Video controls are in the Output inspector. The General section chooses the output container; the Video section controls encoding. Available options depend on the source, selected container, and detected encoders.
Container and codec
A container holds video, audio, subtitle tracks, and metadata. A codec describes how an individual stream is encoded.
Frame can export MP4, MKV, WebM, MOV, M2T, MTS, M2TS, and GIF. Video encoders include H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1, ProRes, and MPEG-2 where the selected container supports them.
Use MP4 with H.264 as a practical starting point for general playback. If you choose a newer codec or a different pixel format, verify that the destination player supports it.
Control quality and size
CRF targets a quality level. For encoders that expose CRF, lower values generally preserve more detail and produce larger files. The resulting size varies with the source.
Target bitrate controls the requested bitrate. It is useful when you have a delivery requirement, but the same bitrate can look very different across codecs, resolutions, and scenes.
Encoder presets trade encoding speed for compression efficiency. A slower preset can reduce size at comparable quality, but takes longer to process. The available preset scale depends on the codec.
Resolution and frame rate
Choose a resolution preset or enter custom dimensions. Review the aspect ratio and crop so the output keeps the composition you intend.
Frame also supports frame-rate conversion, scaling, and pixel-format selection. Increasing resolution does not recover detail missing from the source. Change frame rate when the delivery format requires it, and check motion in the exported clip.
Hardware encoding
macOS bundles include VideoToolbox H.264 and HEVC encoders. Windows bundles include NVIDIA NVENC options for supported hardware. Linux bundles use software encoders.
The app detects encoder capabilities at startup. A hardware option requires a compatible machine and runtime; its availability and quality settings can differ from a software encoder.
Video filters
The Video filters section includes brightness, contrast, saturation, gamma, hue, color temperature, sharpening, Gaussian blur, denoise, deband, vignette, grayscale, and deinterlacing.
Apply only the adjustments you need and check a short export. Multiple filters can increase processing time. Use preview and trim to choose a representative range.