Low-bandwidth video delivery for an educational NGO in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. AV1 for maximum compression at 480p, CRF 35 to aggressively save bandwidth on 2G/3G connections, preset 8 for faster server-side encoding at scale.
| Video Codec | AV1 |
| CRF | 35 |
| Resolution | 480p |
| Audio | Opus |
| Container | WebM |
| Preset | 8 |
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libsvtav1 -crf 35 -preset 8 -vf scale=-2:480 -c:a libopus -b:a 64k output.webmAt 480p, AV1 at CRF 35 can deliver watchable video at under 200 kbps — roughly 90 MB per hour. H.264 at equivalent quality would need 400+ kbps, making AV1 transformative for emerging markets with metered data.
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