For those of you that torrent video files this question is geared toward you. I’m looking for a sweet spot between quality, size & speed for HEVC encoding. I’m using FastFlix and seem to be getting really wide and varying speeds.

I’m not really literate on all this video lingo but I can, at least, get it going. Most files take anywhere from 5-17 mins for a 30-40 mins clip. I have a AMD Radeon RX 470 graphics card but when I try and use the VCEEnc it won’t let me use CRF which I’ve heard it the best way.

Anyway, if you’re willing to share knowledge or what settings you use when you convert video to HEVC that might help me speed up my processing, I would be eternally grateful.

  • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 days ago

    It’s your media you do what you want with it.

    Pick a busy movie with a bunch of stuff going on, and then pick a really dark movie.

    Try different encodings with each one of those. You’re playing a game of time versus quality. And you keep in mind, the electricity for those encodes isn’t free either.

    Try them with a fixed bit rate, try them with the two pass. If the fixed rate doesn’t look good try bumping the rate up. You’ll get a feel for it eventually.

    Back when I was hard up for disc, I made everything 1080p HEVC single pass constant rate. I don’t even remember exactly what the bit rate was but I would just encode everything and then watch a sample out of it. If one of them turned out bad I would reincode it with better settings.

    Dual pass will get you a little smaller and better output, But it takes forever, and you’re sitting there burning watts all night long.

    In the end you just need to fiddle with it, and weigh the output versus your resources.

    • Rodrigo_de_Mendoza@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Thank you for your input and understanding my situation but I’ve been fiddling around so much I’ve haven’t gotten even one series or movie encoded. I’m about ready to just pirate a commercial product and see if that will do what I want it to but I probably still wouldn’t find a product that would do everything I want, I’m afraid. Thanks again for your time & input!