Creating Presets

Presets are encoding configurations for FFmpeg. These can be managed in the web dashboard on the presets tab.

Creating a Preset

1. Load /dashboard/presets in the browser.
2. Click Create Preset button to navigate to the create form.
3. Enter a preset name, description, output filename. For example:

• Name: h264_main_1080p_6000_example
• Description: H264 Main Profile 1080p at 6000K
• Output: h264_main_1080p_6000.mp4
• Active: ✔️

4. Create your FFmpeg Configuration JSON at: https://alfg.github.io/ffmpeg-commander/

{
  "format": {
    "container": "mp4",
    "clip": false
  },
  "video": {
    "codec": "libx264",
    "preset": "veryfast",
    "pass": "1",
    "crf": 23,
    "bitrate": "6000k",
    "minrate": "6000k",
    "maxrate": "6000k",
    "bufsize": "6000k",
    "pixel_format": "auto",
    "frame_rate": "auto",
    "speed": "auto",
    "tune": "none",
    "profile": "main",
    "level": "none",
    "faststart": false,
    "size": "source",
    "width": "1080",
    "height": "1920",
    "format": "widescreen",
    "aspect": "auto",
    "scaling": "auto",
    "codec_options": ""
  },
  "audio": {
    "codec": "copy",
    "channel": "source",
    "quality": "auto",
    "sampleRate": "auto",
    "volume": "100"
  },
  "filter": {
    "deband": false,
    "deshake": false,
    "deflicker": false,
    "dejudder": false,
    "denoise": "none",
    "deinterlace": "none",
    "brightness": "0",
    "contrast": "1",
    "saturation": "0",
    "gamma": "0",
    "acontrast": "33"
  }
}

4b) You can also pass ffmpeg options using the raw as an array:

{
  "raw": [
    "-vf scale=-2:1080",
    "-c:v libx264",
    "-profile:v main",
    "-level:v 4.2",
    "-x264opts scenecut=0:open_gop=0:min-keyint=72:keyint=72",
    "-minrate 6000k",
    "-maxrate 6000k",
    "-bufsize 6000k",
    "-b:v 6000k",
    "-y"
  ]
}

5. Save the preset. Your preset should now be available when creating an encode job.