Av1an

All-in-one tool for streamlining av1 encoding

Easy And Efficient

Start using AV1 encoding. All open-source encoders are supported (Aomenc, Rav1e, SVT-AV1)

Example with default parameters:

./av1an.py -i input

With your own parameters:

./av1an.py -i input -enc aomenc -e '--cpu-used=3 --end-usage=q --cq-level=30' -a '-c:a libopus -b:a 24k'

Usage

-i   --file_path        Input file (relative or absolute path)

-o   --output_file      Name/Path for output file (Default: (input file name)_av1.mkv)

-enc --encoder          Encoder to use (aomenc or rav1e or svt_av1. Default: aomenc)
                        Example: -enc rav1e

-e   --encoding_params  Encoder settings flags (If not set, will be used default parameters. 
                        Required for SVT-AV1s)
                        Must be inside ' ' or " " 
 
-a   --audio_params     FFmpeg audio settings flags (Default: copy audio from source to output)

-t   --workers          Maximum number of workers (overrides automatically set number of workers.
                        Aomenc recommended value is YOUR_THREADS - 2 (Single thread per worker)
                        Rav1e and SVT-AV1 uses multiple threads, 
                        Example: '--tile-rows 2 --tile-cols 2' load 2.5 - 3.5 threads
                        4 rav1e workers is optimal for 6/12 cpu 

-fps --force_fps        Forces fps of video. Needed when you need to change fps of video,
                        to prevent encoders from changing video length.
                        Usefully for SVT-AV1 encoder. No need to set up fps num/denum.
                        Example:
                        .. -e '-fps-num 30000 -fps-denom 1001 ..' (SVT-AV1 29.97)
                        .. -fps 30 -e ' -fps 30 ..' (Force FPS)


-tr  --threshold        PySceneDetect threshold (Optimal values in range 15 - 50.
                        Bigger value = less sensitive )

-p   --pass             Set number of passes for encoding 
                        (Default: Aomenc: 2, Rav1e: 1, SVT-AV1: 2)
                        At current moment 2nd pass Rav1e not working

-vf  --video_filter     FFmpeg video filter options. Example: 
                        ... -vf 'scale=320:240'  ...

-fmt --pix_format       Setting custom pixel/bit format(Default: 'yuv420p')
                        Example for 10 bit: 'yuv420p10le'

-log --logging          Path to .log file(Default: no logging)
                        Currently not working on Windows

Main Features

Spliting video by scenes for parallel encoding because AV1 encoders currently not good at multithreading, encoding is limited to single or couple of threads at the same time.

PySceneDetect used for spliting video by scenes and running multiple encoders.

Simple and clean console look

Automatic determination of how many workers the host can handle

Building encoding queue with bigger files first, minimizing waiting for last scene to encode

Both video and audio encoding option with FFmpeg

And many more to go..

Install on Windows

• Python3
• FFmpeg with ffprobe and add it on env variable
• PyScenedetect
• mkvmerge/python-pymkv and add it on env variable
• AOMENC For Aomenc encoder
• Rav1e For Rav1e encoder
• SVT-AV1 For SVT-AV1 encoder

Install all requirements listed in requirements file

Run with command: python -i ./avian.py params..

Install on Linux

• Python3
• FFmpeg with ffprobe
• PyScenedetect
• mkvmerge/python-pymkv
• AOMENC For Aomenc encoder
• Rav1e For Rav1e encoder
• SVT-AV1 For SVT-AV1 encoder

Install all requirements listed in requirements file

Optionally add Av1an to your PATH

Run with command: av1an.py params...