From 96542714cf81233b184a65bdf24cfc43d7684e50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Roberts Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:39:13 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] separated out the tips in the doc --- docs/docs/configuration/record.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration/record.md b/docs/docs/configuration/record.md index 752c2484b..85596a9f7 100644 --- a/docs/docs/configuration/record.md +++ b/docs/docs/configuration/record.md @@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ record: When using `hwaccel_args`, hardware encoding is used for timelapse generation. By default, each camera inherits its export hwaccel settings from its own `ffmpeg.hwaccel_args`, which in turn inherits from the global setting. To override for a specific camera (e.g., when camera resolution exceeds hardware encoder limits), set `record.export.hwaccel_args` at the camera level. Using an unrecognized value or empty string will fall back to software encoding (libx264). +:::tip + The encoder determines its own behavior so the resulting file size may be undesirably large. To reduce the output file size the ffmpeg parameter `-qp n` can be utilized (where `n` stands for the value of the quantisation parameter). The value can be adjusted to get an acceptable tradeoff between quality and file size for the given scenario.