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Old 20th January 2020, 16:47   #7375  |  Link
benwaggoner
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Originally Posted by froggy1 View Post
I did my own testing, both with AQ mode 2 and 3. It did not make things beter here and I was hoping AQ mode 3 would work well on dark scenes, but it didn't. All I saw is increased bitrate for 2 and 3 with no meaningful improvements... so I went back and stick to my good ol' AQ mode 1
The AQ comparisons really need to be made with 2-pass VBR to compare bitrates. Different AQ modes can require different CRF values in practice.
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