MKV AV1
Does The Preset Matter in terms of Quality and File Size?
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it does matter, but to a much lesser extent than tuning the rate control up a bit. Consider switching to a quality based rate control, if quality is the highest priority
What Rate Control do you recommend and do i need to change any other settings?
depends on what you plan to do with the footage afterwards (upload to yt, archive on storage you have, share with others, etc). I assume in the rate control you should have CQP, CQ or something like that, and yo you can leave the qualityu at "best", or step down one, depending on the usecase
I plan on uploading it to yt
is this what you mean?
is Main10 worth it too?
no, I wouldnt mess with that unless you're doing HDR. And, yes, that is what I meant (Constant QP).
Those numbers seem a touch low, meaning the files might be a bit large, but should be excellent quality 🙂 (bigger number, more compression = smaller files, lower quality)
I see so for 4k AV1 what CQP values should i aim for if i wanted Good Quality With an Okay File Size?
Well like a balance
I think that is impossible to answer 😅 Do a 1min cut, and try intervals of 20. Youtube will be re-compressing everything you give them, so you would like to upload files that are of as good of a quality as you can manage, imo. If you've got a decent upload speed, and you are okay floating the storage temporarily, its might fine as is, since I assume you'll be removing the original after uploading to YT
how much additional loss is acceptable for you will be a personal thing, but if you can't tell the video apart after uploading, then you know you would be fine with the smaller files.
I would start out with the values it suggested, seems alright. If you want them smaller, then yeah, try adding 20 to each value (QP), and check again
ok ty