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These options are only effective when doing lossy encoding (the default, with or without alpha).

-size int

Specify a target size (in bytes) to try and reach for the compressed output. The compressor will make several passes of partial encoding in order to get as close as possible to this target. If both -size and -psnr are used, -size value will prevail.

-psnr float

Specify a target PSNR (in dB) to try and reach for the compressed output. The compressor will make several passes of partial encoding in order to get as close as possible to this target. If both -size and -psnr are used, -size value will prevail.

-pass int

Set a maximum number of passes to use during the dichotomy used by options -size or -psnr. Maximum value is 10, default is 1. If options -size or -psnr were used, but -pass wasn't specified, a default value of '6' passes will be used. If -pass is specified, but neither -size nor -psnr are, a target PSNR of 40dB will be used.

-qrange int int

Specifies the permissible interval for the quality factor. This is particularly useful when using multi-pass (-size or -psnr options). Default is 0 100. If the quality factor is outside this range, it will be clamped. If the minimum value must be less or equal to the maximum one.

-af

Turns auto-filter on. This algorithm will spend additional time optimizing the filtering strength to reach a well-balanced quality.

-jpeg_like

Change the internal parameter mapping to better match the expected size of JPEG compression. This flag will generally produce an output file of similar size to its JPEG equivalent (for the same -q setting), but with less visual distortion.

Advanced options:

-f int

Specify the strength of the deblocking filter, between 0 (no filtering) and 100 (maximum filtering). A value of 0 will turn off any filtering. Higher value will increase the strength of the filtering process applied after decoding the picture. The higher the value the smoother the picture will appear. Typical values are usually in the range of 20 to 50.

-sharpness int

Specify the sharpness of the filtering (if used). Range is 0 (sharpest) to 7 (least sharp). Default is 0.

-strong

Use strong filtering (if filtering is being used thanks to the -f option). Strong filtering is on by default.

-nostrong

Disable strong filtering (if filtering is being used thanks to the -f option) and use simple filtering instead.

-sharp_yuv

Use more accurate and sharper RGB->YUV conversion if needed. Note that this process is slower than the default 'fast' RGB->YUV conversion.

-sns int

Specify the amplitude of the spatial noise shaping. Spatial noise shaping (or sns for short) refers to a general collection of built-in algorithms used to decide which area of the picture should use relatively less bits, and where else to better transfer these bits. The possible range goes from 0 (algorithm is off) to 100 (the maximal effect). The default value is 50.

-segments int

Change the number of partitions to use during the segmentation of the sns algorithm. Segments should be in range 1 to 4. Default value is 4. This option has no effect for methods 3 and up, unless -low_memory is used.

-partition_limit int

Degrade quality by limiting the number of bits used by some macroblocks. Range is 0 (no degradation, the default) to 100 (full degradation). Useful values are usually around 30-70 for moderately large images. In the VP8 format, the so-called control partition has a limit of 512k and is used to store the following information: whether the macroblock is skipped, which segment it belongs to, whether it is coded as intra 4x4 or intra 16x16 mode, and finally the prediction modes to use for each of the sub-blocks. For a very large image, 512k only leaves room for a few bits per 16x16 macroblock. The absolute minimum is 4 bits per macroblock. Skip, segment, and mode information can use up almost all these 4 bits (although the case is unlikely), which is problematic for very large images. The partition_limit factor controls how frequently the most bit-costly mode (intra 4x4) will be used. This is useful in case the 512k limit is reached and the following message is displayed: Error code: 6 (PARTITION0_OVERFLOW: Partition #0 is too big to fit 512k). If using -partition_limit is not enough to meet the 512k constraint, one should use less segments in order to save more header bits per macroblock. See the -segments option. Note the -m and -q options also influence the encoder's decisions and ability to hit this limit.

These options control the level of output:

-v

Print extra information (encoding time in particular).

-print_psnr

Compute and report average PSNR (Peak-Signal-To-Noise ratio).

-print_ssim

Compute and report average SSIM (structural similarity metric, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSIM for additional details).

-print_lsim

Compute and report local similarity metric (sum of lowest error amongst the collocated pixel neighbors).

-progress

Report encoding progress in percent.

-quiet

Do not print anything.

-short

Only print brief information (output file size and PSNR) for testing purposes.

-map int

Output additional ASCII-map of encoding information. Possible map values range from 1 to 6. This is only meant to help debugging.

More advanced options are:

-s width height

Specify that the input file actually consists of raw Y'CbCr samples following the ITU-R BT.601 recommendation, in 4:2:0 linear format. The luma plane has size width x height.

-pre int

Specify some preprocessing steps. Using a value of '2' will trigger quality-dependent pseudo-random dithering during RGBA->YUVA conversion (lossy compression only).

-alpha_filter string

Specify the predictive filtering method for the alpha plane. One of 'none', 'fast' or 'best', in increasing complexity and slowness order. Default is 'fast'. Internally, alpha filtering is performed using four possible predictions (none, horizontal, vertical, gradient). The 'best' mode will try each mode in turn and pick the one which gives the smaller size. The 'fast' mode will just try to form an a priori guess without testing all modes.

-alpha_method int

Specify the algorithm used for alpha compression: 0 or 1. Algorithm 0 denotes no compression, 1 uses WebP lossless format for compression. The default is 1.

-exact

Preserve RGB values in transparent area. The default is off, to help compressibility.

-blend_alpha int

This option blends the alpha channel (if present) with the source using the background color specified in hexadecimal as 0xrrggbb. The alpha channel is afterward reset to the opaque value 255.

-noalpha

Using this option will discard the alpha channel.

-hint string

Specify the hint about input image type. Possible values are: photo, picture or graph.

-metadata string

A comma separated list of metadata to copy from the input to the output if present. Valid values: all, none, exif, icc, xmp. The default is none.

Note: each input format may not support all combinations.

-noasm

Disable all assembly optimizations.