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YouTube recommended encoding settings on ffmpeg (+ libx264)
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encode.sh
#/bin/sh
ffmpeg -i input -c:v libx264 -preset slow -profile:v high -crf 18 -coder 1 -pix_fmt yuv420p -movflags +faststart -g 30 -bf 2 -c:a copy output
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Parameters

I tested on ffmpeg 3.2 Hypatia.

Container: MP4

Parameter YouTube recommends setting
-movflags faststart moov atom at the front of the file (Fast Start)

Video codec: H.264

Parameter YouTube recommends setting
-profile:v high High Profile
-bf 2 2 consecutive B frames
-g 30 Closed GOP. GOP of half the frame rate.
-coder 1 CABAC
-pix_fmt yuv420p Chroma subsampling: 4:2:0
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