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Override Level Settings in Adobe PPRO? (Adobe Encoder)
Hey Guys I’m trying to encode this video on Adobe Premiere (aka encoder) and the client has request that the LEVELS and Resolution be at setting setting, but it appears that PPRO thinks it knows best and wont let me export he settings I want. for example I need a 1920×1080 at level 3.0, but PPRO wont let me go below 4.2 without changing the Res, is there a way around this?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264#Levels
No, level and profiles are used to help hardware decoders understand if they have the power to decode a video stream.
Level 3 doesn’t support 1920×1080, level 4-4.2 starts to. You may need to speak to your client to clarify the spec.
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Encoding.com is major Encoding service. They do all their 720 and 1080 videos at level 3.0, which premiere does not allow, when I asked them why they did this they explained that “This improves Compatibility and they’re testing over millions of videos, youtube encodes at this level as well. Apparently this is a common practice to improve compatibility. I would like to know if I can override the setting on PPRO aka Media Encoder, Thanks
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In Premiere Pro, you cannot. It is level strict.
The issue is that you’re not improving compatibility, you’re just hoping hardware can perform above a level the manufacturer rates it at. Not a fan this approach but if Encoding.com and YouTube swear by it then they probably have a good idea of their failure rate percentages.
You can force a level with x264 through the commandline tool ffmpeg. A commandline similar to:
ffmpeg -i inputFile.mp4 -c:v libx264 -b:v 4000k -minrate 4000k -maxrate 4000k -bufsize 1835k -level 3 outputFile.mp4
https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/wiki/x264EncodingGuide
https://mewiki.project357.com/wiki/X264_Settings
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I find the “levels” thing annoying sometimes in AME.
Chris
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I’ve used the H264LevelEditor before to change it to make some files work on a Blu-Ray player:
https://coolsoft.altervista.org/h264leveleditor
I believe it literally just changes the number in the file so that the device reads whatever you want.
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