yt-1080p60.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This script is for encoding videos in 1080p60 for YouTube using YouTube's recommendations
# Optionally allows for usage of nvenc instead of libx264

# Usage: yt-1080p60.sh INFILE OUTFILE [nvenc]

INFILE="$1"
OUTFILE="$2"
ENCODER="$3"

if [ "$ENCODER" = "nvenc" ]; then
  ENC="nvenc_h264"
else
  ENC="libx264"
fi

  # encoding for YouTube 1080p60
  ffmpeg -hide_banner -i "$INFILE" \
  -c:v "$ENC" \
  -crf 12 \
  -r 60 \
  -g 30 \
  -bf 2 \
  -b:v 12M \
  -profile:v high \
  -preset slow \
  -pix_fmt yuv420p \
  -movflags +faststart \
  -c:a aac \
  -b:a 384k \
  -ar 48000 \
  "$OUTFILE"