# avenc_dnxhd

libav dnxhd encoder

## Hierarchy

    GObject
        ╰──GInitiallyUnowned
            ╰──GstObject
                ╰──GstElement
                    ╰──GstVideoEncoder
                        ╰──avenc_dnxhd

## Implemented interfaces

    GstPreset

## Factory details

Authors: – Wim Taymans , Ronald Bultje

Classification: – `Codec/Encoder/Video`

Rank – secondary

Plugin – libav

Package – GStreamer FFMPEG Plug-ins

## Pad Templates

### `sink`

    video/x-raw:
              width: 1920
             height: 1080
          framerate: [ 0/1, 2147483647/1 ]
             format: { Y42B, I422_10LE, Y444_10LE, GBR_10LE }
    video/x-raw:
              width: 1280
             height: 720
          framerate: [ 0/1, 2147483647/1 ]
             format: { Y42B, I422_10LE, Y444_10LE, GBR_10LE }

Presence – always

Direction – sink

Object type – GstPad

### `src`

    video/x-dnxhd:
              width: 1920
             height: 1080
          framerate: [ 0/1, 2147483647/1 ]
    video/x-dnxhd:
              width: 1280
             height: 720
          framerate: [ 0/1, 2147483647/1 ]

Presence – always

Direction – src

Object type – GstPad

## Properties

### b-qfactor

    “b-qfactor” gfloat

QP factor between P- and B-frames (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 1.25

### b-qoffset

    “b-qoffset” gfloat

QP offset between P- and B-frames (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 1.25

### bidir-refine

    “bidir-refine” gint

refine the two motion vectors used in bidirectional macroblocks (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 1

### bitrate

    “bitrate” gint

set bitrate (in bits/s) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 200000

### bitrate-tolerance

    “bitrate-tolerance” gint

Set video bitrate tolerance (in bits/s). In 1-pass mode, bitrate tolerance specifies how far ratecontrol is willing to deviate from the target average bitrate value. This is not related to minimum/maximum bitrate. Lowering tolerance too much has an adverse effect on quality. (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 4000000

### bufsize

    “bufsize” gint

set ratecontrol buffer size (in bits) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### chroma-sample-location

    “chroma-sample-location” avcodeccontext-chroma-sample-location-type *

chroma sample location (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : unknown (0)

### cmp

    “cmp” avcodeccontext-cmp-func *

full-pel ME compare function (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : sad (0)

### compression-level

    “compression-level” gint

(null) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : -1

### dark-mask

    “dark-mask” gfloat

compresses dark areas stronger than medium ones (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### dc

    “dc” gint

intra_dc_precision (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### dct

    “dct” avcodeccontext-dct *

DCT algorithm (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : auto (0)

### debug

    “debug” avcodeccontext-debug *

print specific debug info (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : (none)

### dia-size

    “dia-size” gint

diamond type & size for motion estimation (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### dump-separator

    “dump-separator” gchararray

set information dump field separator (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : NULL

### err-detect

    “err-detect” avcodeccontext-err-detect *

set error detection flags (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : (none)

### export-side-data

    “export-side-data” avcodeccontext-export-side-data *

Export metadata as side data (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : (none)

### field-order

    “field-order” avcodeccontext-field-order *

Field order (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : unknown (0)

### flags

    “flags” avcodeccontext-flags *

(null) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : (none)

### flags2

    “flags2” avcodeccontext-flags2 *

(null) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : (none)

### global-quality

    “global-quality” gint

(null) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### gop-size

    “gop-size” gint

set the group of picture (GOP) size (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 12

### i-qfactor

    “i-qfactor” gfloat

QP factor between P- and I-frames (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : -0.8

### i-qoffset

    “i-qoffset” gfloat

QP offset between P- and I-frames (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### ibias

    “ibias” gint

intra quant bias (Private codec option)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### idct

    “idct” avcodeccontext-idct *

select IDCT implementation (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : auto (0)

### ildctcmp

    “ildctcmp” avcodeccontext-cmp-func *

interlaced DCT compare function (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : vsad (8)

### keyint-min

    “keyint-min” gint

minimum interval between IDR-frames (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 25

### last-pred

    “last-pred” gint

amount of motion predictors from the previous frame (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### lumi-mask

