What are the WebM (VP9+opus) encoding settings compatible for YouTube import for a video with a still image?

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What are the WebM (VP9+opus) encoding settings compatible for YouTube import for a video with a still image ?

I tried PAL and NTSC framerates with 48kHz stereo and and image size of 640x360 and kept every other parameters' defaults :

$ ffmpeg -i myOriginialPureAudioFile-CUT.opus -i myAudioFile.png -ac 2 -s 640x360 -strict strict -r pal myAudioFile.webm

But YouTube says :

The video has failed to process. Please make sure you are uploading a supported file type.

SebMa · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-21 05:12:58Z

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Rather than framerate, the issue is there's only one frame. You'll have to loop the image.

ffmpeg -i Audio.opus -loop 1 -i image.png -pix_fmt yuv420p -ac 2 -s 640x360 -strict strict -r pal -shortest myAudioFile.webm

-loop 1 : infinitely loops over the same image
-shortest : stops encoding when the shortest input stream has entirely been encoded

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answered Nov 20, 2018 at 5:43

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It took 73 min to encode with a 6 min audio source file, are the video frames encoded in differential ? I wonder, since the resulting file is bigger than I expected
– SebMa
Commented Nov 20, 2018 at 22:00
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are the video frames encoded in differential ? --> yes, they are. The VPx encoders are much slower than the MPEG encoders (x264..). You can add -speed 8 to get a ~2x boost. Although your system appears to be slow, since I get 1x speed (without -speed) for a 640x360@25fps encode.
– Gyan
Commented Nov 21, 2018 at 5:27
I have an A4-6210 with 8GB of RAM which I bought in the end of 2014. How old is your hardware ? How often must one renew his hardware ?
– SebMa
Commented Nov 21, 2018 at 7:13
I tested on a 2013 Ivy i5 with 16GB. Passmark shows your CPU to be 1/3rd speed.
– Gyan
Commented Nov 21, 2018 at 7:42
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Is'nt the motion detection faster when there is no motion in the input ?
– SebMa
Commented Nov 22, 2018 at 15:18

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