Cineform HD quality settings in FFMPEG

Created on 2023-03-04T03:24:00-06:00

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When I did a little test Cineform was larger than DNxHD and such. However that was because it was running at "film+3" quality. Using the lowest quality did match DNxHD at the same framerate and size.

Encoder cfhd [Cineform HD]:
    General capabilities: threads
    Threading capabilities: frame
    Supported pixel formats: yuv422p10le gbrp12le gbrap12le
cfhd AVOptions:
  -quality                   E..V...... set quality (from 0 to 12) (default film3+)
     film3+          0            E..V......
     film3           1            E..V......
     film2+          2            E..V......
     film2           3            E..V......
     film1.5         4            E..V......
     film1+          5            E..V......
     film1           6            E..V......
     high+           7            E..V......
     high            8            E..V......
     medium+         9            E..V......
     medium          10           E..V......
     low+            11           E..V......