    “lumi-mask” gfloat

compresses bright areas stronger than medium ones (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### max-bframes

    “max-bframes” gint

set maximum number of B-frames between non-B-frames (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### max-pixels

    “max-pixels” gint64

Maximum number of pixels (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 2147483647

### maxrate

    “maxrate” gint64

maximum bitrate (in bits/s). Used for VBV together with bufsize. (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### mbcmp

    “mbcmp” avcodeccontext-cmp-func *

macroblock compare function (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : sad (0)

### mbd

    “mbd” avcodeccontext-mbd *

macroblock decision algorithm (high quality mode) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : simple (0)

### mblmax

    “mblmax” gint

maximum macroblock Lagrange factor (VBR) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 3658

### mblmin

    “mblmin” gint

minimum macroblock Lagrange factor (VBR) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 236

### me-range

    “me-range” gint

limit motion vectors range (1023 for DivX player) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### minrate

    “minrate” gint64

minimum bitrate (in bits/s). Most useful in setting up a CBR encode. It is of little use otherwise. (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### multipass-cache-file

    “multipass-cache-file” gchararray

Filename for multipass cache file

Flags : Read / Write / Construct

Default value : stats.log

### mv0-threshold

    “mv0-threshold” gint

(null) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 256

### nitris-compat

    “nitris-compat” gboolean

encode with Avid Nitris compatibility (Private codec option)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : false

### nssew

    “nssew” gint

nsse weight (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 8

### p-mask

    “p-mask” gfloat

inter masking (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### pass

    “pass” GstLibAVEncPass *

Encoding pass/type

Flags : Read / Write / Construct

Default value : cbr (0)

### pre-dia-size

    “pre-dia-size” gint

diamond type & size for motion estimation pre-pass (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### precmp

    “precmp” avcodeccontext-cmp-func *

pre motion estimation compare function (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : sad (0)

### profile

    “profile” Dnxhd-profile *

(null) (Private codec option)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : dnxhd (0)

### qblur

    “qblur” gfloat

video quantizer scale blur (VBR) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0.5

### qcomp

    “qcomp” gfloat

video quantizer scale compression (VBR). Constant of ratecontrol equation. Recommended range for default rc_eq: 0.0-1.0 (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0.5

### qdiff

    “qdiff” gint

maximum difference between the quantizer scales (VBR) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 3

### qmax

    “qmax” gint

maximum video quantizer scale (VBR) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 1024

### qmin

    “qmin” gint

minimum video quantizer scale (VBR) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 2

### quantizer

    “quantizer” gfloat

Constant Quantizer

Flags : Read / Write / Construct

Default value : 0.01

### rc-init-occupancy

    “rc-init-occupancy” gint

number of bits which should be loaded into the rc buffer before decoding starts (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### rc-max-vbv-use

    “rc-max-vbv-use” gfloat

(null) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### rc-min-vbv-use

    “rc-min-vbv-use” gfloat

(null) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 3

### refs

    “refs” gint

reference frames to consider for motion compensation (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 1

### scplx-mask

    “scplx-mask” gfloat

spatial complexity masking (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### slices

    “slices” gint

set the number of slices, used in parallelized encoding (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### strict

    “strict” avcodeccontext-strict *

how strictly to follow the standards (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : normal (0)

### subcmp

    “subcmp” avcodeccontext-cmp-func *

sub-pel ME compare function (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : sad (0)

### subq

    “subq” gint

sub-pel motion estimation quality (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 8

### tcplx-mask

    “tcplx-mask” gfloat

temporal complexity masking (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

### thread-type

    “thread-type” avcodeccontext-thread-type *

select multithreading type (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : slice+frame

### threads

    “threads” avcodeccontext-threads *

set the number of threads (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : unknown (1)

### ticks-per-frame

    “ticks-per-frame” gint

(null) (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 1

### trellis

    “trellis” gint

rate-distortion optimal quantization (Generic codec option, might have no effect)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

## Named constants

### Dnxhd-profile

#### Members

`dnxhd` (0) – dnxhd
`dnxhr_lb` (1) – dnxhr_lb
`dnxhr_sq` (2) – dnxhr_sq
`dnxhr_hq` (3) – dnxhr_hq
`dnxhr_hqx` (4) – dnxhr_hqx
`dnxhr_444` (5) – dnxhr_444

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