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-# ffmpeg-av1-builder
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+# ffmpeg-av1-builder
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+This repository is a simple collection of bash scripts that:
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+1. Install required dependencies for all other scripts using `./scripts/install_deps.sh`
+2. Build and install ffmpeg from source using `./scripts/build.sh`
+3. Benchmark the different encoders against a set of open source videos using `./scripts/benchmark.sh`
+
+AV1 encode quality is tested against 5 different open source videos using libsvtav1, librav1e, and libaom.
+Netflix's libvmaf is used to analyze quality of the encodes against the original files.
+
+Output of the three scripts is in `./benchmark/results.txt` which contains the following values for each encode:
+
+* the time taken
+* psnr_hvs
+* cambi
+* float_ms_ssim
+* vmaf
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