The dBTP definition, the four ITU-R BS.1770-5 meter stages, the per-platform true-peak ceilings, the worked overshoot example, and the FFmpeg test command on one page.
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Video Encoding: A Complete Guide to Video Compression — From Pixels and Color to H.264, HEVC, AV1, Quality Metrics, and AI
This cheat sheet puts true peak on one page: the dBTP definition, the four ITU-R BS.1770-5 meter stages, per-platform ceilings, an overshoot example and the FFmpeg test command. Volume 1 covers the encoding and transcoding pipeline these loudness checks run inside: codec settings for H.264, HEVC and AV1, FFmpeg-based workflows and the quality metrics that gate delivery. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.
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