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Old 19th January 2017, 18:11   #6  |  Link
benwaggoner
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Originally Posted by Bilbotorm View Post
Ok thanks for confirming.

Any specific advice for VBR/CBR to target ? is Constant quality 16 a nice target ? any recommandations? For example, what's the CQ where x265 still make sense (same quality as x264 but lower size ?)

thanks !
I don't think there is a good scenario to use CQ with x265; CRF is basically CQ with a perceptual offset based on spatial complexity. However CQ and CRF don't map cleanly between x264 and x265, and the quality also varies with settings.

It seems like 16 is generally a "look great" value.
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