FFmpeg -maxrate flag

The value for the -maxrate flag of FFmpeg. Should be used in conjunction with the encoding buffer size flag. With the VP8, VP9 and AV1 codecs, a video bitrate must also be set.

CLI flag

--max-rate <value>

The following CLI commands accept this option:

• remotion studio
• remotion render
• remotion benchmark
• remotion lambda render
• remotion cloudrun render

APIs that have this option

The following APIs accept this option:

• renderMediaOnCloudrun()
• renderMediaOnLambda()
• renderMedia()
• stitchFramesToVideo()

Config file

remotion.config.ts
Config.setEncodingMaxRate('5000k');

See also

• All options