Use Constant Quality (CRF).
The intersection of classic sitcom nostalgia and modern digital preservation often leads fans down the rabbit hole of specific video codecs and high-definition remasters. If you are searching for encoded with libvpx , you are likely looking for the best balance between file size and the vibrant, film-shot quality of the show’s later years.
Friends was shot on film, which gives it a natural texture. Traditional compression often "smears" this texture to save space. libvpx is praised for its ability to maintain that cinematic "noise" while keeping file sizes manageable for home servers or mobile devices. Why Encode Season 8 with libvpx?
One of the critical observations in encoding Season 8 was the preservation of the "film look." Standard denoising filters often result in a plastic-like appearance.
# Pass 1 ffmpeg -i input.mkv -c:v libvpx-vp9 -b:v 1200k -pass 1 -speed 4 -an -f null /dev/null