Average bitrate (5 Mbps)

From FFmpeg Compression, End to End · CRF vs. target bitrate

ffmpeg -i input.mov -c:v libx264 -b:v 5M -maxrate 5.35M -bufsize 7.5M -preset medium -c:a aac -b:a 128k output-abr.mp4

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