diff --git a/cli/encode-libaom/encode-libaom.go b/cli/encode-libaom/encode-libaom.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3b38df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/encode-libaom/encode-libaom.go
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"git.gammaspectra.live/S.O.N.G/Ignite/encoder/libaom"
+	"git.gammaspectra.live/S.O.N.G/Ignite/frame"
+	"git.gammaspectra.live/S.O.N.G/Ignite/utilities/frameserver"
+	"log"
+	"math"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	y4mInput := flag.String("input", "", ".y4m input stream")
+	outputFolder := flag.String("output", "", "Output folder")
+	maximumSceneLength := flag.Uint64("max-scene-len", 240, "Maximum scene length")
+	minimumSceneLength := flag.Uint64("min-scene-len", 24, "Minimum scene length")
+	workerNumberOption := flag.Uint64("workers", 0, "Number of workers to spawn [0 = automatic]")
+	videoParams := flag.String("video-params", "", "Extra parameters for video encoder. This can also be used to override defaults.")
+
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if *minimumSceneLength < 2 {
+		log.Panic("min-scene-len < 2")
+	}
+
+	if *maximumSceneLength < *minimumSceneLength {
+		log.Panic("max-scene-len < min-scene-len")
+	}
+
+	if i, err := os.Stat(*y4mInput); err != nil || i.IsDir() {
+		log.Panicf("%s must exist and be a file", *y4mInput)
+	}
+
+	if i, err := os.Stat(*y4mInput); err != nil || i.IsDir() {
+		log.Panicf("input = %s must exist and be a file", *y4mInput)
+	}
+
+	if i, err := os.Stat(*outputFolder); err != nil || !i.IsDir() {
+		log.Panicf("output = %s must exist and be a directory", *y4mInput)
+	}
+
+	frameServerPool := frameserver.NewPool(*y4mInput, nil)
+
+	allFrames := frameServerPool.GetAllFrames()
+	if allFrames == nil {
+		log.Panicf("could not open %s", *y4mInput)
+	}
+	prop := allFrames.Properties()
+	colorRange := "tv/partial"
+	if prop.FullColorRange {
+		colorRange = "pc/full"
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("input %s : %dx%d (PAR %s) (FPS %s %.04f) %s %s", *y4mInput, prop.Width, prop.Height, prop.PixelAspectRatio.String(), prop.FrameRate.String(), prop.FrameRate.Float64(), prop.ColorSpace.String(), colorRange)
+	frameCount := 0
+
+	scenes := make([]int, 1, 4096)
+	//pre-process offsets
+	for f := range allFrames.Channel() {
+		//todo: scenecut detection
+		_ = f
+		log.Printf("processing frame %d/???", frameCount)
+
+		if (frameCount - scenes[len(scenes)-1]) >= int(*maximumSceneLength) {
+			scenes = append(scenes, frameCount)
+		}
+		frameCount++
+	}
+	//add last entry
+	scenes = append(scenes, frameCount)
+
+	log.Printf("input %s : %d total frames, %d scenes", *y4mInput, frameCount, len(scenes)-1)
+	//todo: save seekTable
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+	var framesEncoded atomic.Uint64
+
+	workerNumber := uint64(runtime.NumCPU())
+	if *workerNumberOption != 0 {
+		workerNumber = *workerNumberOption
+	}
+
+	//max one worker per scene, use this to bump threads
+	if uint64(len(scenes)-1) < workerNumber {
+		workerNumber = uint64(len(scenes) - 1)
+	}
+
+	workerChannel := make(chan struct{}, workerNumber)
+	for i := uint64(0); i < workerNumber; i++ {
+		workerChannel <- struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	defaultParams := getDefaultParameters(prop, int(workerNumber))
+
+	for _, p := range strings.Split(*videoParams, "") {
+		splits := strings.Split(p, "=")
+		if len(splits) > 1 {
+			defaultParams[splits[0]] = strings.Trim(strings.Join(splits[1:], "="), "'\"")
+		} else {
+			defaultParams[splits[0]] = 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+
+		startTime := time.Now()
+
+		for {
+			encoded := framesEncoded.Load()
+			if encoded > 0 {
+				//todo: take into account lag-in-frames (start counting after workers * lag-in-frames setting)
+				timeTaken := time.Now().Sub(startTime)
+				timePerFrame := timeTaken / time.Duration(encoded)
+				timeLeft := timePerFrame * time.Duration(uint64(frameCount)-encoded)
+				log.Printf("encoded %d/%d frames, %.03f%%, ~%.01f seconds left @ rate ~%.03f fps", encoded, frameCount, float64(encoded*100)/float64(frameCount), timeLeft.Seconds(), 1/timePerFrame.Seconds())
+			}
+			if encoded >= uint64(frameCount) {
+				break
+			}
+			time.Sleep(time.Second * 1)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	for index, startFrameNumber := range scenes[:len(scenes)-1] {
+		//todo: make this streamable
