This time using info from https://ffmpeg.org/faq.html ----- 3.9 Which are good parameters for encoding high quality MPEG-4? ’-mbd rd -flags +mv4+aic -trellis 2 -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -g 300 -pass 1/2’, things to try: ’-bf 2’, ’-mpv_flags qp_rd’, ’-mpv_flags mv0’, ’-mpv_flags skip_rd’. ---- For msmpeg4 only +aic flag is valid For mpeg4 bot flags (+mv4+aic) are valid I also tried AVC-Intra-100 encoding - slow on my machine, but apparently produces mp4? mediainfo /dev/shm/avcintra100.mp4 General Complete name : /dev/shm/avcintra100.mp4 Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : Base Media Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41) File size : 879 MiB Duration : 1 min 5 s Overall bit rate mode : Constant Overall bit rate : 113 Mb/s Writing application : Lavf58.55.100 Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High 4:2:2 [email protected] Format settings, CABAC : No Format settings, GOP : N=1 Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding Duration : 1 min 4 s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 114 Mb/s Width : 1 920 pixels Height : 1 080 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 25.000 FPS Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2 Bit depth : 10 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 2.193 Stream size : 878 MiB (100%) Color range : Limited Color primaries : BT.709 Transfer characteristics : BT.709 Matrix coefficients : BT.709 Codec configuration box : avcC Audio ID : 2 Format : AAC LC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity Codec ID : mp4a-40-2 Duration : 1 min 5 s Duration_LastFrame : -16 ms Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 129 kb/s Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel layout : L R Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz Frame rate : 43.066 FPS (1024 SPF) Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 1 022 KiB (0%) Language : Russian Default : Yes Alternate group : 1 Of course audio better to be PCM .... Can anyone check if this file edi(t)able by other video editors?