The information for encoding h.264 for PSP on the ffmpeg FAQ is outdated. So I had a hard time encoding h.264 video for my PS3, because both my x264 and ffmpeg are complied from SVN/git.
I kept getting stupid errors about “broken ffmpeg default settings detected” among other errors. I’ve found this blog post helpful and there’s a psp guide. The key was the -vpre hq. Notice the use of Big Buck Bunny, an open-movie project.
ffmpeg -t 10 -i big_buck_bunny_1080p_h264.mov -acodec libfaac -ab 160k \ -vcodec libx264 -vpre hq -b 5000k -threads 0 -s 1920x1080 output3.mp4
#1 by Robert Swain on October 5, 2009 - 5:34 am
If the Big Buck Bunny source file is 1920×1080 then the ‘-s 1920×1080′ in your command line is redundant.
The keen-eyed may also note that the ‘-t 10′ is probably there for testing purposes as it restricts ffmpeg to only encoding 10 seconds worth of the streams.
The “broken ffmpeg default settings detected” message is as a consequence of a revolt of x264 against FFmpeg because of its poor option system and lack of per-codec defaults.