config.example.json

{
  "_comment": "Video Compress runtime preferences. Author: Chanaveer Kadapatti. Copy this file to config.json and edit. policy.json is the encoding contract; this file is per-machine preferences (Ollama model, output dir, log level). output_dir: null = sibling to source. llm.model options (any Ollama vision-capable model): qwen2.5vl:3b (small/fast), qwen2.5vl:7b (better accuracy, slower), minicpm-v:8b, llava:7b. encoder.codec: libx264 (universal) or libx265 (~30% smaller, slower, less device support). vmaf.floor_override: null uses each profile's vmaf_floor; a number overrides all profiles. behavior.in_place: true replaces originals after VMAF passes. behavior.delete_smaller: true skips committing if output >= source size.",

  "output_dir": null,
  "manifest_path": "./manifest.csv",

  "llm": {
    "endpoint": "http://localhost:11434",
    "model": "qwen2.5vl:3b",
    "num_frames": 12,
    "timeout_sec": 60
  },

  "encoder": {
    "codec": "libx264",
    "threads": 0
  },

  "vmaf": {
    "enabled": true,
    "floor_override": null
  },

  "behavior": {
    "in_place": false,
    "delete_smaller": true,
    "log_level": "INFO"
  }
}