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.

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[–] Rodrigo_de_Mendoza@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for the input! I'm unsure what aq-mode is but I'm sure it's somewhere in FastFlix. There's tons of settings in it that I need to look over. The default CRF for HEVC in that program is 22 and I don't know if I should go higher, lower or what but I appreciate your insight.

[–] liliumstar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

CRF 18 is usually where I start at, but that is focusing on quality. I'd imagine you would want a higher starting point.

If you want to find out what different options are or do, the docs are a good place to start: https://x265.readthedocs.io/en/master/cli.html

[–] Rodrigo_de_Mendoza@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Thank you for the input and reference material. I'll give it a look-through and appreciate your time.