
refFrames	5	2	1	2	1	1
sceneCutThreshold	0	0	0	0	0	0
slices	1	-	-	-	-	-
subMe	RD_IP	RD_IP	SATD	QPEL4	SAD	FULLPEL
trellis	ENABLED_ALL	ENABLED_FINAL_MB	DISABLED	ENABLED_FINAL_MB	DISABLED	DISABLED
weightedPredictionBFrames	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	FALSE
weightedPredictionPFrames	SMART	SIMPLE	SIMPLE	SIMPLE	SIMPLE	DISABLED

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

VoD Hardware Preset Configurations

VoD Speed Presets	VOD_HARDWARE_SHORTFORM
adaptiveQuantizationMode	-
adaptiveQuantizationStrength	-
adaptiveSpatialTransform	-
bAdaptiveStrategy	FULL
bPyramid	NORMAL
bframes	3
cabac	TRUE
deblockAlpha	-
deblockBeta	-
encodingMode	-
fastSkipDetectionPFrames	-
macroblockTreeRatecontrol	-
mixedReferences	-
motionEstimationMethod	UMH
mvPredictionMode	AUTO
mvSearchRangeMax	16
nalHrd	NONE
partitions	"ALL"
profile	MAIN
psyRateDistortionOptimization	-
psyTrellis	-
quantizerCurveCompression	-
rcLookahead	50
refFrames	5
sceneCutThreshold	-
slices	-
subMe	RD_REF_IP
trellis	ENABLED_FINAL_MB
weightedPredictionBFrames	-
weightedPredictionPFrames	-

- means that the hardware encoder doesn't support this configuration.

Conformance with H264 Profiles

The majority of the profiles listed above set the H264 profile to HIGH, and use codec capabilities that target decoders that support this profile. The H264 High profile is by far the most common and has been widely supported for many years.

If your application requires the use of lower profiles, such as BASELINE or MAIN, you will need to overwrite some of the codec configuration parameters after applying the preset. Note however that the output quality may be reduced in doing so, and file sizes and bandwidth requirements may increase.

To set the profile to `MAIN`

Overwrite adaptiveSpatialTransform to False

To set the profile to `BASELINE`

Overwrite adaptiveSpatialTransform to False
Overwrite bFrames to 0
Overwrite cabac to False
Overwrite weightedPredictionPFrames to DISABLED

Conversely, if your selected preset sets the profile to MAIN and you want to ensure that the output uses HIGH, you can make a simple change:

To force the profile to `HIGH`

Overwrite adaptiveSpatialTransform to True