+		endFrameNumber := scenes[index+1]
+
+		//take lock
+		<-workerChannel
+
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(index, startFrameNumber, endFrameNumber int) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			defer func() {
+				//return lock
+				workerChannel <- struct{}{}
+			}()
+
+			outputPath := path.Join(*outputFolder, fmt.Sprintf("scene_%d_%d_%d.ivf", index, startFrameNumber, endFrameNumber-1))
+			if f, err := os.Create(outputPath); err != nil {
+				log.Panicf("could not create %s: %s", outputPath, err.Error())
+			} else {
+				defer f.Close()
+
+				settings := make(map[string]any)
+
+				for k, v := range defaultParams {
+					settings[k] = v
+				}
+
+				stream := frameServerPool.GetFrames(startFrameNumber, endFrameNumber)
+
+				if encoder, err := libaom.NewEncoder(f, stream.Properties(), settings); err != nil {
+					log.Panicf("could not create encoder for %s: %s", outputPath, err.Error())
+				} else {
+					defer encoder.Close()
+					frameNumber := 0
+					for f := range stream.Channel() {
+						if err = encoder.Encode(f); err != nil {
+							log.Panicf("error while encoding %s at frame %d: %s", outputPath, frameNumber, err.Error())
+						}
+						//log.Printf("scene %d: encoded %d/%d", index, frameNumber+1, endFrameNumber-startFrameNumber)
+						frameNumber++
+						framesEncoded.Add(1)
+					}
+					if err = encoder.Flush(); err != nil {
+						log.Panicf("error while flushing %s: %s", outputPath, err.Error())
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}(index, startFrameNumber, endFrameNumber)
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+}
+
+func getDefaultParameters(properties frame.StreamProperties, workerNumber int) map[string]any {
+	defaultParams := make(map[string]any)
+	defaultParams["row-mt"] = 1
+	defaultParams["frame-parallel"] = 1
+	defaultParams["cpu-used"] = 6
+
+	//crf
+	defaultParams["end-usage"] = "q"
+	defaultParams["cq-level"] = 30
+
+	threadCount := runtime.NumCPU() / workerNumber
+	if threadCount < 1 {
+		threadCount = 1
+	}
+	defaultParams["threads"] = threadCount
+
+	//todo: maybe change to thread-independent method? example below
+	/*
+		tilesHorizontal := utilities.Max((properties.Width-1)/720, 1)
+		tilesVertical := utilities.Max((properties.Height-1)/720, 1)
+
+		defaultParams["tile-columns"] = utilities.Log2(tilesHorizontal)
+		defaultParams["tile-rows"] = utilities.Log2(tilesVertical)
+	*/
+
+	if threadCount <= 6 {
+		defaultParams["tile-columns"] = 2
+		defaultParams["tile-rows"] = 1
+	} else {
+		po2 := math.Log2(float64(threadCount))
+		_ = po2
+		defaultParams["tile-columns"] = int(math.Ceil(po2 * 0.75))
+		defaultParams["tile-rows"] = int(math.Ceil(po2 * 0.25))
+	}
+
+	return defaultParams
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2a13bb9..b2d44d5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20221031165847-c99f073a8326
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20221126150942-6ab00d035af9
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4ead4fc..e9ef72c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20221031165847-c99f073a8326 h1:QfTh0HpN6hlw6D3vu8DAwC8pBIwikq0AI1evdm+FksE=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20221031165847-c99f073a8326/go.mod h1:CxIveKay+FTh1D0yPZemJVgC/95VzuuOLq5Qi4xnoYc=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20221126150942-6ab00d035af9 h1:yZNXmy+j/JpX19vZkVktWqAo7Gny4PBWYYK3zskGpx4=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20221126150942-6ab00d035af9/go.mod h1:CxIveKay+FTh1D0yPZemJVgC/95VzuuOLq5Qi4xnoYc=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/utilities/math.go b/utilities/math.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e79408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utilities/math.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package utilities
+
+import (
+	"golang.org/x/exp/constraints"
+	"math/bits"
+)
+
+func Min[T constraints.Ordered](v0 T, values ...T) (result T) {
+	result = v0
+	for _, v := range values {
+		if v < result {
+			result = v
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func Max[T constraints.Ordered](v0 T, values ...T) (result T) {
+	result = v0
+	for _, v := range values {
+		if v > result {
+			result = v
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func Log2[T constraints.Integer](v T) (result int) {
+	return bits.Len64(uint64(v))
+}